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Saturday, October 18, 1980
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The Headlines
REAGAN, IN A SHIFT, AGREES TO A DEBATE WITH CARTER ALONE; LEAGUE INVITATION FOR OCT. 28 Details Are Not Firm on a Meeting --Strauss Says President Is Ready to Face His Rival 'Eager to Debate Carter' Reagan, in Shift, Agrees to Debate With Carter Alone Consensus Begins to Change
Read in The New York Times →World Mood
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Another One Bites the Dust
Queen
#1 at the box office
Private Benjamin
$1,201,574
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
16,666 days ago
(45 years, 241 days)