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  2. Comics Code Authority - Wikipedia

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    The Comics Code Authority (CCA) was formed in 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America as an alternative to government regulation. The CCA enabled comic publishers to self-regulate the content of comic books in the United States. The code was voluntary, as there was no law requiring its use, although some advertisers and retailers ...

  3. Christian Coalition of America - Wikipedia

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    Later that same year, the coalition prevailed in its five-year defense of a lawsuit brought by the Federal Election Commission. [ 11 ] Ralph Reed , an Emory University Ph.D. candidate, whom Robertson had met when the younger man was working as a waiter at an inaugural dinner for George H. W. Bush in January 1989, took control of day-to-day ...

  4. Container Corporation of America - Wikipedia

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    Container Corporation of America (CCA) was founded in 1926 and manufactured corrugated boxes. [1] In 1968 CCA merged with Montgomery Ward & Company, Inc. , becoming MARCOR. MARCOR maintained separate management for the operations of each company, but had a joint board of directors .

  5. History of the United States government - Wikipedia

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    The National Archives and Records Administration was established in 1934, and the National Cancer Institute was established in 1937, Fannie Mae was established in 1938. The powers of the Food and Drug Administration were greatly expanded by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, allowing the agency to regulate a variety of ...

  6. History of the United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    Congress Voting Independence, by Robert Edge Pine, depicts the Second Continental Congress voting in 1776.. Although one can trace the history of the Congress of the United States to the First Continental Congress, which met in the autumn of 1774, [2] the true antecedent of the United States Congress was convened on May 10, 1775, with twelve colonies in attendance.

  7. International Copyright Act of 1891 - Wikipedia

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    The United States discussed international copyright with Great Britain over the years. Congress requested correspondence to this effect in 1842. [1] There was a proposed treaty in 1853 under Millard Fillmore, [2] and consideration of its ratification continued into an extension provided during Franklin Pierce's presidency in 1854. [3]

  8. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    In 2001, an 18-year-old committed to a Texas boot camp operated by one of Slattery’s previous companies, Correctional Services Corp., came down with pneumonia and pleaded to see a doctor as he struggled to breathe. Guards accused the teen of faking it and forced him to do pushups in his own vomit, according to Texas law enforcement reports ...

  9. Competitive Carriers Association - Wikipedia

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    The Competitive Carriers Association (commonly the CCA) was founded in 1992 by nine small wireless carriers in the United States as a 501(c)(6) non-profit trade association to promote the common interests of competitive, regional, and rural wireless services providers.