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Sunday, February 27, 1966
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The Headlines
Meetings: A Change in Climate; Hard-Line Approach Is Gaining Support Among Executives MEETING SEASON: A NEW CLIMATE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Ballad of the Green Berets
SSgt Barry Sadler
#1 at the box office
The Sound of Music
The must-have
Twister
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
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Fiber Optics, Handheld Calculator Concept & Fuel Injection.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
22,013 days ago
(60 years, 113 days)