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A
He was romantically and professionally linked with Mia Farrow for the whole of the decade. It ultimately didn't end well.
Woody Allen
B
Devisive structure in Central Europe that came down in 1989
Berlin Wall
C
1982 Broadway musical that ran for eighteen years.
Cats
D
Short lived, futuristic sports car imortalized in "Back to the Future."
DeLorean DMC-12
E
Lead singer of the Miami Sound Machine.
Gloria Estefan
F
The U.K. and Argentina fought a war over this arcipelago in 1982.
Falkland Islands
G
The last General Secretary of the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev
H
Her self-titled debut album was the best-selling LP of 1986.
Whitney Houston
I
Australian rock band famous for the singles "Need You Tonight" and "Never Tear Us Apart."
INXS
J
African-American civil rights leader who tried to gain the Democratic nomination for president in both 1984 and 1988.
Jesse Jackson
K
Mayor of New York City for the entire decade.
Edward I. Koch
L
Became Johnny Carson's "Permanent Guest Host" in 1987.
Jay Leno
M
Legal drama starring Andy Griffith.
Matlock
N
Retired Marines Corps Lieutenant Colonel convicted in the Iran-Contra Affair (his conviction was later reversed).
Oliver North
O
Jane Fonda starred with Katharine Hepburn and her Dad in this 1981 movie.
On Golden Pond
P
Economic policy set forth by Letter "G," the English translation of which is "restructuring."
Perestroika
Q
Video game about an odd looking little orange creature who hops around on a stack of cubes and is known to curse when attacked by a foe.
Q*Bert
R
Sitcom that premired in 1988 about the blue colar Connor family of Landford, Illinois.
Roseanne
S
Host city for the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Seoul
T
Heavy Metal band that proudly (and loudly) proclaimed "We're Not Gonna Take It!"
Twisted Sister
U
John Travolta movie that prompted many a tavern owner to purchase a mechanical bull.
Urban Cowboy
V
Like, they were total crimped haired, mall hopping, fast talking girls from Southern California and the name of a Julien Temple film, okayy.
Valley Girl
W
Nostalgic "dramadey" about a young boy named Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage) coming of age in the late 1960's.
The Wonder Years
Y
Acronym coined for status seeking go-getters of the Reagan years.
Yuppie
X
Notoriously (and hillariously) bad roller skating movie with Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly.
Xanadu
Z
In 1987, cartoonist Tom Wilson II has drawn this comic strip created by his father.
Ziggy
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