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Tuesday, December 31, 1996
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The Headlines
That Flashing Crazy Quilt of Signs? It's Art
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Un-Break My Heart
Toni Braxton
#1 at the box office
Michael
$12,144,926
The must-have
Tickle Me Elmo
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever
Grunge
flannellameposerslacker
Hip Hop
blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'
Tech
cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb
Tech Check
Hotmail, Nintendo 64, USB & Palm Pilot.
Cost of Living (1995)
Loaf of Bread
$0.79
Gallon of Gas
$1.15
Average Home
$133,900
New Car
$18,200
Time Elapsed
10,749 days ago
(29 years, 164 days)