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Monday, October 20, 1980
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The Headlines
REAGAN CALLS PEACE HIS FIRST OBJECTIVE IN ADDRESS TO NATION; COUNTERS CARTER'S CHARGES Talk Outlines a Bipartisan Foreign Policy -- Pledges Arms Talks Based on U.S. Strength Reagan Calls World Peace His First Objective and Outlines Bipartisan Foreign Policy Strength and Peace 'I Will Sit Down With the Russians'
Read in The New York Times →World Mood
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Woman in Love
Barbra Streisand
#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
16,665 days ago
(45 years, 240 days)