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IMAGINE walking along a jungle path in the twilight and hearing a lion roar. Your skin turns clammy, a knot forms in your stomach and you can taste the fear rising in your throat. Now imagine walking along a zoo path at the same time of the eveningand hearing the same sound. This time you do not feel afraid.
IT'S back. Adored by military contractors and lambasted by civilian skeptics, fired into the political stratosphere by President Ronald Reagan and dragged back to earth by the Clinton Administration, "Star Wars" is prominent again as the newly empowered Republicans begin to push for deployment of a national system of antimissile defense and gird for ideological warfare with Democrats on the topic of placing arms in the heavens. Surprisingly, this turn in the nation's 35-year, love-hate relationship with antimissile research finds the technology less speculative than before. For the first time, it is mature enough that one class of advanced weapons could be put into space relatively quickly, a fact that is likely to electrify this round of the antimissile debate.
General Motors is back in Indonesia, selling the Opel Vectra sedan made at its new assembly plant outside Jakarta, the first G.M. plant in Southeast Asia. G.M. is one of many American companies that have discovered or rediscovered Indonesia, lured by the prospect of its 5 to 7 percent economic growth, abundant natural resources and a population of 200 million, the world's fourth largest.
A 52-nation summit meeting to strengthen security throughout Europe was disrupted today by Russia's opposition to the expansion of NATO and Bosnia's recriminations about the world's failure to end the war in the Balkans. In caustic tones reminiscent of the cold war, President Boris N. Yeltsin of Russia bluntly told other world leaders in this former Communist capital that NATO was trying to split Europe with its plan to admit members from the former Warsaw Pact and that the United States should not be allowed to dominate the world.
Widening Net for Inquiry The Whitewater inquiry moved near Gov. Jim Guy Tucker of Arkansas after a land appraiser pleaded guilty to inflating estimates used to support loans to Mr. Tucker. Page B9. Battle Laser Ready to Go "Star Wars" is not dead after all. After 15 years, an antimissile space laser has overcome many technical problems and is ready to be tested in orbit. Science Times, page C1.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 30, 1994, covering December 6, 1994.
Eagles
Boyz II Men
Nirvana
Method Man
The Offspring
1994Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek-Nigerian basketball player[†]
Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo is a Nigerian-Greek professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His size, speed, and strength have earned him the nickname "Greek Freak". He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players and power forwards of all time.
1994Wakatakakage Atsushi, Japanese sumo wrestler[†]
Wakatakakage Atsushi is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Fukushima. He made his debut in March 2017 and reached the top makuuchi division in November 2019. He wrestles for Arashio stable, where he is a stablemate of his older brothers Wakatakamoto and Wakamotoharu. His highest rank has been sekiwake. He won his first top division championship in March 2022 and has collected six Technique prizes.
1994Shreyas Iyer, Indian cricketer[†]
Shreyas Iyer is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian team as a right-handed middle-order batter. He also plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains the Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. He was a part of the Indian team that won the 2025 Champions Trophy.
1994Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (born 1922)[†]
Heinrich "Heinz" Baas was a German football player and manager.
1994Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor and director (born 1933)[†]
Gian Maria Volonté was an Italian actor and activist. He is best known for his roles in four Spaghetti Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (1964), El Indio in Leone's For a Few Dollars More (1965), El Chuncho Munoz in Damiano Damiani's A Bullet for the General (1966) and Professor Brad Fletcher in Sergio Sollima's Face to Face (1967).
In 1994, the world population was approximately 5,675,551,255 people[†]