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Saturday, February 27, 1954
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The Headlines
SYRIA FEARS STRIFE AS SHISHEKLY UNIT HOLDS DAMASCUS; Northern and Southern Areas Are Vying for Control -- President in Lebanon Civil War Is Looming in Syria As Loyal Troops Hold Damascus
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
- Constantine the Great (272)
- John Steinbeck (1902)
- Elizabeth Taylor (1932)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807)
- Joanne Woodward (1930)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
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
26,396 days ago
(72 years, 116 days)