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excerpt: "Before we focus in on the year ahead, a look back seems in order. I don't think that there will be much of an argument that the 1980's were quite a decade, with the recent events being the frosting on the cake to an incredible 10 years."
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# From the Editor

Before we focus in on the year ahead, a look back seems in order. I don’t think that there will be much of an argument that the 1980’s were quite a decade, with the recent events being the frosting on the cake to an incredible 10 years.