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Tuesday, February 16, 1954
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The Headlines
MOLOTOV CONCEDES PAN-EUROPE PACT WOULD BALK E. D. C.; But He Evades Direct Reply on Whether Security Treaty Also Would Scrap NATO TALKS CONTINUE FUTILE Four Ministers Fail Again to Agree on Parley to End Conflicts in Far East MOLOTOV ADMITS E. D. C. END IS GOAL
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Knights of the Round Table
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Octave Mirbeau (1848)
- Kim Jong Il (1941)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497)
- Francis Galton (1822)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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Beatnik
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Tech Check
Transistor Radio, Solar Cell & Non-Stick Pan (Teflon).
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
26,407 days ago
(72 years, 127 days)