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Saturday, August 16, 1980
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The Headlines
Producer Prices, Paced by Food, Up 1.7% in July; Largest Rise Since '74-- Effects of Drought Cited Other Goods Also Up Sharply Producer Prices Up 1.7% in July; Increase Is Sharpest Since 1974 Energy Prices Decline
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
- Madonna (1958)
- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- James Cameron (1954)
- Charles Bukowski (1920)
- Menachem Begin (1913)
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
16,729 days ago
(45 years, 304 days)