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Tuesday, November 28, 1989

From the day

Perspective: The Anxious Local · Sound

The tinny, repetitive chirps from my nephew's Game Boy are driving me up the wall while Milli Vanilli blares from every passing car radio. Gas just crept up past a buck-ten, and honestly, seeing those prices on the pump makes my chest tighten more than the news of the world changing overnight. I ducked into the bakery to escape the damp November chill, but even fifty-five cents for a loaf of bread feels like a gamble lately. That glowing green screen he’s got is admittedly dope, but I’m too busy listening to the frantic static on the news to play any games.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Blame It on the Rain

Milli Vanilli

The must-have

Game Boy

On This Day

  • Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.

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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

13,338 days ago

(36 years, 198 days)