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Sunday, August 9, 1987
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The Headlines
IRAN SEEKS TO WARD OFF ENEMIES WITH THREAT OF A HOLY WAR
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
U2
#1 at the box office
The Living Daylights
$7,706,230
The must-have
Jenga
You Share a Birthday With
- Whitney Houston (1963)
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Romano Prodi (1939)
- Gillian Anderson (1968)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
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
14,180 days ago
(38 years, 310 days)