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Monday, October 19, 1981
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The Headlines
PREMIER CONCEDES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
Christopher Cross
#1 at the box office
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
You Share a Birthday With
- Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910)
- John le Carré (1931)
- Philip Pullman (1946)
- Marsilio Ficino (1433)
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
16,300 days ago
(44 years, 240 days)