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Friday, July 24, 1981
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The Headlines
U.S. SEEKS TO MUTE CRITICISM OF BEGIN OVER AIR ATTACKS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The One That You Love
Air Supply
#1 at the box office
Tarzan, the Ape Man
$6,700,809
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Jennifer Lopez (1969)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
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
16,387 days ago
(44 years, 327 days)