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Gag me with a spoon was a common expression that was popularized by the Valley Girl movement in California's San Fernando Valley during the 1980's. The slang term was used in reference to something that was extremely unpleasant.

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This button encourages the idea of ride-sharing or car pooling and not driving alone.  Carpooling is seen as a more environmentally friendly and sustainable way to travel, reducing carbon emissions, traffic, and parking needs.

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NES is a company that works with businesses and government agencies to make sure that employees and the environment are protected. The company provides education in the form of environmental and industrial hygiene consulting through workshops, training, and other personalized services. Some of the issues that NES discusses are indoor air quality, mold, water damage and exposure to hazardous materials. Not only does NES work to insure that work environments are safe, they also want to make sure that companies are following health, safety and environmental rules and regulations. NES has worked with companies such as; Pacific Gas and Electric and The Sacramento Bee. The company is based in California but helps companies throughout the country.

An oxidizer is an agent used to support combustion. Hydrogen peroxide would be an example of an oxidizer. The symbol shown is the hazard symbol for oxidizer.  

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This is a popular sentiment celebrating the weekend. The labor movement fought to have 8 hour workdays for 5 days a week. This was largely realized by the Fair Labor Standards Act in the U.S. in 1937, giving Americans a couple of days to relax and/or party down.

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The now defunct Wang Laboratories Corporation was part of the so-called Massachusetts Miracle of the 1980s.  It, along with Apollo Computer, Data General, and Digital Equipment Corporation, help the Commonwealth's rebound from two generations of de-industrialization and unemployment, especially in the cities along the Merrimack River.  Wang was found by Dr. An Wang in Cambridge, Massachusetts during 1951.  The headquarters moved north to Tewksbury in the 1960s and finally to Lowell in the 1970s, where it remained until 1997.  

The products Wang made varied from decade to decade.  In the 1950s, they may typesetters.  In the 1960s, they made calculators.  In the 1970s, they were creating word processors and experimenting with "minicomputers," basically a mainframe.  By 1977, Wang had released the Wang VS, a minicomputer aimed at business users and data processors.  However, by the 1980s, personal computers, rather than word processors and minicomputers, were taking over the market.  Wang fell on hard times and declared bankruptcy in 1992.  After bankruptcy, the company, now named Wang Global, focused on what it called network services.  In 1999, Wang Global was sold to a Netherlands-based company.  The current owner of the VS line of minicomputers serviced the pre-bankruptcy Wang VSes until the end of 2014.  

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The image on this button was created by artist Larry Smith. Smith received a Master of Applied Art and Design from Montana State University in 1969. In 1980, he founded Designer Graphics Chula Vista.  It produced greeting cards, posters, stationary gifts, and educational toys and craft items. Among the company’s clients was the San Diego Zoo. As the company was sold in 1992, this button was likely produced between the years 1980 and 1992.  

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