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- noun The
decade of the 1950s. - noun Temperatures from 50 to 59 degrees.
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Examples
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In one conversation, Mr. Self said that "the weather was in the 50s" or words to that effect, conveying that Mr. Self's company's bid for MedImmune was going to be in the $50s, the complaint said.
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By Nathalie Atkinson, National PostFebruary 13, 2010 12: 00 AM BACK IN THE SADDLE A shoe from the '50s for the price of two $50s
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All of this is wrapped up in 50s Italianate pop hits from Rosemary Clooney, Dean Martin, and Louis Prima.
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The Atlas, designed in the 50s, is very close to a SSTO in that the basic Atlas has a very small first stage andit is worth pointing out that to achieve that efficiency, the structure is so lightweight that it must be pressurized to keep from collapsing.
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It's this greater credulity that makes people in '50s science-fiction films seem so far from us now -- familiar but distant, unreachable, like the selves we were as children.
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Unless you think mid-50s is cold (you're one of those people, in which case, bring a jacket).
HUFFPOST HILL - OCTOBER 19TH, 2010 Eliot Nelson 2010
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It's this greater credulity that makes people in '50s science-fiction films seem so far from us now -- familiar but distant, unreachable, like the selves we were as children.
March 2009 2009
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I have seen it, and felt it could have been cool way back in '50s, but for now, it just sucks.
Director Scott Derrickson Explains The Day the Earth Stood Still Trailer « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Wondee Siam II, in the 50s, is available on seamlessweb
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People forget that the reason McDonalds and other franchises made it so big in rural America starting in the 50s is that they introduced sanitation and consistency standards in places all over North America where you could poison yourself just by stopping for a hotdog in some craphole in Kansas.
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