Friday, April 23, 1993

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The Headlines

Critic's Notebook; German Art Still Breathes the Air of Ideas

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Informer

Snow

#1 at the box office

$10,010,763

The must-have

Beanie Babies

On This Day

• Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.

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• Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.

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You Share a Birthday With

• William Shakespeare (1564)
• Max Planck (1858)
• James Buchanan (1791)
• Halldór Laxness (1902)
• John Cena (1977)

Slang

Tech Check

Web Browser (Mosaic), Pentium Processor & PDF.

Cost of Living (1990)