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Friday, October 31, 1980
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The Headlines
Close Reagan Business Friends; They Seem To Personify His Values 'Anybody Can Achieve Success' Immigrant Who Built A Retail Empire Reagan's Closest Business Friends Seem to Personify His Values Founded Steel Company In 1921 at Age of 23 'A Good Friend' as 'I've Always Tried to Be' Bluntest and Most Outspoken of Circle 'Fought Like Cats and Dogs' Auto Dealer Spotted Reagan Political Appeal in 1964 Lawyer a Possibility for Attorney General Post
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
$1,756,902
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Hokusai (1760)
- John Keats (1795)
- Chiang Kai-shek (1887)
- Johannes Vermeer (1632)
- Peter Jackson (1961)
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
16,654 days ago
(45 years, 229 days)