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Thursday, August 22, 1918
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The Headlines
Foch Aims More During Strokes As the Germans Disclose Weakness; Noyon Salient Is Now Threatened So Seriously That Its Early Evacuation Is Predicted--Prisoner's Letter Shows Disgust at German Muddling. Foch's Stroke Well Timed. German Numbers Less Potent. Heroic Frenchman Decorated. FOCH AIMS MORE DARING STROKES
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Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Deng Xiaoping (1904)
- Claude Debussy (1862)
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902)
- Pope Leo XII (1760)
- Max Scheler (1874)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Superheterodyne Radio Receiver, Enigma Machine (Early Version) & Hydraulic Brakes.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,370 days ago
(107 years, 315 days)