Stephanie came!
I came!
Can anybody tell me who won Superbowl XVI?
Notes
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Alfred Charles Kinsey (June 23, 1894 – August 25, 1956) was an American biologist, professor of entomology and zoology, and sexologist who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, previously known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. He is best known for writing Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), also known as the Kinsey Reports, as well as the Kinsey scale. Kinsey's research on human sexuality, foundational to the field of sexology, provoked controversy in the 1940s and 1950s. His work has influenced social and cultural values in the United States, as well as internationally.
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The Masters and Johnson research team, composed of William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson, pioneered research into the nature of human sexual response and the diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders and dysfunctions from 1957 until the 1990s. In the initial phase of Masters and Johnson's studies, from 1957 until 1965, they recorded some of the first laboratory data on the anatomy and physiology of human sexual response based on direct observation of 382 women and 312 men in what they conservatively estimated to be “10,000 complete cycles of sexual response”. Their findings, particularly on the nature of female sexual and orgasm, dispelled many long-standing misconceptions. They jointly wrote two classic texts in the field, Human Sexual Response and Human Sexual Inadequacy, published in 1966 and 1970, respectively.
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Alexander Comfort (10 February 1920 – 26 March 2000) was a British scientist and physician known best for his nonfiction sex manual, The Joy of Sex (1972), which played a part in the sexual revolution of the last third of the XXth century. He was an author of both fiction and nonfiction, as well as a gerontologist, anarchist, pacifist, and conscientious objector.
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Reference to indicted president Nixon’s famous phrase “I am not a crook”. Nixon made the declaration during a press conference in Orlando, Florida., amid charges related to the Watergate break-in and subsequent scandal (1972-73).
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Florynce Rae “Flo” Kennedy (February 11, 1916 – December 21, 2000) was an American lawyer, feminist, civil rights advocate, lecturer and activist.
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Jerry Lamon Falwell Sr. (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) was an American Southern Baptist pastor, trelevangelist, and conservative activist.He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded Lynchburg Christian Academy (now Liberty Christian Academy) in 1967 and Liberty University in 1971 and co-founded the Moral Majority in 1979. Falwell condemned homosexuality as forbidden by the Bible. Gay rights groups called Falwell an “agent of intolerance” and “the founder of the anti-gay industry”. Falwell told one crowd, “Gay folks would just as soon kill you as look at you.” When the LGBT-friendly Metropolitan Community Church was almost accepted into the World Council of Churches, Falwell called them “brute beasts” and stated, “this vile and satanic system will one day be utterly annihilated and there'll be a celebration in heaven.”
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Allusion to film star John Wayne, who died in 1979. He was nicknamed “Duke”.
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Poland born Karol Józef Wojtyła (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Pope John Paul II from 1978 to 2005.
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Probable references to Nelson Rockefellerf, former vice-president, Henry Kissinger, political consultant, Zbigniew Kazimierz “Zbig” Brzezinski, National Security Advisor, Alexander Haig, commander of NATO forces in Europe, and commander in chief of United States European Command.
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Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a socially and politically influential New England Puritan minister, prolific author, and pamphleteer. He is most frequently remembered today for his involvement in the Salem witch trials.
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Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
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Possible reference to general David Jones (1921-2013), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under president Carter
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Probable refernce to Henry Kissinger an American statesman, political scientist, diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as the United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. After leaving government, he formed Kissinger Associates, an international geopolitical consulting firm.
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Probable reference to Richard McGarrah Helms (March 30, 1913 – October 23, 2002) who served as the United States Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from June 1966 to February 1973. His last post in government service was Ambassador to Iran, 1973–1977
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Allusion to president Ronald Reagan, an aging Hollywood actor.
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Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965) was an American baseball player and sports executive. He was perhaps best known for breaking Major League Baseball's color barriers by signing black player Jackie Robinson and for drafting the first Hispanic superstar, Roberto Clemente.
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), also known as Mohammad Reza Shah, was the last Shah of Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979.
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Back in 1979, Chrysler was on the verge of bankruptcy and in desperate need of a $1.5 billion loan from the federal government. The bailout of Chrysler was an important milestone in U.S. history. It came at a time when the Cold War was at its height and the perceived economic decline of the U.S. was in full force. For many, the fall of an American icon would have led the country down a path of economic hardship that would be hard to break. Also, and perhaps more importantly, he fear was that if Chrysler went under, the national security of the country would be compromised by the loss of a manufacturer for tanks, trucks and other vehicles.
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The Vietnam War, also known in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. America’s entry into the war was propagandized as”humanitarian”.
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Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) is a non-profit women's rights organization that was founded in 1974. ERA is a legal organization dedicated to protecting and expanding economic and educational access and opportunities for women and girls. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which states that “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex,” was originally introduced to Congress in 1923 -- three years after women gained the right to vote -- but never reached the House or Senate floor. The National Organization for Women, which was founded in 1966 and advocated for a “fully equal partnership of the sexes,” soon endorsed the ERA and made passing it into the U.S. Constitution a top priority. (The amendment had been unsuccessfully presented to every session of Congress between 1923 and 1970.) In January 1977, Indiana became the 35th state to ratify the ERA. The amendment was now only three states shy of becoming law, but the effort was losing momentum. Many feminists saw the National Women's Conference in November 1977 as a chance to breathe new life into it. More than 14,000 women gathered to discuss the problems facing women and formulate a plan of action to deliver to President Carter. Still, the amendment was overturned.