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Friday, November 17, 1972
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The Headlines
WEST ASKS SOVIET AND BLOC TO TALKS ON CUTTING FORCES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Can See Clearly Now
Johnny Nash
#1 at the box office
Lady Sings the Blues
$868,300
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Scorsese (1942)
- Eugene Wigner (1902)
- Cyril Ramaphosa (1952)
- Louis XVIII (1755)
- Danny DeVito (1944)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Video Games (Pong), C Programming Language & HBO (Cable TV).
Cost of Living (1970)
Loaf of Bread
$0.25
Gallon of Gas
$0.36
Average Home
$17,000
New Car
$3,450
Time Elapsed
19,559 days ago
(53 years, 214 days)