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Sunday, December 11, 1921
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The Headlines
40 DAIL MEMBERS ARE FOR DE VALERA, LONDON IS TOLD; Remaining 84 Would Give a Safe Majority for the Irish Free State. BISHOPS TO MEET TUESDAY Logue at Session on Eve of Dail Action Will Ask for Resolution Endorsing Terms.CRAIG WINS ONE POINTBoundary Commission, It Is Said,Will Delimit Frontiers on Basisof Nine Counties. Healy Appeals to de Valera. Craig Returns to Belfast. 40 DAIL MEMBERS ARE FOR DE VALERA Collins to Make Announcement.
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The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
- Hector Berlioz (1803)
- Robert Koch (1843)
- Max Born (1882)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Robots (The Term 'Robot'), Polygraph (Modern) & Insulin (Medical Tech).
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
38,162 days ago
(104 years, 202 days)