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The year is 1984.

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Specifically, it is May 28th of that year. Recent weather patterns throughout the month have made this the rainiest on record for New York City. Trends in music have begun to set the decade apart from music; Kenny Loggins' Footloose from the movie of the same name can still be heard blaring over a distant radio.

Grading a student's essay, you decide not to take off points for their use of the word "repurpose". Future Best Picture winner Amadeus is currently in production, to be released in the coming fall season. Even the font used on this page evokes a popular vision of the 1980s.