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Tuesday, August 10, 1993
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The Headlines
SCIENTIST AT WORK: Victoria Elizabeth Foe; Drawing Big Lessons From Fly Embryology
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Can't Help Falling in Love
UB40
#1 at the box office
The Fugitive
$22,438,277
The must-have
Beanie Babies
On This Day
Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Herbert Hoover (1874)
- Juan Manuel Santos (1951)
- Antonio Banderas (1960)
- Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810)
- Jorge Amado (1912)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever
Grunge
flannellameposerslacker
Hip Hop
blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'
Tech
cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb
Tech Check
Web Browser (Mosaic), Pentium Processor & PDF.
Cost of Living (1990)
Loaf of Bread
$0.70
Gallon of Gas
$1.16
Average Home
$123,000
New Car
$16,950
Time Elapsed
11,987 days ago
(32 years, 307 days)