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Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, gave his blessing to the Administration's economic program, telling Congress he agreed with the "general thrust" of policies to speed growth with modest short-term stimulus. He said he did not believe the policies would overstimulate the economy. [ Page D1. ]
Long before Zoe Baird lost out on a top Federal post because of her child-care arrangements, working parents were acutely aware of the burden of finding reliable, legal child care. And for a family of ordinary means, finding someone who is not only affordable but also willing to play by the rules -- someone, that is, who is in the country legally and ready to pay taxes -- can sometimes seem almost impossible.
The superintendent of a Bronx school district, who was found dead in an Albany motel room earlier this month, was portrayed by city investigators yesterday as the mastermind of a conspiracy that stole $185,000 from two anti-poverty agencies; established a dummy company to launder money, and funneled at least $10,000 in illegal contributions to politicians. The school official, Alfredo Mathew Jr., was accused of stealing about $115,000 of poverty funds from the two agencies of which he was chairman.
Public opinion is sharply divided on the question of homosexuals in the military, polls show. Enlisted men and women interviewed at bases in three states show a similar split. While many are as adamant as the Joint Chiefs in opposing homosexuals in the military, there is also a strong measure of acceptance, particularly among soldiers, many of whom say that conduct should count more than sexual preference. Sentiment in the Marine Corps and Air Force seems more strongly opposed to homosexuals, with many people saying homosexuality is immoral.
Fighting between Croatian and Serbian forces intensified today, with United Nations peacekeeping troops caught in the middle. The fighting raised the possibility that the United Nations might withdraw from Croatia. A Serbian counteroffensive was reported around Maslenica, a town on the coast that had been in Serbian hands until a Croatian offensive began on Friday. Other reports from the area spoke of a large massing of troops along a front north of Split.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 27, 1993, covering January 28, 1993.
Whitney Houston
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Eric Clapton
Billy Ray Cyrus
Garth Brooks
1993Will Poulter, English actor[†]
William Jack Poulter is an English actor. He first gained recognition in School of Comedy (2009) and then for his role as Eustace Scrubb in the adventure film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) and his starring role in the comedy film We're the Millers (2013). He won the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2014.
1993Alan Williams, American basketball player[†]
Alan Travis Williams is an American professional basketball player for the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for UC Santa Barbara before beginning his professional career with the Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles of the Chinese Basketball Association in 2015.
1993Helen Sawyer Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (born 1905)[†]
Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg was an American-Canadian astronomer who pioneered research into globular clusters and variable stars. She was the first female president of several astronomical organizations and a scientist when many universities would not award scientific degrees to women. Her dedication to sharing astronomy with the wider public lead to scientific advocacy and journalism including columns in the Toronto Star and the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. She was considered a "great scientist and a gracious person" over a career of sixty years.
In 1993, the world population was approximately 5,591,544,797 people[†]