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Sandra Boynton is, among other things, an American humorist, author, and illustrator. She has written and illustrated more than fifty books for both children and adults and has thousands of greeting cards to her name. She designs various products with her characters for companies, rather than licensing the characters to be adapted. Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down was a general market book published in 1986, which illustrated several different types of annoying people drawn as turkeys. 

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Hallmark began in 1910 when Joyce Clyde Hall started selling postcards. He had little money—not even enough to take a horse-drawn cab to his lodgings at the YMCA—but he had an entrepreneurial spirit and the determination of a pioneer. Hall quickly made a name for himself with the picture postcards he sold. Rollie Hall joined his brother in business, and the company was named Hall Brothers. On January 11, 1915, a fire destroyed their office and inventory. They took the only salvageable item, their safe, and set up shop again. With $17,000 in debt, they decided to press onward. As postcard sales declined, they recognized the public’s desire for more privacy in their communication, so they started offering high-quality Valentine’s Day and Christmas cards mailed in envelopes. The fateful fire resulted in the Hall brothers’ decision to buy printing presses and begin producing their own greeting cards in 1915. Hallmark eventually made the move to manufacture and sell collectable memorabilia including pin-back buttons, most of which revolve around holidays and other special events.

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This slogan emerged in the 1960s as part of the hippie counterculture movement.  "Bribe a cop" was sarcasm used to expose what the counterculture movement saw as a corrupt government institution.  

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In 1804, George William Crump, a Washington and Lee University senior, was arrested for running naked through Lexington, VA. (Crump later became a US Congressman.) Around 1973, colleges witnessed a new fad, groups of students running nude en masse. A reporter witnessing such a run at the University of Maryland exclaimed, "They are streaking past me right now. It's an incredible sight!" The Associated Press published it as “streaking”, and the term has been used ever since. The fad was immortalized in the novelty song, “The Streak,” by Ray Stevens in 1974, and several colleges still maintain nude run traditions.

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Inforum is a division of the Commonwealth Club, an upscale social club geared to young professionals in San Francisco. Inforum specializes in somewhat informal forums and discussions featuring politicians and celebrities. The Inforum programming emphasizes and inspires debate on all sorts of civic and social issues.