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Saturday, February 10, 1917
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The Headlines
NOT FOR WAR DECLARATION; President Is Watching Events Which May Change His Course. MAY ARM AND CONVOY SHIPS This Policy Indicated in His Speech Announcing Break with Germany. CABINET TAKES UP DEFENSE Preparations Go On Rapidly and Officials See Little Hope of Averting Crisis. President's Speech Recalled. To Defend Americans Only. May Convoy Merchantmen. To Enforce Our Rights. Rushing Preparedness Plans.
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- Bertolt Brecht (1898)
- Boris Pasternak (1890)
- Harold Macmillan (1894)
- Walter Brattain (1902)
- Alexandre Millerand (1859)
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General
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Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Modern Zipper & Drone Torpedoes.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,927 days ago
(109 years, 142 days)