The decade of the eighties has links to the pages of ten graduating classes starting with 1980 and ending with 1989.

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As the decade of the eighties began on Jan. 1, 1980:

Top Headline of the Quarter:
THE PRICE OF GOLD SOARS TO $802 AN OUNCE ON THE NEW YORK MARKET. PRESIDENT CARTER ANNOUNCES THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS WILLING TO SELL WEAPONS TO CHINA. LABOR STATISTICS REVEAL THAT THE 1979 INFLATION RATE WAS THE HIGHEST IN 33 YEARS. HONDA TO BUILD JAPAN'S FIRST U.S. PASSENGER-CAR ASSEMBLY PLANT IN OHIO.

Prices:
House $86,159, Car $7,574, Milk $1.60, Gas $1.22, Bread $.51, Stamp $.15, Average Income $23,974, Dow 964.

President: jimmy Carter  Vice President: Walter Mondale

In 1980, the following made headlines:

The United States attempts to rescue the American hostages held in Iran but fails.

Voyager I, a NASA probe, explores Saturn.

In Washington, Mount St. Helens erupts.

Republican Ronald Reagan, former actor and California governor, is elected president of the United States, ousting incumbent Jimmy Carter. Inflation is running at double-digits, and gas is around $1.20/gallon.

As the decade of the eighties closed on Dec. 31, 1989:

Top Headline of the Quarter:
AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT, THE EAST GERMAN GOVERNMENT ALLOWS ITS PEOPLE TO FREELY CROSS THE BORDERS. 800,000 PEOPLE VISIT THE WEST IN ONE DAY AFTER HOLE IS CUT IN BERLIN WALL IN OLD BERLIN. U.S. WRESTLER KONISHIKI, WEIGHING 490 POUNDS, BECOMES SECOND FOREIGNER TO WIN EMPEROR'S CUP.

Prices:
House $148,800, Car $14,645, Milk $2.14, Gas $1.06, Bread $.67, Stamp $.25, Average Income $41,506, Dow 2753.

President: George Bush  Vice President: Danforth Quayle

From the Quill Annuals of the eighties:
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