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Tuesday, February 1, 1983
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The Headlines
PLESSEY GAINS A U.S. FOOTHOLD
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Africa
Toto
#1 at the box office
Tootsie
$6,523,267
The must-have
Cabbage Patch Kids
You Share a Birthday With
- Boris Yeltsin (1931)
- Clark Gable (1901)
- Leymah Gbowee (1972)
- John Ford (1894)
- Langston Hughes (1902)
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
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, Internet (TCP/IP Standard) & Microsoft Word.
Cost of Living (1980)
Loaf of Bread
$0.50
Gallon of Gas
$1.19
Average Home
$47,200
New Car
$7,200
Time Elapsed
15,830 days ago
(43 years, 135 days)