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Sunday, September 21, 1952
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The Headlines
A DARK AND VIOLENT STEINBECK NOVEL; Into a Story of Social Horror, the Author Weaves a Fantasia of History and of Myth
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Quiet Man
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- H. G. Wells (1866)
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909)
- Stephen King (1947)
- Leonard Cohen (1934)
- Abdul Hamid II (1842)
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
26,921 days ago
(73 years, 276 days)