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Friday, November 19, 1948

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The Headlines

DULLES WILL LEAD OUR GROUP IN U.N. IN CHIEF'S ABSENCE; Truman Names Republican to Head Delegation in Paris While Marshall Is Home AN ANSWER TO RUSSIANS President Appoints Benjamin Cohen to Head Delegation in Assembly, With Austin Away Dulles Will Lead U.S. Delegation in U.N. During the Absence of Secretary Marshall

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Buttons and Bows

Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys

The must-have

Scrabble

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1948

  • Dewey Defeats Truman

Tech Check

Long-Playing Record (LP), Velcro & Holography Theory.

Cost of Living (1940)

Loaf of Bread

$0.08

Gallon of Gas

$0.18

Average Home

$2,938

New Car

$850

Time Elapsed

28,323 days ago

(77 years, 218 days)