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Sunday, November 9, 1997
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The Headlines
IN THE EAST VILLAGE WITH: Sebastian Junger; The Pose After the Prose
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Candle in the Wind 1997" /"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"
Elton John
#1 at the box office
Starship Troopers
$22,058,773
The must-have
Tamagotchi
You Share a Birthday With
- Ivan Turgenev (1818)
- Carl Sagan (1934)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
- Edward VII (1841)
- Imre Kertész (1929)
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
10,435 days ago
(28 years, 215 days)