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Friday, December 28, 1984
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The Headlines
ST. BART'S: NEW PLAN THAT FACES OLD ISSUES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Like a Virgin
Madonna
#1 at the box office
Beverly Hills Cop
$20,064,790
The must-have
Transformers
You Share a Birthday With
- Woodrow Wilson (1856)
- Linus Torvalds (1969)
- John von Neumann (1903)
- Liu Xiaobo (1955)
- Denzel Washington (1954)
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
Apple Macintosh, CD-ROM & Flash Memory.
Style of 1984
Silhouette: Athletic and layered
Material: Spandex and sweat
- Leg warmers
- Headbands
- Oversized sweatshirts
Cost of Living (1980)
Loaf of Bread
$0.50
Gallon of Gas
$1.19
Average Home
$47,200
New Car
$7,200
Time Elapsed
15,134 days ago
(41 years, 169 days)