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Friday, December 16, 1988
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The Headlines
Ford's Catalytic Converter Eliminates Use of Platinum
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Look Away
Chicago
#1 at the box office
Twins
$7,781,130
The must-have
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures
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
13,685 days ago
(37 years, 180 days)