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“We go the extra mile for you” was the advertising slogan used by the Amoco Corporation in the early 1980s. Introduced in November 1983, the slogan was meant to promote the image of a company that would go above and beyond to satisfy its customers.

Amoco began as the Standard Oil Company of Indiana to provide gasoline for the rapidly expanding automobile market. In 1925, Standard Oil took over the American Oil Company, and began marketing as Amoco. Soon, Amoco was the nation’s top natural gas producer. In 1998, Amoco merged with British Petroleum becoming the top producer of both oil and natural gas in the US.

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Democrat Joe Biden was only 30 years old in 1972 when he won his first campaign for United States Senator in Delaware. His campaign was small and grassroots: he went door to door and connected with people on the issues of withdrawal from the Vietnam War, civil rights, and healthcare. His term nearly ended before it started when, on December 18, 1972, he his wife and one year old daughter Naomi died in a car accident. His two young sons, Hunter and Beau, were also in the car and survived with bone fractures. Heartbroken, Biden focused on his sons and made sure he was home each night, memorably commuting the 90 minutes between Wilmington, DE and Washington, DC on an Amtrak train. He married Jill Jacobs in 1977 and they had daughter Ashley in 1981.  

Biden served as a Senator for Delaware for 36 years, and is best known for his work on the Crime Act, Violence Against Women Act, and his bona fides in Foreign Policy. He ran unsuccessful Presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008, however Barack Obama chose him as his Vice-Presidential running mate for his 2008 campaign; Obama and Biden served two terms together. Joe Biden again ran for President in 2020, and won against republican incumbent Donald Trump.

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Pelican Bay State Prison is California’s only super-maximum security prison. Established in 1989, it is located on two-hundred and seventy-five acres in northern California, close to the Oregon border. The prison is divided into two security settings. The first half includes maximum security prisoners in a general population (GP) setup. The second, Security Housing Unit (SHU), includes inmates who have “serious management concerns.” The prison in April of 2020 had 2,608 inmates and was running at 109.6% capacity. The prison has held some well-known, infamous criminals such as Joseph DeAngelo, the “Golden State Killer,” and Charles Manson.

Around forty percent of inmates at the prison are serving life sentences, and many inmates are sent to the prison after committing a crime in a different state prison. Inmates in the Security Housing Unit are kept confined for 23 hours a day in concrete cells eight by ten feet in size. There are no windows in the cells, and inmates are allowed to exercise outside of their cells for one hour a day in a small concrete yard. Around 30,000 inmates were involved in a hunger strike in 2013 to protest prison conditions, especially indefinite solitary confinement. After the following lawsuit, changes were made, and limits were placed on solitary confinement. In 2017, Oprah Winfrey visited the prison and spoke with several inmates.

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The first Henry Ford Hospital was founded in 1915 by the eponymous auto tycoon. The Henry Ford Health System is a not-for-profit corporation with a Level 1 trauma center in Detroit, Michigan, in which it is the fifth largest employer. The Center for Women’s and Children’s Health is led by Dr. David Wolf, D.O., seeks to improve the health and wellness of women with breast cancer through their “Yes, Ma’am” initiative and through their “Infant Sleep Project” to protect children from unsafe sleep conditions.

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Originally written by Jean de Brunhoff for his children, “The Story of Babar” was published in 1931. After his untimely death at the age of 37 years old, son Laurent de Brunhoff picked up where his father left off. The incredibly popular picture books have delighted children for generations with a half-dozen books, a tv series, and merchandise. Critics of the stories have described the books as “imperialist propaganda” and “an allegory for French colonialism”. Others believe the critics miss the true nature of the story which they believe highlights the issues of the day. In the 1990s, a partnership between cable channel HBO, which aired the series, fast-food restaurant Arby’s, and the popular children’s book developed. Arby’s included Babar themed toys in their Babar's World Tour Adventure Meal from 1990-1992.

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The National Jamboree is a large event put on by Boy Scouts of America that occurs around every four years. The 9th National Jamboree took place at Moraine State Park in Pennsylvania, from August 3rd through 9th in 1977. This was the first Jamboree which had a selective qualification process, as earlier Jamborees were open to all scouts. The Ninth Jamboree was a celebration of the two hundredth anniversary since the boy scouts were established. Some special celebratory events included a “Liberty Bell race” which involved scouts setting up a tripod, installing a heavy bell, then ringing it, and a Bicentennial salute. For the Bicentennial salute, scouts constructed flap poles. 

Besides the Bicentennial events, the Jamboree hosted representatives from six local centers who gave demonstrations on different lifestyles in America. These demonstrations included life from Polynesia, Mexico, the Cowboy-Southwest, Indians from the plains, the Cajun area, and colonial America of New England. Reflecting a future concern for pollution and the environment, presentations were given on water, wind, and solar energy power. Other festivities included scouts presenting their skills in sciences, crafts, and music for an arts and science fair. Scouts also showed their skills in the kitchen during the national cooking and baking contest. 

The Kern River Valley Boy Scout Troop 690 attended the Jamboree in 1977. This troop, from Lake Isabella in California, was led by scoutmaster James Ash. The Jamboree was a part of a summer cross-country bus trip the troop went on. They also visited “Mexico, the Space Center in Houston, Tex., and Washington, D.C.” As of 2021, this Troop still meets on the first Tuesday of every month.

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Cook County Hospital dates back to 1832, when Chicago was a swampy, lakeside trading post with 400 inhabitants. The proliferation of cholera called for a temporary wooden structure—built to isolate indigent patients—and care was provided by students from Rush Medical School. Cook County Hospital’s first permanent building was built by the city of Chicago after the deadly cholera outbreaks of 1849 and 1854, and went on to serve as a groundbreaking teaching hospital until it became an army hospital during the Civil War. 

Since 2020, the former hospital has been used as a hotel and has been restored of a cost of over $1 billion dollars. 

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“Top banana” is a slang term used to refer to the most important person in an organization or group. For example, the United States president can be referred to as the nation’s “Top Banana.” The expression originated in the American theater in the early 20th century. Leading performers were dubbed “top banana,” and different stages were called things like “third banana,” “second banana,” and “first banana” or “top banana.”

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Midpark High School was founded in 1962 in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, and was a part of the Berea City School District. The school colors were brown and orange, and the meteor (as seen in this button) was the school mascot. The school had a football team, female volleyball team, wrestling team, and swim team.

In 2013, after years of decreasing enrollment, Midpark High School merged with the district's other high school, Berea High School. The newly combined school, known as Berea-Midpark High School, was located in the existing Berea High School building. Although Midpark High School no longer occupied the school building, it was repurposed by the district to house Middleburg Heights Junior High School—which, in 2018, was renamed Berea-Midpark Middle School.