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Sandra Boynton began her career as an illustrator designing greeting cards for Recycled Paper Greetings in the 1970s. In the 1980s, Recycled Paper was selling 50 to 80 million Boynton cards each year. Boynton wrote her first book, Hippos Go Berserk, in 1977 and has since written and illustrated more than 50 books for children and adults. Boynton also designs characters and animals for companies to use instead of licensing her illustrations to be adapted. Her creations can be found on calendars, buttons, clothing, wrapping paper, and other items. In her online autobiography Boynton wrote, “By 1995, my secret ambition of being a rock star was still unrealized due to the fact that, in all the excitement, I forgot to do that.” She began writing and producing music and has released multiple albums. The album Philadelphia Chickens was released in 2002 and was nominated for a Grammy.

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Opryland USA (also known simply as Opryland) was an amusement park that operated in Nashville, Tennessee from 1972 to 1997. It was created as part of the entertainment complex that was built to compliment the new Grand Ole Opry House. This design features four rides that were popular at Opryland during the 1970’s; the Wabash Cannonball (roller coaster), the Flume Zoom (log flume ride), the Barnstormer (airplane ride), and Tin Lizzies (car ride).

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Lucy van Pelt was the third character introduced to Charles Schultz’ comic strip Peanuts. She first appeared in the comic on March 3, 1952. The comic was sponsored by United Feature Syndicate Inc. and was seen in newspapers for the first time on October 2, 1950. The following year, 1951, Schultz began making Halloween themed strips. The most famous Peanuts Halloween motif is the Great Pumpkin which first occurs in 1959 and is the subject of the 1966 film It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
 

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was released in 1984 as the second installment of the Indiana Jones movie franchise. The movie featured Indiana Jones, played by Harrison Ford, and two new companions - Willie Scott and Short Round - as they attempt to take back a stolen sacred stone for a small village. Due to the violence that was featured in the film, director Steven Spielberg had to negotiate with the MPAA to create a new rating for the film that was less than R rating, but higher than PG, and so, PG-13 was created.

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Harold Lloyd was a well-known director, producer, screenwriter, and actor during the silent era, alongside Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. He is mainly known for the daring stunts he performed in thrill sequences for his comedic movies. While perhaps the movie he is most well-known for is "Safety Last" (in which he famously hangs from the hands of a clock on a tall city building), his most successful film was "The Freshman," which became one of the first fifty films to be selected for preservation by the Library of Congress.

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The classic yellow smiley face is comprised of a yellow circle, two black dots for eyes, and a black arc ending in serifs for a mouth. It was designed in 1963 by commercial artist, Harvey Ross Ball. Ball was commissioned by The State Mutual Life Insurance Company to create a happy face to raise the morale of their employees. His version was created in 10 minutes. The design was printed onto more than 50 million buttons. Neither Ball nor the company copyrighted this smiley, so it was continually used by other businesses in their promotions.
The design and concept is quite simple and was definitely used before Ball’s 1963 version. However, his has become the most iconic. Variations have been used for advertising campaigns and in popular culture ever since.

In the 1980s, Highlights children's magazine gave away promotional items with personified smileys, such as stickers or buttons, to their subscribers.

In internet culture the smiling face represents warm and positive feelings including love and gratitude with its slight smile, closed eyes, and rosy cheeks. 

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Dick Gregory was a comedian, writer, actor, and civil rights activist known for his insightful social commentary. He recorded a number of comedy albums for a variety of record labels throughout the 60’s before retiring in 1973, including his “Gregory Talking Black” release from 1969 on Poppy Records, which included a 45 rpm record, book, insert sheet, button, and poster. 

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The “Go” square is the first square on the Monopoly board. As the text states, players who pass the square collect $200. Other rules in the game allow for the amount to be doubled and quadrupled. Monopoly originated in 1903 as an educational demonstration but was later published by Parker Brothers in 1935. It is now owned by Hasbro and is one of the most iconic board games in the world. 

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In 1947 Duluth, Minnesota, entered the soap box derby scene with help from sponsors including the Duluth Jaycees, a nickname for the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Jaycees is a not for profit organization that trains people ages 18 through 40 in developing leadership skills. The Jaycees helped put on the annual Duluth event where boys ages 11 to 15 raced cars propelled by gravity downhill. Each year the winner in Duluth traveled to Akron, Ohio, to compete in the All-American Soap Box Derby Race. Organized soap box derby racing began in Ohio in 1934. In 1963, Harold “Bo” Conrad, 12, won the race in Duluth and went on to win in Akron. Here is a video about his Akron race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHa2w2dijsI. Duluth held races through 1968. Plans for a race in 1969 fell through due to a lack of interest. 

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Science for the People (SftP) emerged out of the antiwar and civil rights movements of the 1960s. Members participated in demonstrations, sit-ins, and other actions to draw attention to the militarization of science, and the ways in which “establishment” science organizations failed to address or exacerbated social inequities worldwide. They also collaborated with the Black Panther Party in Chicago to set up health clinics. By the 1980s, membership declined and the organization all but vanished. SftP re-emerged after the election of President Donald Trump in 2016.