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Monday, September 21, 1959
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The Headlines
KHRUSHCHEV GREETED BY CHEERS IN SAN FRANCISCO; WON'T CUT TRIP;; PREMIER PLEASED Breaks From Guards and Mingles With Crowd at Hotel Khrushchev Is Greeted by Cheers in San Francisco; Reception Delights Premier HE BREAKS AWAY FROM HIS GUARD Shouts Thanks to Crowd -Shakes Hands and Then Hugs Woman Bystander
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
North by Northwest
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- H. G. Wells (1866)
- Shinzo Abe (1954)
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909)
- Stephen King (1947)
- Leonard Cohen (1934)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Xerox 914 Copier, Microchip (Planar) & Pacemaker.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
24,365 days ago
(66 years, 275 days)