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The American Medical Association (AMA) was founded in 1847 and strives to promote the art and science of medicine and improve the quality of public health. AMA has been a voice of medicine in publications in which physicians have been actively advocating for patients. The AMA represents physicians with a unified voice to remove patient care burden, prevent chronic diseases, and drive the future of medicine to tackle the biggest challenges in health care.

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The Allied Printing Trade Council label is put on printed products for licensed companies whose workers belong to the printing, publishing, and or media work trades. A union defense fund is a monetary account some unions adopt to build funds that will be used to support union members during worker strikes. Some union benefits can be paid from the fund including medical expenses and or partial salaries depending on the terms of the union laws.

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"They Shall Not Pass" (originally "Ils ne passeront pas" and later "on ne passe pas" in French) is a slogan coined by the French General Robert Nivelle during the 1916 Battle of Verdun to encourage his troops to hold their line against the enemy. The phrase gained widespread popularity for the remainder of World War I as a French propaganda slogan and was featured on posters, postcards, and medals. Later, French soldiers assigned to the Maginot Line included the slogan on their uniform badges.

By the 1930s, "They Shall Not Pass" had been adopted by several different movements and evolved into a slogan against fascism. Dolores Ibarruri Gomez, a member of the Communist Party of Spain, used the Spanish version of the phrase, "No pasarán", to express direct opposition to Francisco Franco during the Siege of Madrid in 1936. British anti-fascists adopted this version of the phrase months later for their own protests. In the 1980s, "¡No pasarán!" came back into usage again during the civil wars of Central America and was used especially by the Sandinistas in Nicaragua.

As of 2022, "¡No pasarán!" remains a popular anti-fascist slogan in Spain.

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Sponsored by Canadian electric company Ontario Hydro, EnerMark was launched in 1985 and provided a common identity for all members of Ontario’s electrical industry. Its goal was to promote the efficient use of energy in Ontario and included a loan program for homeowners, a toll-free inquiry line, and information booths at exhibitions around Ontario. Advertising memorabilia like this were likely distributed at these info booths.

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In 1938, The Union Commerce Bank, originally known as the Union Bank of Commerce, was founded in Cleveland, Ohio. Post-World War II, the bank changed its name, added more services, and expanded its reach to serve the newly created suburbs, eventually numbering over 40 branches. In 1949, the bank moved into the Union Trust Building located in downtown Cleveland. The bank endured financial troubles in the 1960s-1970s and ultimately was acquired by a larger Columbus-based company, Huntington Bancshares, in 1983.

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To help finance the costs associated with WWI, the U.S. Treasury instituted four Liberty Loan drives during the war, and a fifth “Victory Loan” in May, 1919, to consolidate the nation’s debt after the armistice was signed. Everyone from Wall Street bankers to Boy Scouts campaigned to sell bonds. Rallies were held featuring Hollywood stars such as Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin.

Purchasing bonds was seen as a display of support for the war, and purchasers were given buttons to wear and window stickers to display to advertise their patriotism. It is estimated that twenty-million individuals purchased liberty bonds.

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The phrase “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” has launched thousands of variations, running the gamut of identifiers. The original phrase is thought to come from the idea that the next best thing to kissing the Blarney Stone was kissing someone from the same country as the stone. The Blarney Stone is located at Blarney Castle in Ireland and it is a centuries-long tradition to kiss the stone. Legend has it that kissing the stone will grant one powers of eloquence, persuasion, and luck.

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Henry George (September 2, 1839 – October 29, 1897) was an American economist best known for his work, Progress and Poverty, published in 1879. George spent his early days working as a typesetter and editor for several newspapers. After failing several attempts in seeking electoral office, George secured a political appointment as state gas meter inspector in 1876. This led to the development of his book Progress and Poverty which explores how poverty increases in proportion to increases in wealth. He posits that wealth earned from increases in land value belong not to land owners but to the American public. In an attempt to regulate this observed wealth disparity, George proposed the abolition of all taxes except for a single tax which would be applied only to unearned increases in the value of land. Progress and Poverty sold millions of copies were worldwide and was translated into many languages.

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