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  2. The House in the Middle - Wikipedia

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    Intertitle of the original 1953 version. The black-and-white 1953 film was created by the Federal Civil Defense Administration to attempt to show that a clean, freshly painted house (the middle house) is more likely to survive a nuclear attack than its poorly maintained counterparts (the right and left houses).

  3. How We Used to Live - Wikipedia

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    His son Harry takes a job as a grocers boy, earning 5/- per week. The rent of their terraced house, with gas and water laid on, is 6/- per week. Albert's wife Daisy must make the rest of the income cover food, fuel and clothing. Jane, their daughter, is still at school until the age of 14 when she goes to work as a housemaid in a middle-class home.

  4. 36 Hours (1953 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The rather commonplace murder story loses much of its interest simply because Dan Duryea has not the look of a sympathetic character. The supporting cast is strong, however, and gives the story some conviction.

  5. John W. McCormack - Wikipedia

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    For the next 21 years, McCormack was the second-ranking Democrat in the House; [20] he served as majority leader with Rayburn as Speaker when Democrats had the majority (1939–1947, 1951–1953, 1955–1961), and as minority whip with Rayburn as minority leader when the Republicans controlled the House (1947–1949, 1953–1955). [23]

  6. Port Elizabeth Central (House of Assembly of South Africa ...

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    When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, the electoral qualifications in use in each pre-existing colony were kept in place. The Cape Colony had implemented a "colour-blind" franchise known as the Cape Qualified Franchise, which included all adult literate men owning more than £75 worth of property (controversially raised from £25 in 1892), and this initially remained in effect ...

  7. Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia

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    With the death of Stalin in March 1953, Russian support for a Chinese communist hard-line weakened and China decided to compromise on the prisoner issue. [189] Eisenhower in Korea with General Chung Il-kwon, and Baik Seon-yup, 1952. In July 1953, an armistice took effect with Korea divided along approximately the same boundary as in 1950. The ...

  8. Rudolph Fentz - Wikipedia

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    After his retirement, he moved to an unknown location in 1940. Contacting the bank, Rihm was told that Fentz died five years before, but his widow was still alive but lived in Florida. Rihm contacted her and learned that her husband's father (Rudolph Fentz) had disappeared in 1876, aged 29. He had left the house for an evening walk and never ...

  9. Little House - Wikipedia

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    The Little House (1950 film), a Mexican drama film; The Little House (1952 film), a Disney adaptation of the 1942 picture book; Little House on the Prairie (disambiguation), often referred to as simply "Little House", a series of novels and related works "Little House", a song by the Fray from How to Save a Life, 2005