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Tuesday, January 23, 1951
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The Headlines
'How Stupid Do They Think We Are?' Washington Asks; Officials Hold Red China's Stand Amounts to Asking a Reward for Agreeing to Call Off Her Troops in the Korean War U.S. ASSAILS OFFER BY PEIPING REGIME
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Halls of Montezuma
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- David Hilbert (1862)
- Stendhal (1783)
- Édouard Manet (1832)
- Derek Walcott (1930)
- Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
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Tech Check
UNIVAC I (Commercial Computer), Power Steering & Video Tape Recorder (Early).
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
27,528 days ago
(75 years, 153 days)