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Thursday, July 16, 1981
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The Headlines
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION WOULD BACK WESTWAY TRADE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
#1 at the box office
Raiders of the Lost Ark
$6,450,189
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Amundsen (1872)
- Larry Sanger (1968)
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907)
- Ginger Rogers (1911)
- Will Ferrell (1967)
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
16,395 days ago
(44 years, 335 days)