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Wednesday, April 23, 1980
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The Headlines
ALLIES SET TO IMPOSE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON TEHERAN MAY 17; Common Market Nations Agree to Act Unless 'Decisive' Gain Is Made on Hostage Issue Desire for Flexibility Shown EUROPEAN ALLIES SET DEADLINE FOR IRAN French Said to Have Yielded Terms of U.N. Resolution Heeded Hasty American Action Feared
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Call Me
Blondie
#1 at the box office
Kramer vs. Kramer
$1,335,476
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Max Planck (1858)
- James Buchanan (1791)
- Halldór Laxness (1902)
- John Cena (1977)
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
16,845 days ago
(46 years, 55 days)