Nineteen-fifties

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of 1950s. alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

    "In the nineteen-fifties, the height of aspirational style was fine French furniture—F.F.F., as it became known in certain precincts of Fifth Avenue and Palm Beach."

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'50s50s50sfiftiesfiftiesfifties

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"In the Nineteen-Fifties, Doctor Craven examined medical records of about eight-thousand people. He found no heart attacks or strokes among those who regularly took aspirin. Doctor Craven invited other scientists to test his ideas with modern methods. But, it was many years before large studies were carried out."

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