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Traditionally, a person would be spanked the same amount as their age plus one more for growth as good luck. If a person didn't receive a birthday spanking, it would be considered bad luck or “soften up the body for the tomb". Today, this birthday custom is considered more as a prank.

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“Tell it like it is” idiom is used when someone is willing or is required to say the facts as they are, speak honestly regardless of the matter, to be candid or frank. The first time “tell it like it is” was recorded dates to 1899 in the Iowa State Bystander newspaper, reporting the words spoken by an individual about African American issues. 

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Edmund Sixtus Muskie campaigned for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972. Muskie's political career spanned from the 1950s to the1980s. He served as the governor of Maine, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State under the Jimmy Carter Administration. Although Muskie won the New Hampshire primary, his campaign faced irreconcilable damage after an interview in which he confronted accusatory remarks about his wife and his alleged use of a racial slur regarding Americans of French Canadian descent. During the outdoor public appearance, it was reported that Muskie appeared to be crying, however, he denied these allegations stating it was melting snow on his face. Consequently, Muskie was viewed as weak, which resulted in the downfall of his campaign ending his chances at the presidential nomination.

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Edward Muskie served as the Governor of Maine from 1955-1959 and U.S. Senator from 1959-1980. He is referred to as "the father of the 1960s environmental movement in America". As Senate chairman of the subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution, Muskie introduced the Water Act Amendment of 1972, the first and most influential modern environmental law. He campaigned for Vice President alongside Democratic nominee Hubert H. Humphrey, who lost to Richard Nixon in 1968. Muskie ran for President in 1972, but failed to get the Democratic nomination losing to George McGovern. It was either tears of anger or melting snow that upended his presidential aspirations while he was seen with water on his face during a speech, giving an impression that made him appear weak to the American audience of the 1970s. Later during the Carter Administration, Muskie served as Secretary of State from 1980-1981.

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In 1992, Bill Clinton ran for president against incumbent president George Bush. President Bush faced opposition from within the Republican party due to breaking his pledge to not raise taxes during his first term. Democratic candidate Bill Clinton gained popularity until his campaign was threatened by the evidence of his twelve-year marital affair. With both candidates facing problems during their campaigns, the opportunity arose for a third-party candidate to gain momentum. Ross Perot secured almost nineteen percent of the vote, while Bush received about thirty-seven percent of the vote. Bill Clinton won with forty-three percent of the vote, and his presidency ended a twelve-year stint of republican presidents.

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In 1992, President George H. W. Bush ran for reelection as the Republican candidate against Democratic candidate Bill Clinton and independent businessman Ross Perot of Texas. Incumbent presidents are typically reelected for a second term, but President Bush faced opposition from Republicans after going back on his first presidential campaign declaration "Read my lips, no new taxes!". 

The campaign competition was fierce, as Clinton's campaign was nearly wrecked after his twelve-year marital affair was made public. With these issues facing both candidates, a third candidate came to the fore: Ross Perot. Perot received 18.9 percent of the popular vote, which was the highest percentage a third-party candidate had received in eighty years. President Bush won 37.4 percent of the vote. Bill Clinton won the election with 43 percent of the popular vote, and thus ended twelve years of Republican presidency.

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Presidential hopeful Jesse Jackson declared his candidacy for the Democratic Party for president in 1984. He campaigned on the “Rainbow Coalition'' to include minority and marginalized individuals within the nation’s racial, ethnic, religious, and economic groups as well as women and the LGBT community. Jackson won five primary contests, but did not win the nomination. Jesse Jackson was born in 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina. He is an ordained Baptist minister, long time political activist, and civil rights organizer.

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Prior to July 1, 1971, the legal voting age in the United States was 21 years old. However, on that date, Congress ratified the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the Constitution, which lowered the voting age to 18 years of age. The movement to lower the voting age gained momentum in the 1960s, driven in part by the military draft during the Vietnam War, with proponents of the movement using slogans such as, "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote". A John F. Kennedy supporter during the 1960 Presidential election campaign who had not yet reached the legal voting age at election time would have found other means to make their voice heard including promoting their candidate through wearable art.