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Monday, May 11, 1998

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The Headlines

Eye Catching: How New Media Are Racing to Become the Mass Media; In Terms of the Audience, Size Matters. But How Big? And by Whose Measure?

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Too Close

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The must-have

Furby

On This Day

  • India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever

Grunge

flannellameposerslacker

Hip Hop

blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'

Tech

cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb

Catchphrases of 1998

  • D'oh!
  • Got Milk?

Tech Check

Google Search, iMac G3 & MP3 Player (Rio).

Cost of Living (1995)

Loaf of Bread

$0.79

Gallon of Gas

$1.15

Average Home

$133,900

New Car

$18,200

Time Elapsed

10,252 days ago

(28 years, 32 days)