This Beloved Action-Adventure Series Is Still One of the Best Ever Made 33 Years Later

MacGyver, starring Richard Dean Anderson in the titular role, is one of the greatest action series you'll ever see.

17 Wild Things ’80s Parents Let Kids Do That Would Never Happen Today

Growing up in the 1980s pretty much guaranteed that fewer rules and a whole lot more freedom were welcomed inevitabilities.
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A selection from the writings and speeches of Shahanshah Aryamehr

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Disney-YouTube TV Blackout Has Customers Scrambling and Getting Creative

Neely is one of many consumers seeking a quick fix to get them through the blackout of Disney channels on YouTube TV, which also includes ESPN and FX. The fight is now in its second week and ...
Newsday

Mona Ziade, who helped shape the AP's Middle East coverage in the 1980s and '90s, dies at age 65

BEIRUT — Mona Ziade, who covered major events out of the Middle East during the 1980s and '90s for The Associated Press, including the taking of Western hostages during Lebanon’s civil war and ...
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Man accused in a series of 1980s rapes in Florida is convicted in another attack

MIAMI (AP) — A man suspected of being the “pillowcase rapist” in a string of South Florida rapes back in the 1980s was convicted Monday in another one of the attacks. Miami-Dade County jurors found ...
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Can You Match These First Lines to Their Novels?

Welcome to Literary Quotable Quotes, a quiz that tests your recognition of memorable lines. This week’s installment highlights first lines from notable novels of the 1980s. In the five multiple-choice ...
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American culture in the 1980s

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...