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Monday, October 29, 1951
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The Headlines
EGYPT PREPARING FOR MOBILIZATION; State Council Acts to Draft Men From 18 to 50 'in Case of War or Threat of War' EGYPT PREPARING FOR MOBILIZATION Issue Nears U.N. Consideration
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
An American in Paris
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
- Abdullah Gül (1950)
- Franz von Papen (1879)
- Richard Dreyfuss (1947)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
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
27,249 days ago
(74 years, 239 days)