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Friday, May 9, 1986
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The Headlines
TIME BUYS STAKE IN MAGAZINE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
#1 at the box office
Short Circuit
The must-have
Lazer Tag
You Share a Birthday With
- J. M. Barrie (1860)
- Howard Carter (1874)
- Glenda Jackson (1936)
- José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
- Sophie Scholl (1921)
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
Disposable Camera, Pixar & Mir Space Station.
Cost of Living (1985)
Loaf of Bread
$0.55
Gallon of Gas
$1.12
Average Home
$84,300
New Car
$12,650
Time Elapsed
14,637 days ago
(40 years, 37 days)