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Wednesday, August 5, 1992

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The Headlines

More Doctors Go Where the Patients Are: Home; With Hospital Stays Reduced, Many Physicians See Renewed Need for House Calls

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

This Used to Be My Playground

Madonna

The must-have

Barney the Dinosaur Plush

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever

Grunge

flannellameposerslacker

Hip Hop

blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'

Tech

cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb

Catchphrases of 1992

  • You can't handle the truth!
  • Not!

Tech Check

SMS Text Message, ThinkPad & JPEG Standard.

Cost of Living (1990)

Loaf of Bread

$0.70

Gallon of Gas

$1.16

Average Home

$123,000

New Car

$16,950

Time Elapsed

12,357 days ago

(33 years, 312 days)