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  2. Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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    The series of essays called "The Busy-Body," which he wrote for Bradford's American Mercury in 1729, followed the general Addisonian form, already modified to suit homelier conditions. The thrifty Patience, in her busy little shop, complaining of the useless visitors who waste her valuable time, is related to the women who address Mr. Spectator.

  3. Costume - Wikipedia

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    Costume is the distinctive style of dress and/or makeup of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, occupation, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch—in short, culture . The term also was traditionally used to describe typical appropriate clothing for certain activities, such as riding costume, swimming costume, dance costume ...

  4. Social media - Wikipedia

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    Social media's peer-to-peer communication shifts power from the organization to consumers, since consumer content is widely visible and not controlled by the company. Social media personalities, often referred to as "influencers", are internet celebrities who are sponsored by marketers to promote products and companies online.

  5. Wikipedia:Pro and con lists - Wikipedia

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    Listed pros and cons must, as for all content, be sourced by a reference, either in the list or elsewhere in the article. (A "criticisms and defenses" list is a backwards pro and con list. The opposing side is presented first, followed by the responses of the defending side. Lists of this form seem to grow out of more contentious articles.)

  6. The Philosophy of Dress - Wikipedia

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    The Philosophy of Dress is an essay by Oscar Wilde that appeared in The New-York Tribune in 1885. The essay remained unknown to scholarship until 2012 when it was rediscovered and published for the first time in book form by Wilde historian John Cooper in Oscar Wilde On Dress (CSM Press, 2013), making it the only previously unknown work that ...

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  8. Clothing - Wikipedia

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    Clothing is used for protection against injury in specific tasks and occupations, sports, and warfare. Fashioned with pockets, belts, or loops, clothing may provide a means to carry things while freeing the hands. Clothing has significant social factors as well. Wearing clothes is a variable social norm.

  9. International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue ...

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    The International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue ( IAMSAR) Manual is a manual for organization and operation of maritime and aviation search and rescue. The IAMSAR Handbook is jointly published by two UN agencies: It contains guidelines for Search and Rescue in terms of shipping and aviation. The purpose of a common manual is to ...