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Friday, August 4, 1989
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The Headlines
Congress and Administration Set A Compromise on Savings Rescue
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Batdance
Prince
#1 at the box office
Parenthood
The must-have
Game Boy
You Share a Birthday With
- Barack Obama (1961)
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960)
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
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
13,454 days ago
(36 years, 314 days)