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Friday, August 15, 1980
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The Headlines
MONDALE ON TICKET; Carter, Vowing a Victory, Asserts the Voters Will Face 'Stark Choice' Tribute to Kennedy Senator Joins Carter President Assails Republican Program as 'Fantasy' G.O.P. Tax Plan Derided Mondale Twits Reagan Carter in Fighting Mood
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Magic
Olivia Newton-John
#1 at the box office
Smokey and the Bandit II
$1,860,800
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Napoleon (1769)
- Walter Scott (1771)
- Ben Affleck (1972)
- Louis de Broglie (1892)
- Sri Aurobindo (1872)
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
16,730 days ago
(45 years, 305 days)