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2. Christmas seals - Wikipedia

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   The following year the sale of Christmas Seals brought even more money to the fight against tuberculosis. [6] [7] During the first six years, enough funds were raised to build the Christmas Seal Sanatorium in Kolding, which was opened in 1911. The same year the sanatorium was transferred to the administration of the Danish National Association ...

3. Seal of the president of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The central design, based on the Great Seal of the United States, is the official coat of arms of the U.S. presidency and also appears on the presidential flag. The presidential seal developed by custom over a long period before being defined in law, and its early history remains obscure. [1]

4. Sealing wax - Wikipedia

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   Sealing wax is a wax material of a seal which, after melting, hardens quickly (to paper, parchment, ribbons and wire, and other material), forming a bond that is difficult to break without noticeable tampering. Wax is used to verify that something such as a document is unopened, to verify the sender's identity (for example with a seal stamp or ...

5. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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   Attending party, type of entertainment without an invitation or ticket i.e. uninvited guest; see crasher [48] get-hot! Encouragement for a hot dancer [150] gay. Main article: Gay. 1. Happy or lively Happy, joyful, and lively [189] 2. No connection to homosexuality in 1920 [189] get a wiggle On Get a move on, get going [9] get in a lather

6. Ancient Near Eastern seals and sealing practices - Wikipedia

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   Özgüç, Nimet. "Seal Impressions from the Palaces at Acemhöyük." In Ancient Art in Seals, edited by Edith Porada, 61-80. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980. Özgüç, Nimet. Kültepe-Kaniš/Neša: Seal Impressions on the Clay Envelopes from the Archives of the Native Peruwa and Assyrian Trader Uṣur-Ša-Ištar Son of Aššur-Imittī.

7. Mail art - Wikipedia

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   Ray Johnson's invitation to the first mail art show, 1970. Artist Edward M. Plunkett has argued that communication-as-art-form is an ancient tradition; he posits (tongue in cheek) that mail art began when Cleopatra had herself delivered to Julius Caesar in a rolled-up carpet.