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Friday, September 12, 1980
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The Headlines
Severe Drought Withers U.S. Crops In Blow to Farmers and Consumers; Arkansas Farmers Hurt Devastating Drought Grips Broad Area Vast, Jagged Arc Across East Iowa Escapes Losses Eight Bushels an Acre
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Upside Down
Diana Ross
#1 at the box office
The Exterminator
$1,143,000
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
16,702 days ago
(45 years, 277 days)