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Thursday, October 8, 1981
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The Headlines
HAIG PLEDGES ACTIVE SUPPORT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Endless Love
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
#1 at the box office
Paternity
$3,227,174
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
You Share a Birthday With
- Sigourney Weaver (1949)
- Ursula von der Leyen (1958)
- Matt Damon (1970)
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
- Juan Perón (1895)
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
16,311 days ago
(44 years, 251 days)