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Friday, January 18, 1980
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The Headlines
U.S. PLANS EMBARGO ON IRAN ON ITS OWN AS ALLIES SHUN IDEA; EUROPEANS CITE TRADE LAWS Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan Limits Step Against Teheran --Food, Drugs Exempt Some Allies Fear Loss of Oil Clifford Going to India U.S. Plans Embargo Against Iran as Allies Shun Idea
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Rock with You
Michael Jackson
#1 at the box office
Kramer vs. Kramer
$1,655,591
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
16,940 days ago
(46 years, 150 days)