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Thursday, August 14, 1997
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The Headlines
Pigeon Forge, Tenn., Attracts Tourists And Money, as Well as Traffic Jams
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I'll Be Missing You
Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
#1 at the box office
Cop Land
$13,510,482
The must-have
Tamagotchi
You Share a Birthday With
- John Galsworthy (1867)
- Halle Berry (1966)
- Mila Kunis (1983)
- Hans Christian Ørsted (1777)
- Pope Pius VII (1742)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever
Grunge
flannellameposerslacker
Hip Hop
blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'
Tech
cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb
Tech Check
Wi-Fi (802.11), Netflix (DVD Rental) & Toyota Prius (Hybrid).
Cost of Living (1995)
Loaf of Bread
$0.79
Gallon of Gas
$1.15
Average Home
$133,900
New Car
$18,200
Time Elapsed
10,522 days ago
(28 years, 302 days)