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Saturday, January 26, 1980
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The Headlines
'79 PRICES UP 13.3% IN BIGGEST INCREASE FOR A YEAR SINCE '46; 10.6% RISE IN NEW YORK AREA National Gain of 1.2% in Index for Month Among Year's Highest Energy Bills Set Pace Purchasing Power Off Consumer Prices Up 13.3% in '79, Largest Annual Increase Since '46 Meat and Poultry Show Rise
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
$1,541,864
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Paul Newman (1925)
- José Mourinho (1963)
- Ellen DeGeneres (1958)
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953)
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
16,932 days ago
(46 years, 142 days)