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Thursday, February 10, 1949
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The Headlines
U. S. URGES CHANGES IN ATLANTIC DRAFT TO MEET OBSTACLE; Would Drop the Word 'Military' From Pledge, Delay Validity Until All Nations Ratify CONSTITUTION IS INVOLVED War Without Congressional Assent Impossible -- Senate Attitude on Pact Vital U. S. URGES CHANGES IN ATLANTIC DRAFT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
A Little Bird Told Me
Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters
#1 at the box office
Joan of Arc
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Bertolt Brecht (1898)
- Boris Pasternak (1890)
- Harold Macmillan (1894)
- Walter Brattain (1902)
- Alexandre Millerand (1859)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
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
28,239 days ago
(77 years, 134 days)