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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, more commonly known simply as Borat, is a 2006 satirical mockumentary film co-written and produced by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Cohen also plays the title character, Borat Sagdiyev, a fictitious Kazakh journalist traveling through the United States recording real-life interactions with Americans. Much of the film features unscripted vignettes of Borat interviewing and interacting with unsuspecting Americans who believe he is a foreigner with little or no understanding of American customs. The film was directed by Larry Charles and distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The film was very well received both critically and commercially; made for $18 million, it earned $262 million worldwide. However, controversy surrounded the film from two years prior to its release, and after the film's release, some cast members spoke against, and even sued, its creators. It was banned in almost all Arab countries, and the governments of Russia and Kazakhstan discouraged cinemas from showing it.
 

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Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American born minister that was best known as the leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement during the 1950's and 60's. King used nonviolent based methods, stemming from his background in the Baptist church, to lead a movement towards racial equality in the South and throughout the entire United States. King lead many marches, sit-in events, and demonstrations as an outcry to the United States to attempt to unite all Americans based off character and not color of skin. King wanted to demonstrate that people of all races could live together in peace and he dreamed of a day when this would be possible. King spoke of a day where racial justice would be for all and that all people would be seen as being created equal, though this was not the case in America during King's life. King was assassinated April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, four years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality in a nonviolent manner.

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Dating back to the 18th century, pralines have been synonymous with the French Quarter and their taste is uniquely linked to New Orleans. This sweet tradition was introduced to Louisiana by way of French settlers who sold these rich candies throughout the French quarter and competed for the title of best praline in the city. Pralines, with their distinct pecan flavor, were developed into a smooth, rich, mixable liqueur that is a great addition to many cocktails and recipes. Evangeline's Praline brand liqueur has two popular varieties. The Pearl of Praline combines Praline, coconut liqueur, cream, and a touch of nutmeg. Praline Original Pecan Liqueur has a rich nose of pralines, peanut butter and orange zest with decadent notes of cream, vanilla, praline and a touch of brown sugar.

Sazerac Company, Inc., the parent company of Evangeline's Praline Liqueur, was formed due to the work of Antoine Peychaud, a Creole immigrant, who operated a pharmacy on the French Quarter's Royal Street in 1838. With his background as an apothecary, he was a natural mixologist. Peychaud would mix brandy, absinthe and a dash of his secret bitters for his guests. Later this quaff would come to be known as the Sazerac cocktail and would lead to Peychaud opening a Royal Street bar in the name of Sazerac. The cocktail immediately spread in popularity at the city's finest coffee houses, which was the term for drinking establishments during the mid-1800s. However, the cocktail is most strongly associated with the wildly popular Sazerac Coffee House located on Exchange Alley. In 1850, the owner Sewell Taylor institutionalized the drink at his coffee house by using only Sazerac de Forge et Fils brandy, which he imported and sold exclusively. The Sazerac cocktail received its name from this coffee house, where it was most often imbibed.

From the bar, a company was born. In 1869, Thomas H. Handy purchased the Sazerac Coffeehouse and began to acquire and market brands of liquor. He bought out the rights to Peychaud's Bitters in 1873. In the 1890s his company began to bottle and market the Sazerac cocktail, now made with rye whiskey instead of brandy. In addition, the company operated the Sazerac Bar on Royal Street. Later, Handy's former secretary, C. J. O'Reilly, chartered the Sazerac Company. Ever since (except for a stint as a delicatessen and grocery vendor during Prohibition), the Sazerac Company has distilled an ever-increasing line of fine spirits. Today, they are still an independent, American family owned company and proud owners of many of America's distilling companies - Buffalo Trace Distillery, A. Smith Bowman, Glenmore Distillery, Barton, Fleischmann, Medley and Mr. Boston. On June 23, 2008, Louisiana Legislature immortalized the cocktail formerly known by the name Sazerac, as the Official Cocktail of New Orleans.

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The 1985 Chicago Bears was a team to watch in the NFL and anticipated to win many games due to their strong defense. Coached by Mike Ditka, who would later be inducted into the hall of fame, and Defensive Coordinator Buddy Ryan, players including running back Walter Payton helped the '85 Bears finished the season at a 15-1 record. Payton was also later inducted into the hall of fame. The team is well known for their defensive firepower, with the team routinely holding opponents to few points and racking up interceptions and sacks.

The team faced off against the Rams in the NFC championship game and it was a shut out with no score from the opposition. The Bears would finish off their dream season a few weeks later at Super Bowl XX defeating the Patriots 46-10. This 36 point victory at the time was the largest margin by a winning team in the Super Bowl.

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“Sucking face” is an 80’s slang term for kissing or making-out. This term has been used in movies like the coming of age film Sixteen Candles (1984). 

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"On cruise control" is a phrase that is used to express doing something with little effort. It comes from the cruise control on an automobile, an electronic device that when switched on maintains a selected constant speed without the use of the accelerator (gas pedal).

American Greetings is primarily a greeting card company founded in 1906 that also specializes in "innovative social expression products offers paper cards, digital greetings, gift wrap, party goods and more to help consumers honor the people and moments in life that really matter." The main company headquarters is located in Cleveland, Ohio.

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“Think Big, Vote Small” is a popular campaign slogan adopted by numerous political candidates in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Most famously, the political slogan was used by Australian businessman Sir Bruce Small when he ran for the mayor of the Gold Coast in 1967. Small rose to financial success in 1920 when he bought the Malvern Star bicycle company with his two brothers Frank and Ralph. The three men churned out about five bicycles per week and even began to manufacture their own parts when World War II created a parts shortage. Cycling champion Sydney Patterson rode a Malvern Star when he won the 1949 World Championship Spirit in Copenhagen, and Australians Ian Browne and Tony Marchant won the gold medal in the Tandem at the 1956 Olympics on a Malvern Star. Sir Bruce Small himself was met with fame when he became the first person to travel from one side of Australia to the other on a bicycle.

Other politicians later picked up this slogan and incorporated it into their campaigns. Kimberly Small and Jim Small ran on the same clever slogan for Oakland County, Michigan’s district judge in 2014 and Nevada’s Assembly District 2 representative in 2020, respectively. In 2004, former state Senator Arthur Small of Iowa also campaigned on the slogan. He was challenging incumbent Senator and Chairman of the Finance Committee Chuck Grassley, who has been on Capitol Hill for more than three decades. After his loss, Small famously auctioned off his “Think Big, Vote Small” campaign RV packed with office equipment, yard signs, and buttons that were left over from Election Day. Students belonging to the University of Delaware’s Student Opportunity Party also ran for club positions using the “Think Big, Vote Small” slogan in May 1981.

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Sister Jean, BVM (née Jean Dolores Schmidt) is a chaplain for the men’s basketball team at Loyola University.  Sister Jean has become an institution at the university’s basketball games and was celebrated with cake, songs, buttons, tee shirts and more at her 100th birthday party attended by hundreds of students, staff and community members in August 2019. In honor of “Chicago’s basketball-loving nun,” as she’s become known, the university matched an alumni donation of $250,000 in her honor to be used as an endowment fund for student athletic excellence. Even Legoland Discovery Center Chicago got in on the celebration, building a miniature likeness of the sister out of Legos.

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Boston is the capital of Massachusetts and the largest city in New England with a population of 694,583. The city was settled by Puritans from England in 1630, although Native Americans had inhabited the area since 2400 B.C.. Boston is known historically for several famous events that preceded the American Revolution such as the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Today, the city is known for its educational institutions which have a focus on law, science, and technology.  

This is a variation of the I heart NY logo that was created in 1977 by Milton Glaser for an ad campaign created by advertising agency Wells Rich Greene. The marketing campaign was sought by then-Deputy Commissioner William S. Doyle to increase tourism in the state of New York. The campaign was a wild success. The original sketch of the logo is permanently on display at the MOMA.

The logo has become iconic in pop-culture and has been imitated in many forms around the world.