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Sunday, November 20, 1949

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The Headlines

BUCKEYES IN RALLY; 97,239 See Hague Kick on a Second Chance Tie Michigan, 7-7 BIG TEN CROWN IS SHARED Wolverines and Ohio State Are Co-Champions -- Latter Held Sure for Rose Bowl Trip THE WOLVERINES IN A POWER DRIVE THROUGH THE OHIO STATE LINE Ohio State Rallies to Tie Michigan Before 97,239 at Ann Arbor, 7-7

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Mule Train

Frankie Laine and the Muleskinners

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

27,956 days ago

(76 years, 216 days)