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THE PRESIDENCY President-elect Clinton sets to work, shaping his Administration and warning foreign aggressors. A1 Clinton's victory came from stern discipline, a sense of purpose and plain dumb luck. A1
Although they traditionally favor Republican Presidents and policies, the nation's business, economic and finance leaders look to a future with the Democrat Bill Clinton as President by showing restrained hope if not hats-in-the-air enthusiasm. In a series of interviews, some expressed the view that the nation's economy may well benefit from what they regard as the open-mindedness of President-elect Clinton in coping with the economy. Others voiced the fear that Government might grow too big again under a Democrat but were now nevertheless optimistic about the nation's chances for long-term economic growth.
The United States plans to announce punitive taxes on European imports on Thursday morning, taking another step toward a trans-Atlantic trade war after the breakdown of talks on farm subsidies, American officials said today. Carla A. Hills, the United States trade representative, will announce taxes of 100 percent or more on up to $350 million worth of luxury European exports, mainly white wines from France, said two American officials who insisted on anonymity. Rufus Yerxa, a deputy United States trade representative, said the Customs Service would begin collecting the taxes 30 days after an announcement was made. Retaliation Proceeds The delay is needed to instruct customs officials on the new taxes, to allow time for the arrival of goods already paid for by American importers and to permit further negotiations. Bureaucratic and legal details were worked out nearly two weeks ago, and the retaliation is now proceeding with relatively little high-level involvement in the wake of President Bush's loss in Tuesday's election.
A.T.& T. is negotiating to buy a third of McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. for $3.8 billion, a move that would increase the growth of both the established cellular-telephone industry and the nascent personal-communication services technology. Analysts hailed the potential connection -- which negotiators said was close to completion -- between the world's largest telecommunications company, with its famed Bell Laboratories research arm, and McCaw, of Kirkland, Wash., the nation's largest cellular carrier.
WHETHER sharing cartons of takeout food, potluck dishes or chilled Champagne, the thousands of voters who gathered Tuesday evening to watch the voting results made clear that this Election Night was not one to spend alone at home. People of all ages and races -- from Summit, N.J., to Santa Monica, Calif. -- offered many reasons for the unusual excitement this year. Some said fear and uncertainty about the future had led them to a new political awakening. Several said they wanted to introduce their children to the political process and the thrill of history in the making, especially in the highly unusual three-way Presidential race. Still others said they had been galvanized by a single issue like abortion rights.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 4, 1992, covering November 5, 1992.
Garth Brooks
Madonna
Eric Clapton
Billy Ray Cyrus
R.E.M.
1992Odell Beckham Jr., American football player[†]
Odell Cornelious Beckham Jr., commonly known by his initials OBJ, is an American professional football wide receiver. He played college football for the LSU Tigers and was selected by the New York Giants in the first round of the 2014 NFL draft. He has played in the NFL for the Giants, Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Ravens, and Miami Dolphins.
1992Marco Verratti, Italian footballer[†]
Marco Verratti is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al-Arabi.
1992Adile Ayda, Russian-Turkish engineer and diplomat (born 1912)[†]
Adile Ayda was the first woman career diplomat of Turkey, but is today better remembered as an Etruscologist. She became interested in Etruscan studies while stationed in Rome as the Minister-Counsellor of the Turkish Embassy, did research on the subject during her stay in Italy and wrote down her findings in a number of books, in Turkish and in French. What is spectacular about her texts on Etruscans and renders them of interest is that she posits the Etruscans as Turkic, a proposition that is as controversial today as it was during her lifetime.
1992Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (born 1903)[†]
Arpad Emmerich Elo was a Hungarian-American physics professor who created the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess.
1992Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1900)[†]
Jan Hendrik Oort was a Dutch astronomer who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way and who was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy. The New York Times called him "one of the century's foremost explorers of the universe"; the European Space Agency website describes him as "one of the greatest astronomers of the 20th century" and states that he "revolutionised astronomy through his ground-breaking discoveries." In 1955, Oort's name appeared in Life magazine's list of the 100 most famous living people. He has been described as "putting the Netherlands in the forefront of postwar astronomy".
In 1992, the world population was approximately 5,505,989,816 people[†]