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Sunday, February 21, 1954
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The Headlines
TRADE BILL ACTION IS EXPECTED SOON; Randall Working Full Time on Draft of Administration's Foreign Economic Plan
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Glenn Miller Story
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Mugabe (1924)
- Harald V (1937)
- W. H. Auden (1907)
- Alan Rickman (1946)
- Anaïs Nin (1903)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
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
26,402 days ago
(72 years, 122 days)