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Thursday, August 30, 1956
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The Headlines
BRITAIN PERMITS FRANCE TO BASE TROOPS ON CYPRUS; Request by Paris Cites Suez Tension and Protection of Nationals in Mideast NASSER PARLEY MONDAY Egyptian President Agrees to Meet 5-Nation Group Then on Canal Issue Envoy Delivers Note BRITAIN PERMITS FRENCH IN CYPRUS Prestige Held at Stake 'Exchange of Views' Stressed
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High Society
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Alexander Lukashenko (1954)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
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
25,482 days ago
(69 years, 297 days)