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Friday, April 17, 1987
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The Headlines
SOME OFFBEAT OUTINGS ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
Aretha Franklin and George Michael
#1 at the box office
The Secret of My Success
$7,412,160
The must-have
Jenga
You Share a Birthday With
- Victoria Beckham (1974)
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)
- Jennifer Garner (1972)
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- William Holden (1918)
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
14,294 days ago
(39 years, 59 days)