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Saturday, March 1, 1980
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The Headlines
KHOMEINI AIDE SAYS PANEL NOW CAN TALK WITH U.S. HOSTAGES; WEEKEND SESSION HELD LIKELY Commission Reported Convinced It Will Be Allowed to Meet All 50 Captives in Embassy 'Maybe in 4 Hours, Maybe in 20' Khomeini Aide Says Commission Can See Captives Hope for a Solution Two-Ballot System to Stay U.S. Told Visit Is Near Verification Sought U.S. Aide Talks of 'Early Release'
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
#1 at the box office
The Fog
$1,599,290
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Frédéric Chopin (1810)
- Yitzhak Rabin (1922)
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892)
- Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956)
- Javier Bardem (1969)
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
16,897 days ago
(46 years, 107 days)