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Thursday, January 27, 1949

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The Headlines

BEVIN WINS A TEST ON ISRAEL, 283-193; LABOR VOTE FALLS; 50 Members of Party Abstain -- Secretary Defiant -- Puts Off Recognition of State CHURCHILL PILLORIES HIM Calls Minister Cuttlefish Who Hides Behind Inky Waters -- Both Strike at U. S. BEVIN WINS TEST, PLURALITY IS CUT

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

A Little Bird Told Me

Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1949

  • Big Brother is watching you

Tech Check

45 RPM Vinyl, Atomic Clock & Crash Test Dummies.

Cost of Living (1940)

Loaf of Bread

$0.08

Gallon of Gas

$0.18

Average Home

$2,938

New Car

$850

Time Elapsed

28,254 days ago

(77 years, 149 days)