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  2. The Thinkers Club - Wikipedia

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    The cartoon depicts the suppression of freedom of expression within the German Confederation under the Carlsbad Decrees, which stipulated for rigorous surveillance and censorship of universities following a surge in student violence and radicalism. The plaque on the left bears the inscription: "The most important question of today's meeting ...

  3. Louis Raemaekers - Wikipedia

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    Louis’ father published a weekly journal called De Volksvriend (Friend of the People) and was an influential man in liberal circles. His battle against the establishment set the tone for his son's standpoint several decades later, when he fought against the occupation of neutral Belgium at the start of the First World War.

  4. XYZ Affair - Wikipedia

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    A British political cartoon depicting the affair: The United States is represented by Columbia, who is being plundered by five Frenchmen, three of whom are wearing French cockades, one wearing the Phrygian cap – symbols of revolutionary, republican France.

  5. The Bosses of the Senate - Wikipedia

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    It is generally recognized as an early antitrust cartoon that played a role in the development of the Sherman Antitrust Act. [7] According to the Senate, The Bosses of the Senate is a "frequently reproduced cartoon, long a staple of textbooks and studies of Congress". [4] NPR has called the cartoon "the defining image of late 19th-century ...

  6. Sunday Go to Meetin' Time - Wikipedia

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    Sunday Go to Meetin' Time is a 1936 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. [2] The short was released on August 8, 1936. [3] The name of the short comes from the colloquial adjective "sunday-go-to-meeting", describing something appropriate for church or otherwise presentable.

  7. Gavel - Wikipedia

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    To attract attention and call a meeting to order. In most organizations, two taps raise and one tap seats the assembly; in others, two taps raise and three taps seat it. To maintain order and restore it when breached in the course of the proceedings. (Tap the gavel once, but vigorously).

  8. Liberty's Kids - Wikipedia

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    The episodes run a half-hour, including segments that include "The Liberty News Network" or LNN (a newscast delivered by Cronkite summarizing the events of the episode, with each including his trademark sign-off "that's the way it is"), "Mystery Guest" (a guessing game where the kids guess a historical figure, who often is a character in the ...

  9. Francisco Goya's tapestry cartoons - Wikipedia

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    The cartoons were a very precise sketch, in color and real size, of the motif that the weavers had to reproduce. These paintings owe their name of cartoon to the fact that they were usually painted on that material and not on canvas or board. The choice of such a humble support is explained by the fact that these models or patterns were not ...