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Tuesday, August 16, 1988
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The Headlines
Convention Chronicle; A Most Bittersweet Farewell As the G.O.P. Starts Its Party
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Roll With It
Steve Winwood
#1 at the box office
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
The must-have
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures
You Share a Birthday With
- Madonna (1958)
- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- James Cameron (1954)
- Charles Bukowski (1920)
- Menachem Begin (1913)
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
Fiber Optic Cables (Transatlantic), Doppler Radar & Digital Cellular.
Cost of Living (1985)
Loaf of Bread
$0.55
Gallon of Gas
$1.12
Average Home
$84,300
New Car
$12,650
Time Elapsed
13,807 days ago
(37 years, 302 days)