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Tuesday, August 25, 1998
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The Headlines
After Fatal Flip, Riders Say Hudson Water Taxi Was Overcrowded
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Sean Connery (1930)
- Ivan the Terrible (1530)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744)
- Erich Honecker (1912)
- Tim Burton (1958)
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
10,146 days ago
(27 years, 291 days)