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Saturday, August 23, 1997
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The Headlines
TEAMSTER VOTING THAT CHOSE CAREY DECLARED INVALID
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
G.I. Jane
$11,094,241
The must-have
Tamagotchi
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XVI (1754)
- Kobe Bryant (1978)
- Edgar de Wahl (1867)
- Georges Cuvier (1769)
- Gene Kelly (1912)
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
10,513 days ago
(28 years, 293 days)