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Tuesday, September 23, 1980
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The Headlines
A 'Massive Crisis' on Heroin In East Seen by Morgenthau; Familiar Routes Used Morgenthau Sees a 'Massive Crisis' On East Coast as Heroin Increases Federal Official Agrees
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Upside Down
Diana Ross
#1 at the box office
The Exterminator
$858,000
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
16,691 days ago
(45 years, 266 days)