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Wednesday, August 6, 1980
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The Headlines
CARTER SAID TO BACK A PLAN FOR LIMITING ANY NUCLEAR WAR; 'DETERRENCE' TERMED THE AIM New Strategy Would Stress Strikes on Military Objectives Rather Than Cities, Officials Say Previous Policy Called Unrealistic Prolonged Nuclear War Carter Reported to Approve a Plan For Limiting Any Nuclear Warfare Help in Election Campaign No Prior Hint of Policy Change
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Magic
Olivia Newton-John
#1 at the box office
Airplane!
$2,209,013
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Andy Warhol (1928)
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
- Michelle Yeoh (1962)
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
16,739 days ago
(45 years, 314 days)