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Friday, January 6, 1989

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The Headlines

Questions Left Hanging; In Skillful Defense Strategy, North's Team Exploited Administration's Embarrassment

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Poison

The must-have

Game Boy

On This Day

  • Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.

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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

Catchphrases of 1989

  • I'll have what she's having
  • Carpe Diem

Tech Check

World Wide Web (Proposal), Game Boy & GPS (Civilian).

Cost of Living (1985)

Loaf of Bread

$0.55

Gallon of Gas

$1.12

Average Home

$84,300

New Car

$12,650

Time Elapsed

13,664 days ago

(37 years, 159 days)