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Thursday, August 7, 1980
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT DERIDES REAGAN'S TAX PLAN; He Terms It 'Sugar-Coated Poison' in a Speech to Urban League Little Room for New Moves Carter Derides Reagan Tax Plan, Terming It 'Sugar-Coated Poison'
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Magic
Olivia Newton-John
#1 at the box office
Dressed to Kill
$1,745,388
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Jimmy Wales (1966)
- Charlize Theron (1975)
- Elinor Ostrom (1933)
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Sofia Rotaru (1947)
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
16,738 days ago
(45 years, 313 days)