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“That’s not in my job description” is a common phrase used in the workplace when someone is asked to do something that is outside of their expertise or not part of their job responsibilities. Its use can sometimes be thought of as rude and can come across as too rigid or with anti-team mentality. It can also make one seem as though they are only willing to do the bare minimum. While it is healthy to establish boundaries, it is also important to practice good communication by explaining why it is not possible to help with a task. The reasoning for saying no depends on the situation, so it is crucial to always respond appropriately and professionally. 

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Love is a strong affection for another person or thing. Love can also indicate a romantic desire.

1960s era fonts were often used in slogans which promoted peace, love, and joy rather than war. The war between the USA and Vietnam went from Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975.

The peace, love, and joy phrase was used by Hippies, short for hipsters, a subculture which began in the 1950s beatnik coffee house scene predominately in San Francisco. Hippies continue to exist today with new generations of liberal minded activists who believe in peace, love, and joy.

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"Only her hairstylist knows for sure" was a phrase associated with Clairol hair color products, suggesting that the color looked so natural that only the hairstylist who added it could say if was real. This button plays off of that phrase, suggesting that the wearer themselves is the hairdresser from that famous quote. 

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During the 1980s, pressure for the United States to reach an agreement with Soviet Russia to halt all testing and development of nuclear weapons and to "freeze" the arms race gave way to a large movement of protests and demonstrations. The grassroots organizing was influential and played a major role in nuclear disarmament and the prevention of nuclear war. The movement began in 1980 when Dr. Randall Forsberg published the "Call to Halt the Nuclear Arms Race", which was quickly endorsed by most major peace organizations. Within a few years, the Nuclear Freeze became the center of the Democratic platform and the Freeze resolution passed the house of Representatives with unanimous Democratic support in 1982. The Freeze campaign eventually influenced Reagan to reverse his stance, which had previously been staunchly against regulation of nuclear testing. He later signed the INF Treaty with Mikhail Gorbachev which began unilateral disarmament of nuclear weapons.

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The trend of combining coffee and liqueur in after dinner drinks became popular in the mid-20th century. The two brands of coffee infused liqueur that emerged around this time were Kahlua and Tia Maria, both of which contained an infusion of rum, coffee, and vanilla.

Kahlua began production in Mexico in 1936 and was brought into the United States in 1940. Similarly, Tia Maria, a Jamaican coffee liqueur, was commercialized in the 1950s. Both of these liqueurs lend themselves to popular after dinner drinks such as the Black Russian, White Russian, the Mudslide, and certain variations of traditional Irish Coffee.

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Walter Mondale and Gary Hart were the two front runners for the Democratic nomination in the 1984 United States Presidential election. In a 1984 debate, their rivalry was brought to focus during a televised Democratic debate during which Mondale spent a great deal of time mocking Hart, while Hart remained on the defensive. After the debate, polls showed the two nearly neck and neck in the primaries, with Mondale only one percentage point ahead. Shortly after, Mondale won the Democratic nomination for he 1984 election.

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Paul Bagwell ran for Governor of Michigan in 1958 and 1960, losing both times. Born and raised in East Lansing, Bagwell was a professor of communication skills at Michigan State. Bagwell ran on what he called a platform of Responsible Republicanism. He despised partisanship and fought for extending unemployment benefits, increased taxes to support education, implementing income tax to help balance the state budget, expanding civil rights protections, and reforming the juvenile justice system. During his second campaign he promised that if elected, he would not seek a second term unless he was successful in creating 100,000 new factory jobs in his first two years.

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Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale were the winners of the 1976 United States Presidential Election and served from 1977-1981. After defeating President Gerald Ford by a vote of 297 Electoral votes to 240, Carter became the 39th person to serve as President of the United States and Mondale was the country's 42nd Vice-President. They were defeated in the 1980 election by Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush in what was considered a "landslide."

Several achievements came from their time in office, including the Panama Canal Treaties, the Camp David Accords, a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, and the establishment of diplomatic ties with China. In 2002, Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in diplomacy and advocacy during and after his presidency.

Prior to his career in politics, Carter was a peanut farmer. When he ran for President in 1976, his hometown of Plains, GA commissioned a large peanut statue to promote his campaign. For this reason, the image of a peanut appears on various buttons and campaign-related items for the Carter-Mondale campaigns.

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Denny Doyle played second baseman for the Boston Red Sox from 1975 through 1978. Prior to his trade to the Red Sox, he played for the Philadelphia Phillies and the California Angels, although he was not a regular player on either team. His stint as second baseman for the Red Sox was his first opportunity to play regularly throughout the season.

Doyle was born in Glasgow, Kentucky and played baseball throughout college. In 1965, just after graduation, he was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies, and he went on to play for them until 1973, when they traded him to the Angels. He is most famous for a ninth inning play during game six of the 1975 World Series. An attempt to steal home ultimately helped send the game into extra innings, and the Red Sox suffered a loss in the twelfth.  

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The Tubes are a San-Francisco based band best known for their distinctive approach to satire, parody, and popular culture critique. The cover from their UK release of the single “She’s a Beauty” is featured here. The song was released in 1983 on their album Outside Inside and was inspired by an experience in San Francisco’s Red Light District. The single would reach #10 on the US Billboard top 100 chart and #1 on Billboard’s US Top Rock Tracks on April 30, 1983. The music video for "She’s a Beauty" was a staple for the struggling upstart network MTV.