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Norma was a prominent toy factory in Soviet Estonia, famous for its toy cars and pins. Major production took place between 1960 - 1980. The items made by Norma are now considered vintage collectable. The buttons were usually produced in sets, such as a set of animated characters, flowers, animals, etc. 

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In 2000 Al Gore, Vice President under Bill Clinton, campaigned for the presidency with running mate Joe Lieberman. Gore ran as a Democrat against George W. Bush. Gore's platform was pro-choice, earning the women's vote, advocated for gay rights, and endorsed tax cuts that would pay for education and health care. After controversy in Florida over a proposed re-count of the votes, Gore won the popular vote but did not become President because Bush won the electoral vote, the fourth presidential candidate in American history to do so. Afterwards Gore became well known for his environmental activism, most notably his book and film An Inconvenient Truth, for which he earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

Al Gore. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15, 2015 from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore.

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National People’s Action (NPA) is a coalition of grassroots movements across 14 states. NPA was founded by Shel Trapp and Gale Cincotta in 1972. Through their vision, NPA’s “core purpose is to develop the ideas, talent and organizations that will help reclaim our democracy and advance racial and economic justice.” There are over 200 organizers across 14 states.

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Oliver Laurence “Ollie” North is a former United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, political commentator, military historian, author, and television host. During his time in the military, North was awarded a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, two purple hearts, marksmanship medals, and an array of other prestigious honors, making him appear as the all-American hero. However, his reputation came under scrutiny due to North’s involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal. The incident involved the sale of weapons to Iran to fund counter-revolutionaries against the Sandinistas in Central America. When the scandal broke, President Reagan dismissed North from the military. After his military career, North ran for the Senator of Virginia and lost. He went on appear in television programs and write best-sellers, his most famous being American Heroes.

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In 1992, Democrat candidate Bill Clinton ran for president against Incumbent President George H.W. Bush. He picked Al Gore as his running mate. Clinton won the election and became the 42nd President of the United States.

January 1993 was the first inauguration of Bill Clinton. "America's Reunion on the Mall" on the mall was an event held for two days as part of the Inaugural celebration. The event kicked off with an outdoor concert that featured Michael Jackson, Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Michael Bolton, and LL Cool J. About one million people attended the event.

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This button is from Dick Gephardt’s 1988 campaign for the presidency. Gephardt, a Democrat, had represented Missouri in the House of Representatives since 1977, and during his presidential campaign tried to get the Democratic party’s nomination, but failed to do so because of his past record of flip-flopping on his votes. Gephardt continued to serve in the House of Representatives until 2005. In 2004 he ran for the presidency but again failed to get the Democratic party’s nomination because of the public’s perception of his values being old-fashioned. After his retirement from politics in 2005, Gephardt went on to become a lobbyist and has lobbied for numerous companies like Boeing and Ford.

Dick Gephardt. (n.d.). Retrieved December 16, 2015 from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Gephardt.

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Robert Dole served in the U.S. House of Representative between 1961 and 1969 and as U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1969- 1996. In 1995, he announced his candidacy for 1996 presidential election and won the Republican Party’s nomination. He chose Jack Kemp as his running mate, but was defeated by the incumbent Bill Clinton in November 1996. During his political career, Dole served as an advocate for men’s health issues as well as the Chairman of the National World War II Memorial fundraising campaign.

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Douglas Corrigan was an American aviator who gained fame after he flew a solo transatlantic flight from New York to Dublin, Ireland. Corrigan was a mechanic who had worked on Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis. Likely inspired by Lindbergh, Corrigan purchased a small, single engine plane off a trash heap, rebuilt it, and flew from California to New York. After arriving in New York, he filed a flight plan to cross the Atlantic Ocean, which was immediately denied. Shortly after, he took off, headed back to the West Coast, but his plane took a turn and disappeared into the clouds. Corrigan landed in Dublin 28 hours later, claiming not to know his whereabouts. His flight license was suspended, and he had to return to the U.S. by ship. By the time his ship docked in New York, he had become a national celebrity dubbed "Wrong Way Corrigan", and he was greeted at the port by a mob of fans.

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Sholem Aleichem is a pseudonym for Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, a leading Yiddish author and playwright. The writing seen is his pseudonym in Yiddish. He began writing in Hebrew and started publishing in 1897. Later, in 1883, he decided to write in Yiddish, which is when he began to use his pseudonym. From then on it became his pen name. He is known for his character, Tevye the Dairyman, from a series of short stories, which was used as a base for the famous musical, Fiddler on the Roof.