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Friday, November 9, 1951
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The Headlines
Truman's Bid to Eisenhower Climax of Party Proposals; Within Last 5 Weeks Influential Democrat, and Also a Group, Called on General-- Source Repeats Story Despite Denials BID TO EISENHOWER CLIMAX OF OFFERS Check at White House
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
An American in Paris
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Ivan Turgenev (1818)
- Carl Sagan (1934)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
- Edward VII (1841)
- Imre Kertész (1929)
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
27,238 days ago
(74 years, 228 days)