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Tuesday, July 31, 1956
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT GIVES STASSEN A LEAVE FOR HERTER DRIVE; Stop-Nixon Leader Receives 4 Weeks Off as Adviser on Disarmament Policy HE FLIES TO GETTYSBURG Says Eisenhower Did Not Rebuke or Support Him-- Denies 'Gentle Firing' Announcement Thursday Open Convention Seen STASSEN GRANTED LEAVE OF ABSENCE Herter Group Formed Peaslee to Stay Stassen a 'Pumpkin Head'
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The King and I
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Milton Friedman (1912)
- Louis de Funès (1914)
- Primo Levi (1919)
- Premchand (1880)
- Richard Griffiths (1947)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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Beatnik
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Tech Check
Hard Disk Drive (IBM 305), Videotape & Transatlantic Telephone Cable.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
25,511 days ago
(69 years, 326 days)