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Monday, August 24, 1998
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The Headlines
THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- Selling Soap Without the Soap Operas; Mass Marketers Seek Ways to Build Brands on the Web
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Boy Is Mine
Brandy and Monica
#1 at the box office
Blade
$10,925,976
The must-have
Furby
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever
Grunge
flannellameposerslacker
Hip Hop
blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'
Tech
cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb
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
10,147 days ago
(27 years, 292 days)