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Thursday, February 12, 1987
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The Headlines
BUSINESS DIGEST: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1987
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Livin' on a Prayer
Bon Jovi
#1 at the box office
Platoon
$12,875,690
The must-have
Jenga
You Share a Birthday With
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Christina Ricci (1980)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
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
PowerPoint, Perl & Prozac.
Cost of Living (1985)
Loaf of Bread
$0.55
Gallon of Gas
$1.12
Average Home
$84,300
New Car
$12,650
Time Elapsed
14,358 days ago
(39 years, 123 days)