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Tuesday, January 1, 1980
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The Headlines
CARTER SAYS SOVIET ISN'T TELLING FACTS ABOUT AFGHAN COUP; CITES THREAT TO TIES Assails Brezhnev's Answer Hints at a Stronger Protest by the West Senators See Risk to Arms Pact Warns of Serious Consequences PRESIDENT DISCLOSES WARNING TO SOVIET Onset of Winter Played Role
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Please Don't Go
KC and the Sunshine Band
#1 at the box office
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
$3,287,481
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
awesomebodaciouscheesychill
Valley Girl
as ifbarf me outgag me with a spoongrodytotally
Hip Hop
baddefdopeflyfreshword
Yuppie
greed is goodpower lunchnetworking
Tech Check
Fax Machine Boom, Pac-Man & Flash Memory.
Style of 1980
Silhouette: Oversized inverted triangle
Material: Lycra and sequins
- Shoulder pads
- Perms
- Neon accessories
Cost of Living (1980)
Loaf of Bread
$0.50
Gallon of Gas
$1.19
Average Home
$47,200
New Car
$7,200
Time Elapsed
16,957 days ago
(46 years, 167 days)