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| President: |
Ronald W. Reagan |
| Vice President: |
George Bush |
Population: |
242,288,918 |
| Life expectancy: |
74.9 years |
Dow-Jones |
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| High: |
2,722 |
| Low: |
2,722 |
Federal spending: |
$1003.91 billion |
| Federal debt: |
$2346.1 billion |
| Inflation: |
3.6% |
| Consumer Price Index: |
113.6 |
| Unemployment: |
7% |
| Cost of a new home: |
$127,200.00 |
| Cost of a new car: |
$ |
| Median Household Income: |
$26,061.00 |
| Cost of a first-class stamp: |
$0.22 |
| Cost of a gallon of regular gas: |
$0.95 |
| Cost of a dozen eggs: |
$0.78 |
| Cost of a gallon of Milk: |
$2.28 |
| 1. With Or Without You - U2 |
| 2. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde |
| 3. C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil |
| 4. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - Aretha Franklin & George Michael |
| 5. At This Moment - Billy Vera & The Beaters |
| 6. I Heard A Rumour - Bananarama |
| 7. Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle |
| 8. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House |
| 9. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship |
| 10. Lady In Red, The - Chris De Burgh |
| Control - Janet Jackson |
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| Fore! - Huey Lewis and the News |
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| Invisible Touch - Genesis |
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| Licensed to ill - Beastie Boys |
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| Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi |
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| The Joshua Tree - U2 |
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| The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby and the Range |
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| Album of the Year: |
Joshua Tree, U2 |
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| Best New Artist: |
Jody Watley |
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| Best Pop Duo or Group: |
“(I've Had) The Time of My Life,” Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes |
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| Best Pop Female Vocal: |
“I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me),” Whitney Houston |
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| Best Pop Male Vocal: |
Bring on the Night, Sting |
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| Best Rock Duo or Group: |
The Joshua Tree, U2 |
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| Best Rock Solo: |
Tunnel of Love, Bruce Springsteen |
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| Record of the Year: |
“Graceland,” Paul Simon |
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| Song of the Year: |
“Somewhere Out There” |
| $$$ -Top Movie Money Makers |
| Three Men and a Baby |
$167,780,960 |
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| Fatal Attraction |
$156,645,693 |
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| Beverly Hills Cop 2 |
$153,665,036 |
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| Good Morning, Vietnam |
$123,922,370 |
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| Moonstruck |
$80,640,528 |
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| Baby Boom |
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| Broadcast News |
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| Dirty Dancing |
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| Empire of the Sun |
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| Full Metal Jacket |
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| No Way Out |
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| Planes Trains & Automobiles |
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| Predator |
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| Robocop |
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| Stakeout |
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| The Lost Boys |
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| The Running Man |
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| The Untouchables |
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| The Witches of Eastwick |
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| Wall Street |
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| Best Actor: |
Michael Douglas: Wall Street |
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| Best Actress: |
Cher: Moonstruck |
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| Best Director: |
Bernardo Bertolucci: The Last Emperor |
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| Best Picture: |
Jeremy Thomas: The Last Emperor |
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| Best Supporting Actor: |
Sean Connery: The Untouchables |
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| Best Supporting Actress: |
Olympia Dukakis: Moonstruck |
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| Americas Top 20 TV Favorites |
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The Cosby Show |
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A Different World |
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Cheers |
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Growing Pains |
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Night Court |
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The Golden Girls |
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Who's the Boss? |
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60 Minutes |
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Murder She Wrote |
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The Wonder Years |
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Alf |
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Moonlighting |
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L.A. Law |
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NFL Monday Night Football |
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Matlock |
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Dear John |
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Amen |
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Family Ties |
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| 19 |
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Hunter |
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The CBS Sunday Night Movie |
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| Best Drama - |
thirtysomething (ABC) |
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| Best Actor - |
Richard Kiley, A Year in the Life |
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| Best Actress - |
Tyne Daly, Cagney and Lacey |
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| Supporting Actor - |
Larry Drake, L.A. Law |
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| Supporting Actress - |
Patricia Wettig, thirtysomething |
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| Best Comedy - |
The Wonder Years (ABC) |
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| Best Actor - |
Michael J. Fox, Family Ties |
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| Best Actress - |
Beatrice Arthur, The Golden Girls |
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| Supporting Actor - |
John Larroquette, Night Court |
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| Supporting Actress - |
Estelle Getty, The Golden Girls |
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| Best Variety- |
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (CBS) |
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| Superbowl |
XXII |
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WASHINGTON |
42 |
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Denver |
10 |
| Pro MVP: |
Jerry Rice, San Francisco, WR & John Elway, Denver, QB |
| College Football: |
Miami-FL |
| Heisman Trophy: |
Tim Brown, Notre Dame, WR |
| Rose Bowl: |
Michigan St. 20, USC 17 |
| Orange Bowl: |
Miami-FL 20, Oklahoma 14 |
| Cotton Bowl: |
Texas A&M 35, Notre Dame 10 |
| Sugar Bowl: |
16-16, Syracuse vs Auburn |
| Winner: |
LA Lakers |
4-2 (WWLWLW) |
- Coach: |
Pat Riley |
| Opposing Team: |
BOSTON |
- Coach: |
K.C. Jones |
| NBA MVP: |
Magic Johnson, LA Lakers, G |
Ave Score: |
23.9 |
| NCAA National Champions: |
Indiana |
30-4 |
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| Winner: |
Minnesota |
4-3 (WWLLLWW) |
- Coach: |
Tom Kelly |
| Opposing Team: |
ST.L. CARDINALS |
- Coach: |
Whitey Herzog |
| MVP: |
Andre Dawson, Chi |
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| Rookie of the Year: |
Benito Santiago, SD |
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| MVP: |
George Bell, Tor |
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OF |
| Rookie of the Year: |
Mark McGwire, Oak |
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Evngelist Jim Baker Admits To Making Payments To Cover sexual Infidelity |
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Iraqi Missile Hits SS "Stark" In Persian Gulf And Kills 37 |
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19 Year Old German Flies Small Plane Into Moscow Square |
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Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker Is Replaced By Alan Greenspan |
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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Is Re-elected For Third Time |
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Oliver North Takes Fifth Amendment In Contra Investigation |
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Dow Suffers Worst One Day Fall In History, 508 Points |
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Gary Hart withdraws from Presidential race when sexual indiscretion is exposed |
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Dow tops 2,700 |
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338 of 452 are convicted in Mafia trial in Polermo, Italy |
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Died; Fred Astaire , jackie Gleson, Liberace, Rita Hayworth |
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Dow one day drop of 508 points becomes know as "Black Monday" |
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50,000 gather at "Graceland", on the 10th anniversary of Elvis's death |
| The Tommyknockers - Stephen King |
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| Patriot Games - Tom Clancy |
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| Kaleidoscope - Danielle Steel |
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| Misery - Stephen King |
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| Leaving Home - Garrison Keillor |
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| Windmills of the Gods - Sidney Sheldon |
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| Presumed Innocent - Scott Turow |
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| Fine Things - Danielle Steel |
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| Heaven and Hell - John Jakes |
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| Time Flies - Bill Cosby |
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| Spycatcher - Peter Wright with Paul Greengrass |
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| Family: The Ties that Bind… And Gag! - Erma Bombeck |
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| Veil - Bob Woodward |
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| A Day in the Life of America - Rick Smolan, David Cohen |
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| The Great Depression of 1990 - Ravi Batra |
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| It's All in the Playing - Shirley MacLaine |
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| Man of the House - Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., with William Novak |
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| The Closing of the American Mind - Allan Bloom |
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| A Summons to Memphis, Peter Taylor |
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| Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land, David K. Shipler |
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Mark McGwire (Oakland, Al) sets a rookie record of 49 Home Runs. |
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Spuds Mackenzie and Max Headroom are in. |
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One time use disposable cameras are new. |
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Ad: For $22,000 you can buy a BMW or the hollow felling of something just as good. (BMW) |
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Michael Jordan (Chicago) averages 37.1 ppg, the first since Wilt Chamberlain to score 3,000 points. |
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Playtex, in TV ads for the "Cross Your Heart" bra, is the first to use live lingerie models. |
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Quote: "I came here to tell the truth - the good, the bad, and the ugly." (Oliver North) |
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Forty states and hundreds of cities restrict smoking in public buildings and restaurants following the surgeon general's directives on passive smoking. |
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"Baby M" custody is awarded to the father. (mother was contracted to have the baby and give it up, then changed her mind) |
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Sixty percent of US kitchens now have microwave ovens and forty percent of the food dollars are spent eating out. |
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