1950s

• “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.”

  The Washington Post: Development in once-rural areas put populations closer to natural gas pipelines

• “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

• “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.

• “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

• “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.

• “Senator Joseph McCarthy saved our country in the early 1950s from the threat of Soviet style communism.”

  Think Progress » Texas Social Studies Curriculum: Out With Civil Rights Leaders, In With Phyllis Schlafly And Joseph McCarthy

• “Senator Joseph McCarthy almost destroyed our country in the early 1950s from the imagined threat of Soviet style communism.”

  Think Progress » Texas Social Studies Curriculum: Out With Civil Rights Leaders, In With Phyllis Schlafly And Joseph McCarthy

• “The atmosphere of the 1950s is brilliantly conveyed and I love his writing style, so clean and crisp and economic.”

  Don’t Go Down To The Woods « Tales from the Reading Room

• “The new musical set in 1950s Memphis dance clubs picked up four prizes including best musical, orchestration, and music, which went to Bon Jovi keyboard player David Bryan.”

  The Huffington Post: Catherine Zeta Jones & Scarlett Johansson Dazzle At Drama Desk (PHOTOS)

• “A stunning and darkly romantic crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa, featuring Detective Emmanuel Cooper -- a man caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for power make life very dangerous indeed.”

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