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Tuesday, September 2, 1952
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The Headlines
MOSSADEGH WANTS U. S.-BRITISH OFFER ON OIL SPELLED OUT; Clarification of Some Terms to Settle Dispute Would Be Welcomed in Teheran IRANIANS SUSPECT TRAPS Informed Circles Now Doubt Cities Service Head Plans to Run Paralyzed Industry MOSSADEGH WANTS OIL OFFER DEFINED
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You Share a Birthday With
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
- Frederick Soddy (1877)
- Liliʻuokalani (1838)
- Arthur Ashkin (1922)
- Bill Shankly (1913)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Barcode (Patent), Passenger Jet (Comet) & Hydrogen Bomb.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
26,939 days ago
(73 years, 294 days)