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No carpet, muddy roads and stinky outhouses: 1950s Clayton was the wild west

Sydney Morning Herald 07 Aug 2023
Winter rains transformed the unmade roads to mud, and we were miles from shops, while priests and nuns predicted my school would close by the year 2000 ....
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Book Review: 'The Slip' uncovers art history in New York's downtown waterfront of the 1950s

Black Hills Pioneer 06 Aug 2023
The Slip,” by Prudence Peiffer (HarperCollins). Group biographies are ambitious undertakings. To weave together divergent narratives, even about the most widely known figures, is a challenging feat; to make it coalesce, the writer has to find the right balance of substance and texture. × This page requires Javascript ... All rights reserved ... ....
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Book Review: ‘The Slip’ uncovers art history in New York’s downtown waterfront of the 1950s

The Associated Press 02 Aug 2023
... world, as they establish themselves in the late 1950s at Coenties Slip, a disused shipyard on the southern tip of Manhattan.
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US family reaches deal over cells harvested in 1950s

Dawn 02 Aug 2023
WASHINGTON ... “The parties are pleased that they were able to find a way to resolve this matter outside of court,” the Lacks family’s attorneys said ... .
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US family settles lawsuit against biotech company over cells harvested in 1950s

News24 02 Aug 2023
Cells taken in 1951 from Lacks, a Black woman, without her knowledge became the cornerstone of modern medical research ... .
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Garage sale! Collection of rusting classic cars including 1970s Jaguar E Types and 1950s AC ...

This is Money 02 Aug 2023
A collection of rust bucket 'classic' cars is tipped to sell for over �200,000 after spending 50 years languishing in a garage ... It contained three 1970 Jaguar E Types and three 1950s AC Ace Bristol cars piled up three-high. Next to them was a 1951 Land Rover Series which had sunk into mud ... Auctioneer Guy Snelling said ... ....
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Old Globe's Falstaffian comedy 'Merry Wives' to be re-set in 1950s sit-com-style America

The San Diego Union-Tribune 28 Jul 2023
The Shakespeare play is about a greedy bon vivant who seduces married women in an attempt to steal their fortunes ... .
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In the 1950s, Cubans soon learned the Moncada attack was nothing to celebrate | Opinion

The Miami Herald 27 Jul 2023
On July 26, at 5.00 a.m., Ra�l Castro, age 92, Ramiro Vald�s, 91, and Guillermo Garc�a Fr�as, 95, presided over the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the assault on ... .
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Dior gives Autumn-Winter season a 1950s floral feel at Shenzhen show

China Daily 26 Jul 2023
Maria Grazia Chiuri, Dior's creative director for women's wear, made this collection a reinterpretation of the 1950s, exploring the history of Dior and further delving into French style ... 1/9 Next. Photo ... .
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The Best Movie from Every Year of the 1950s, According to Letterboxd

Collider 26 Jul 2023
The 1950s were a long time ago, but plenty of the movies released during the ...

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