'50s

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of 50s. alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

    "Suomi is building on research begun by his teacher and mentor, Harry Harlow, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin notorious for experiments in the ’50s and ’60s."

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"Suomi is building on research begun by his teacher and mentor, Harry Harlow, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin notorious for experiments in the ’50s and ’60s."

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