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Wednesday, April 16, 1980
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The Headlines
SENATE CLEARS BILL TO AID COMPETITION IN TRUCK INDUSTRY; Measure, Passed 70 to 20, Hailed as Anti-Inflationary--Labor and Carriers Opposed Up to $8 Billion in Annual Savings Senate Votes to Promote Competition by Truckers 'Great Day' for Consumer Specifics of the Bill 'Backhaul' Option Decline in 1979 Profits
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Call Me
Blondie
#1 at the box office
Kramer vs. Kramer
$1,194,160
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
16,852 days ago
(46 years, 62 days)