With the cold war ebbing, crime and inflation at record levels, andmovie star-turned-President Ronald Reagan launching a Star Wars of his own, the 1980s did not seem likely to become one of the mostoutrageous, flamboyant, and prosperous decades of the 20th century.The "greed is good" mantra on Wall Street spawned the power-dressing,exercise-obsessed "Me Generation" of Yuppies?high on cash, cocaine,and Calvins. The art world enjoyed the influx of capital; computersand video games ruled in the office and at home; and the Rubik`s cubecraze swept the nation. Leg warmers were big, shoulder pads werebigger and hair was biggest of all.