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Monday, January 26, 1981
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The Headlines
PAYOFFS ALLEGED IN F.B.I. INQUIRY OF CONSTRUCTION
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Tide Is High
Blondie
#1 at the box office
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
$4,279,264
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
You Share a Birthday With
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Paul Newman (1925)
- José Mourinho (1963)
- Ellen DeGeneres (1958)
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953)
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
IBM PC, MS-DOS & Space Shuttle.
Cost of Living (1980)
Loaf of Bread
$0.50
Gallon of Gas
$1.19
Average Home
$47,200
New Car
$7,200
Time Elapsed
16,566 days ago
(45 years, 141 days)