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Sunday, December 18, 1921
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The Headlines
REPARATIONS TO BE RECAST; Premiers Meet Tomorrow to Prepare for Action by Supreme Council. FRENCH TO CHANGE METHOD Insist Only the Value of Reparations Be Provided to Cover20-Billion Franc Budget.BERLIN ASKED TO EXPLAIN Commission's Note Demands Details on Delay, but LeavesDecision to Premiers. France Wants 20 Billion Francs. British Won't Go So Far.
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The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Willy Brandt (1913)
- J. J. Thomson (1856)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863)
- Paul Klee (1879)
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
38,155 days ago
(104 years, 195 days)