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Thursday, May 29, 1980
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The Headlines
Nation Struggles With Its History, Ideals and Internal Conflicts; Internal Problems Multiply Iran's Revolution Revolutionary Iran Still Struggling With Its History Emotion Still Runs High Pattern Began in 1872 Old Order Restored Each Time A Symbiotic Relationship Khomeini as a U.S. Agent Television and a Mud-Brick Home Division Represented Physically
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
#1 at the box office
The Empire Strikes Back †
$3,415,791
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
16,808 days ago
(46 years, 18 days)