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- noun The decade from 1950 to 1959. Also known as the
50s .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the decade from 1950 to 1959
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Examples
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"There are different life cycles for different kinds of pipes, and this replacement of the couplings from the 1950s is an example of that kind of program," Kane said.
Development in once-rural areas put populations closer to natural gas pipelines Kimberly Lankford 2010
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"There are different life cycles for different kinds of pipes, and this replacement of the couplings from the 1950s is an example of that kind of program," Kane said.
Development in once-rural areas put populations closer to natural gas pipelines Kimberly Lankford 2010
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The aesthetic of the 1950s is also one of restraint as compared with today, with an emphasis on elegance rather than power or sexiness.
Archive 2008-05-01 Linda 2008
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A middle-class middle-England village in the 1950s is the setting for this controlled, insightful first novel, in which husbands commute to work in the city, depressed wives begin the cocktail hour earlier each day and domestic violence occurs in homes with impeccably manicured lawns. ....
The Outcast: Summary and book reviews of The Outcast by Sadie Jones. 2008
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The aesthetic of the 1950s is also one of restraint as compared with today, with an emphasis on elegance rather than power or sexiness.
The French Way Used To Be the American Way Linda 2008
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Or's subtle unraveling of the scenes behind an arranged Chinatown marriage in the 1950s is a study in generational differences and in the efficiency of clean, solid storytelling.
Archive 2003-12-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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Or's subtle unraveling of the scenes behind an arranged Chinatown marriage in the 1950s is a study in generational differences and in the efficiency of clean, solid storytelling.
notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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Grove's account of life in Hungary in the 1950s is a vivid picture of a tumultuous period in world history.
Swimming Across: Summary and book reviews of Swimming Across by Andrew Grove. 2001
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Senator Joseph McCarthy saved our country in the early 1950s from the threat of Soviet style communism.
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Senator Joseph McCarthy saved our country in the early 1950s from the threat of Soviet style communism.
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