Saturday, November 8, 1980

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Tactile

I’m hunched over on the floor, the slick plastic of my Rubik’s Cube clicking as I twist the rows till my thumbs ache. My new Lycra leggings feel itchy and tight against my skin, but they look totally bad paired with these massive foam shoulder pads. Barbra Streisand’s "Woman in Love" is blaring from my sister’s room again, and if I hear that high note one more time, I’m going to lose it. I just want to drown out the news about Reagan and the economy with some Pac-Man at the arcade.

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The Headlines

PRODUCER PRICES UP BY 0.8% IN OCTOBER, A 10.6% YEARLY RATE; FOOD AND CARS CHIEF FACTORS Sugar Costs Increase by Over 20% --Joblessness Goes to 7.6% From 7.5% in September Running at 9 to 10 Percent Rate Few Signs of Another Surge Producer Prices Up 0.8%; Food and Cars Lead Rise

World Mood

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Woman in Love

Barbra Streisand

#1 at the box office

$1,628,001

The must-have

Rubik's Cube

You Share a Birthday With

• Alain Delon (1935)
• Kazuo Ishiguro (1954)
• Bram Stoker (1847)
• Margaret Mitchell (1900)
• Edmond Halley (1656)

Slang

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)