query: What company sells the most greeting cards?

title: Greeting card

text: Greenaway and Walter Crane as illustrators and card designers. The extensive Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection from the Manchester Metropolitan University gathers 32,000 Victorian and Edwardian greeting cards and 450 Valentine's Day cards dating from the early nineteenth century, printed by the major publishers of the day. Technical developments like color lithography in 1930 propelled the manufactured greeting card industry forward. Humorous greeting cards, known as studio cards, became popular in the late 1940s and 1950s. In the 1970s, Recycled Paper Greetings, a small company needing to establish a competing identity against the large companies like Hallmark Cards, began publishing

title: Greeting card

text: humorous, whimsical card designs with the artist's name credited on the back. This was away from what was known as the standard look (sometimes called the Hallmark look.) By the 1980s, there was a thriving market for what were now called "alternative" greeting cards, and the name stuck even though these "alternative" cards changed the look of the entire industry. The largest recorded number of greeting cards sent to a single person went to Craig Shergold, a beneficiary/victim of chain letters and later chain emails. In the United Kingdom, it is estimated that one billion pounds are spent on greeting

title: Hallmark Cards

text: was renamed FeelIn in September 2014. Hallmark Cards Hallmark Cards, Inc. is a private, family-owned U.S. company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 by Joyce Hall, Hallmark is the oldest and largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. In 1985, the company was awarded the National Medal of Arts. In addition to greeting cards, Hallmark also manufactures such products as party goods, gift wrap, and stationery. Hallmark acquired Binney & Smith in 1987, and would later change its name to Crayola, LLC after its well-known Crayola brand of crayons, markers and colored pencils. The company is

title: Hallmark Cards

text: Hallmark Cards Hallmark Cards, Inc. is a private, family-owned U.S. company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 by Joyce Hall, Hallmark is the oldest and largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. In 1985, the company was awarded the National Medal of Arts. In addition to greeting cards, Hallmark also manufactures such products as party goods, gift wrap, and stationery. Hallmark acquired Binney & Smith in 1987, and would later change its name to Crayola, LLC after its well-known Crayola brand of crayons, markers and colored pencils. The company is also involved in television, having produced

title: Greeting card

text: die-cuts or glued-on decorations may be more expensive. Hallmark Cards and American Greetings, both U.S.-based companies, are the two largest producers of greeting cards in the world today. In Western countries and increasingly in other societies, many people traditionally mail seasonally themed cards to their friends and relatives in December. Many service businesses also send cards to their customers in this season, usually with a universally acceptable non-religious message such as "happy holidays" or "season's greetings". The Greeting Card Association is an international trade organization representing the interests of greeting card and stationery manufacturers. John Beeder, former president of the

title: Hallmark Cards

text: to 120 people, and the line increased from holiday cards to include everyday greeting cards. In 1928, the company introduced the brand name Hallmark, after the hallmark symbol used by goldsmiths in London in the 14th century, and began printing the name on the back of every card. That same year, the company became the first in the greeting card industry to advertise their product nationally. Their first advertisement appeared in "Ladies' Home Journal" and was written by J.C. Hall himself. In 1931, the Canadian William E. Coutts Company, Ltd., a major card maker, became an affiliate of Hall Brothers

title: Hallmark Cards

text: City headquarters. Donald J. Hall Sr. serves as chairman. Donald J. Hall Jr. serves as CEO. David E. Hall is the company president. Hallmark's creative staff consists of around 900 artists, designers, stylists, writers, editors, and photographers. Together, they generate more than 19,000 new and redesigned greeting cards and related products per year. The company offers more than 48,000 products in its model line at any one time. Hallmark offers or has offered the following products and services: Hallmark Cards feature several brands and licenses. Shoebox, the company's line of humorous cards, evolved from studio cards. Maxine (by John Wagner),

title: Studio cards

text: in the mid-1960s. Only a few years before he first published "Penthouse" in 1965, Bob Guccione drew cartoons for Box Cards. Other cartoonists who drew Box Cards were Harry Crane, Jerry Lee and Bill Brewer, who had a long career with Hallmark and won the National Cartoonists Society Greeting Cards Award in 2000. The success of Box Cards did not go unnoticed by the major greeting card companies, and by 1957, Hallmark, American Greetings, Rust Craft, Norcross and Gibson Greetings all were publishing studio cards. In the decades that followed, humorous cards evolved through many different approaches at the major

title: Studio cards

text: Studio cards Studio cards were tall, narrow humorous greeting cards which became popular during the 1950s. The approach was sometimes cutting or caustic, a distinct alternative to the type of mild humor previously employed by the major greeting card companies. Pioneer publishers of studio cards were Rosalind Welcher, Fred Slavic, Nellie Caroll, Bill Kennedy and Bill Box. These independent card creators eventually found it difficult to compete after Hallmark Cards bought up shopping mall franchises so only Hallmark Cards would be displayed. In 1945, when Slavic was in the Merchant Marine, he and Welcher met in New York at a

title: Hallmark Cards

text: with partner Nova Development, and Microsoft Greetings Workshop in partner with Microsoft. Some of the licensors for Hallmark's greeting cards, ornaments, and gift products include: The Hallmark Visitors Center is located at the company's headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. The Center features exhibits about the company's history including historic greeting cards and postcards, Christmas ornaments, exhibits from the company's art collection, and displays about the Hallmark Hall of Fame programs and awards. There is also a movie about the company's history. Alvirne High School in Hudson, New Hampshire, operates the only Hallmark school store in the United States. Besides normal

title: Studio cards

text: Sweet as You Are" with a happily sloshed woman drinking herself under the table. Some of her greeting cards are in the print collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Although Panda Prints, feeling the Hallmark squeeze, folded in 1977, Slavic and Welcher are still in business, publishing books written and illustrated by Welcher at their West Hill Press in New Hampshire. The cartoonist Bill Box first experimented with his 1951 Bop Cards showing hipster figures on Christmas cards. Although Los Angeles gift shops initially showed little interest, sales soared at the USC and UCLA student stores. His cards were

title: Hallmark Cards

text: face on a cartoon of a waitress serving a plate of food, with a Hilton's dialogue bubble, ""Don't touch that, it's hot."" (which had a registered trademark on February 13, 2007). Hilton's attorney Brent Blakely said that the infringement damages would be based on profits from the $2.49 greeting cards. Julie O'Dell said that Hallmark used the card as parody, protected under fair use law. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reviewed the case and "denied Hallmark's motion to dismiss". Hilton and Hallmark Cards Inc. later settled out of court. In April 2012, Hallmark Cards acquired SpiritClips, which

title: Studio cards

text: companies and came full circle in 1993 when Gibson made a licensing agreement with "Mad" to publish a 1994 line of "Mad" greeting cards with artwork by the "Mad" cartoonists. Hallmark labeled their early 1950s line Fancy Free, and American Greetings called theirs Hi Brows. In its official history, American Greetings acknowledges Hi Brows were published in 1957 because the earlier studio cards were a cartooning breakthrough: In 1960, Box Cards were collected into a book, "Burn This", with an introduction by Mort Sahl, who wrote: With the major card companies taking over, Box looked elsewhere. Leaving the card business,

title: Hallmark Cards

text: undisclosed amount of money which Armstrong donated to Purdue University. The case caused Armstrong and NASA to be more careful about the use of astronaut names, photographs and recordings, and to whom he had granted permission. For non-profit and government public-service announcements, he would usually give permission. On September 6, 2007, Paris Hilton filed an injunction lawsuit against Hallmark Cards Inc., titled "Hilton v. Hallmark Cards", in U.S. District Court over the unlawful use of her picture and catchphrase ""That's hot"" on a greeting card. The card is titled ""Paris's First Day as a Waitress"" with a photograph of Hilton's

title: Hallmark Business Expressions

text: Hallmark Business Expressions Hallmark Business Expressions is a subsidiary of Hallmark Cards, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Hallmark Business Expressions targets businesses who use greeting cards. The company specializes in creating custom business greeting cards. Hallmark Business Expressions was launched in August 2005 and offers personalized business greeting cards. Hallmark Business Expressions launched a collection of environmentally friendly holiday business greeting cards on July 18, 2008. The Green collection features nine card designs. Each card in the collection is printed on stock consisting of 50 percent sugar cane pulp and 50 percent recycled paper. On October 9, 2008, Hallmark Business

title: Rust Craft Greeting Card Company

text: Rust Craft Greeting Card Company The Rust Craft Greeting Card Company was an American greeting card, printing company and owner of television stations. It produced what is believed to be the first Christmas card. The company was founded in a bookstore in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1906 by its owner, Fred Winslow Rust. The first Christmas card was printed on heavy tan paper and included a brief message in two colors. The success of the Christmas card grew into a business letters, postcards, and greeting cards with envelopes. Rust revolutionized the use of the "French Fold," which turned a single

title: Greeting card

text: cards every year, with the average person sending 55 cards per year. In the United States, approximately 6.5 billion greeting cards are bought each year, at a total cost of more than US $7 billion. In the United States, a counter card typically sells for US $2 to $4. Boxed cards, which are popular for Christmas cards or other times when many cards are sent, tend to cost less. Postcards, which are single-sided without the fold, can function in a manner somewhat similar to greeting cards. Postcards appeared fairly early on in the history of the postal service as a

title: Roth Greeting Cards v. United Card Co.

text: Roth Greeting Cards v. United Card Co. Roth Greeting Cards v. United Card Co., 429 F.2d 1106 (9th Cir. 1970), was a Ninth Circuit case involving the copyright of greeting cards that introduced the "total concept and feel" standard for determining substantial similarity. Courts used this test in later cases such as "Reyher v. Children's Television Workshop" (1976). Roth Greeting Cards was engaged in the greeting card business. The company's writer would come up with ideas for the wording, which the president would review. If an idea was accepted, the president would make a rough sketch of the card design

title: Roth Greeting Cards v. United Card Co.

text: test would determine similarity of general ideas, while an intrinsic test would compare the particular expressions used. The second test should be made by an "ordinary reasonable person" rather than an expert. Roth Greeting Cards v. United Card Co. Roth Greeting Cards v. United Card Co., 429 F.2d 1106 (9th Cir. 1970), was a Ninth Circuit case involving the copyright of greeting cards that introduced the "total concept and feel" standard for determining substantial similarity. Courts used this test in later cases such as "Reyher v. Children's Television Workshop" (1976). Roth Greeting Cards was engaged in the greeting card business.

title: Papyrus (company)

text: Papyrus sells a selection of gifts, jewelry, and other fashion accessories. Other brands that can be found in Papyrus stores include American Greetings and Carlton Cards. The Papyrus logo is a distinct pink hummingbird and can be found on a variety of Papyrus products. Papyrus (company) Papyrus (stylized as PAPYRUS) is an American stationery and greeting card retailer that operates over 450 stores throughout the United States and Canada. It is headquartered in Fairfield, California and is the flagship brand of the Schurman Retail Group. The company sells a variety of products, including greeting cards, stationery, gift wrap, specialty gifts,

title: Roth Greeting Cards v. United Card Co.

text: a picture of a boy sitting and crying with the words "I miss you already ..." and inside the card "... and you haven't even left". The vice-president of United admitted that he might have seen the Roth cards in stores that he visited to see what his competition was doing, and might have had samples of the Roth cards in his office, but denied copying. The district court found for the defendant on two grounds. First, the court found that Roth Greeting Cards had not completed its registration of copyright ownership at the time the case was filed, and

title: Rust Craft Greeting Card Company

text: piece of paper into a card by folding it into quarters. Rust was soon joined by his brother Donald. Fred then began to focus more on the creative and sales aspects of the company while Donald managed the manufacturing and finances. In time, the offerings would grow to include cards for holidays including Valentine's Day, Easter, St. Patrick’s Day, and Thanksgiving. In addition, cards were produced with bon voyage and travel messages, and even cards with messages in Braille. The brothers eventually retired from the book store and moved to Massachusetts to focus on the greeting cards. At first the

title: Papyrus (company)

text: 146 Papyrus retail shops. In 2009, Papyrus' parent company, Schurman Retail Group, purchased all 346 American Greetings retail shops. A number of these stores were eventually rebranded as Papyrus stores. Papyrus currently operates 450 stores throughout the United States and Canada. Papyrus sells a variety of luxury paper products including a selection of stationery and greeting cards. The chain is perhaps best known for its high-end greeting cards that often incorporate items like buttons, fabric, leather, zippers, glitter, and other embellishments. The stores also offer products like journals, note cards, gift wrap, customized invitations, and more. Through the NIQUEA.D brand,

title: Rust Craft Greeting Card Company

text: wife and son and had a summer house in Cohasset, Massachusetts. He died in 1949 at the age of 73. Donald had two sons with his wife, and later had four grandchildren. He died in 1961 at 84, having spent his final years in Cohasset. Rust Craft Greeting Card Company The Rust Craft Greeting Card Company was an American greeting card, printing company and owner of television stations. It produced what is believed to be the first Christmas card. The company was founded in a bookstore in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1906 by its owner, Fred Winslow Rust. The first

title: Papyrus (company)

text: Papyrus (company) Papyrus (stylized as PAPYRUS) is an American stationery and greeting card retailer that operates over 450 stores throughout the United States and Canada. It is headquartered in Fairfield, California and is the flagship brand of the Schurman Retail Group. The company sells a variety of products, including greeting cards, stationery, gift wrap, specialty gifts, jewelry, customized invitations, and other paper products. It is one of the largest greeting card retailers in the United States. The first Papyrus retail shop was opened in 1973 by Margrit Schurman in Berkeley, California. It began as the retail wing of Schurman Fine

title: Greeting card

text: Greeting Card Association, says greeting cards are effective tools to communicate important feelings to people you care about: "Anyone feels great when they receive an unexpected card in the mail. For me, there’s nothing like a greeting card to send a special message. I’m proud to be a part of an industry that not only keeps people connected, but uses both imagery and the power of words to help us express our emotions.” Counter cards: Greeting cards that are sold individually. This contrasts with boxed cards. The custom of sending greeting cards can be traced back to the ancient Chinese,

title: Greeting card

text: Greeting card A greeting card is an illustrated piece of card stock or high quality paper featuring an expression of friendship or other sentiment. Although greeting cards are usually given on special occasions such as birthdays, Christmas or other holidays, such as Halloween, they are also sent to convey thanks or express other feelings (such as to get well from illness). Greeting cards, usually packaged with an envelope, come in a variety of styles. There are both mass-produced as well as handmade versions that are distributed by hundreds of companies large and small. While typically inexpensive, more elaborate cards with

title: Studio cards

text: he had a successful career as a comedy writer for top talents, including Jonathan Winters, Steve Allen, Phyllis Diller and George Gobel. His work for television included gagwriting for several "Dean Martin Roasts". Box retired in 1985 but occasionally contributes to Duck Press ("America's Golf Greeting Card Company") in Tucson. In 1954, Bernad Creations published Herb Gardner's characters, The Nebbishes, on greeting cards, posters and figurines. The most famous of these showed two slacker Nebbishes relaxing with feet on a table and the line, "Next week we've "got" to get organized!" First a greeting card and then a poster, it

title: Greeting card

text: cheaper way of sending messages, especially those of a tourist nature. Greeting card A greeting card is an illustrated piece of card stock or high quality paper featuring an expression of friendship or other sentiment. Although greeting cards are usually given on special occasions such as birthdays, Christmas or other holidays, such as Halloween, they are also sent to convey thanks or express other feelings (such as to get well from illness). Greeting cards, usually packaged with an envelope, come in a variety of styles. There are both mass-produced as well as handmade versions that are distributed by hundreds of

title: Nobleworks

text: Nobleworks NobleWorks Inc. is a publisher of humorous greeting cards. The company is located in Union City, New Jersey and publishes and sells paper greeting cards, cards with detachable magnets, lapel-button cards, gift cards, free on-line electronic greeting cards, magnetic memo pads, and note pads. NobleWorks develops several lines and licenses properties to other greeting card companies, publishers, and manufacturers. NobleWorks also licenses artwork from various cartoonists and designers who are based in the United States as well as in other countries. NobleWorks Inc. is the originator of the Talk Bubbles. NobleWorks features cards by over thirty cartoonists, many of

title: The Greeting Card Association

text: only UK trade show dedicated purely to greeting cards. The Greeting Card Association The Greeting Card Association is the UK trade association for greeting card publishers. Established in 1919, owned by its membership and run on a not for profit basis, the association is the trade body for the greeting card industry. The GCA resources include free specialist industry information for publishers, the press, artists and writers, students and the general public. The GCA's official magazine is "Progressive Greetings". Launched in 1991, this magazine is editorially led with articles relating to topical industry issues. The GCA supports The Henries, the

title: Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection

text: Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection is a collection of greeting cards now in the Manchester Metropolitan University, in the Sir Kenneth Green Library, on the All Saints Campus. The collection consists of a section of 32,000 Victorian and Edwardian greeting cards by major publishers of the day. It includes cards printed by hand like those produced by Sockl and Nathan and also mass-produced cards (a subsequent production method) like those produced by Marcus Ward & Co and Raphael Tuck & Sons. Some of the cards hold special significance, like Britain's first commercially produced Christmas card

title: Nobleworks

text: "troubling", and Rehab's find was subsequently reported to the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) office in Chicago. This blog post occurred soon after the twin bombing incident in Boston, Massachusetts. Greetings, Etc. Nov/Dec 2005 CNNMoney.com March 31, 2003 Nobleworks NobleWorks Inc. is a publisher of humorous greeting cards. The company is located in Union City, New Jersey and publishes and sells paper greeting cards, cards with detachable magnets, lapel-button cards, gift cards, free on-line electronic greeting cards, magnetic memo pads, and note pads. NobleWorks develops several lines and licenses properties to other greeting card companies, publishers, and manufacturers. NobleWorks also

title: American Greetings

text: American Greetings American Greetings Corporation, LLC is a privately owned American company which is the world's largest greeting card producer. Based in Westlake, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, the company sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products (such as wrapping papers and decorations), and electronic expressive content (e.g., ringtones and images for cell phones). In addition, the company owns the Carlton Cards, Tender Thoughts, Just For You, and Gibson brands. American Greetings's former toy design and licensing division, initially called Those Characters From Cleveland, subsequently renamed American Greetings Properties and now separately owned as Cloudco Entertainment, includes copyrighted

title: Schurman Retail Group

text: sold at Papyrus outlets. Paper Destiny is another retail outlet that sells greeting cards, stationery, and other products. It is similar to Papyrus shops, but is considered a mid-market alternative. Schurman Retail Group Schurman Retail Group is an American stationery, greeting card, gifts, and paper products company based in Fairfield, California. The company operates brands and retail stores under the names Papyrus, NIQUEA.D, and Paper Destiny. It also sells the American Greetings brand and manages its subsidiaries, including Carlton Cards (in Canada and the U.S.) and Clintons (in the U.K.). Schurman Retail Group now operates over 450 retail stores across

title: American Greetings

text: acquired the rights to Strawberry Shortcake from American Greetings for $105 million. DHX Media would eventually acquire the franchise in 2017 as part of their buyout of Iconix's entertainment assets, which also included an 80% majority stake in Peanuts owner Peanuts Worldwide. American Greetings American Greetings Corporation, LLC is a privately owned American company which is the world's largest greeting card producer. Based in Westlake, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, the company sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products (such as wrapping papers and decorations), and electronic expressive content (e.g., ringtones and images for cell phones). In addition,

title: Star Company Basketball Cards

text: Star Company Basketball Cards Star Company Basketball Cards were the only licensed NBA basketball cards being produced during the mid-1980s. Occupying a place vacated by sports card giant "Topps", which ended its contractual relationship with the NBA and its Player's Association in 1982, Star began producing its colorful cards in mid-1983 with a 32 card All-Star set featuring stars from around the league who participated in the 1983 All-Star Game. Star Company produced cards in limited quantities, with most production runs at or below 5,000 cards. Some card sets were made even more scarce by problems with quality control, particularly

title: Star Company Basketball Cards

text: Star Company sets, remains the set viewed by most as listing the official rookie cards of many of the 1980s great players. Authentication of these cards, a longtime problem for collectors as a result of issues with counterfeiting, has recently been bolstered by Beckett Grading Services (BGS), which began grading these cards in December, 2008. While some collectors still don't consider the Star Company cards as credible successors to the Topps sets of prior years, more so than at any time previously, hobbyists are accepting the legitimacy and historicity of these cards, due in part to the increase of information

title: Archies (company)

text: of any other gift and gallery company across India. Archies Limited is in the business of manufacturing and selling greeting cards and other social expression products such as gifts and posters. Archies has a market share of about 50% of India's greeting cards market. Archies has about 3000 outlets and franchisees, called Archies Galleries, spread across 120 cities and 6 countries. It has tie-ups and licensing arrangements for merchandising characters such as Dennis the Menace and Disney characters. It has arrangements with Paramount Cards Inc., Anne Geddes, and American Greetings, for greeting card design and name use. Following the increasing

title: Greeting

text: "Good day" in English, "As-Salamualaikum" in Arabic, "Aloha" in Hawaiian, "Shalom" in Hebrew, "Namaste" in Hindi and "Ciao" in Italian. The bow and handshake are also used for both greeting and leave taking. A greeting can consist of an exchange of formal expression, kisses, handshakes, hugs, and various gestures. The form of greeting is determined by social etiquette, as well as by the relationship of the people. Beyond the formal greeting, which may involve a verbal acknowledgment and sometimes a hand shake, facial expression, gestures, body language and eye contact can all signal what type of greeting is expected. Gestures

title: The Miracle of the Cards

text: 1988 is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Although the prognosis is negative, Craig's mother Marion (Catherine Oxenberg) becomes convinced that there is a cure for it, and that the means of finding that cure is to break the Guinness World Record for receiving greeting cards. Broadcasting a plea to everyone in the world, Marion is successful in bringing 350 million cards to Craig's door. One of those cards provides the key for Craig's ultimate salvation. A cynical reporter, Josh (Kirk Cameron), finds himself witnessing a miracle he can hardly believe. The Miracle of the Cards The Miracle of the Cards

title: P. F. Volland Company

text: After World War II, Volland produced greeting cards for the emerging African American market. By 1935, the book titles published by Volland were acquired by other publishers, including Wise Book Company and M.A. Donahue. The Shaw Barton Company, a competitor of the Gerlach Barlow Company, purchased the company in 1959 and closed down the Joliet operation. Volland hired many significant early 20th century artists and writers. Many worked as freelancers. P. F. Volland Company P. F. Volland Company of Chicago, Illinois published poetry books, greeting cards, music, children's books, calendars, cookbooks, and children's occupational games, between 1908 and 1959. The

title: Greeting card

text: who exchanged messages of good will to celebrate the New Year, and to the early Egyptians, who conveyed their greetings on papyrus scrolls. By the early 15th century, handmade paper greeting cards were being exchanged in Europe. The Germans are known to have printed New Year's greetings from woodcuts as early as 1400, and handmade paper Valentines were being exchanged in various parts of Europe in the early to mid-15th century, with the oldest Valentine in existence being in the British Museum. By the 1850s, the greeting card had been transformed from a relatively expensive, handmade and hand-delivered gift to

title: Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards

text: Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards During the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition, the U.S. military developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's government, mostly high-ranking members of the Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party or members of the Revolutionary Command Council. The cards were officially named the "personality identification playing cards". As of 2018, all but 6 of the 52 most wanted have been captured. Each card contains the wanted person's address and, if available, the job performed by that individual. The highest-ranking cards,

title: Hallmark Cards

text: it to Kansas City in 1910. By 1912, the postcard craze had faded and the company had begun selling "Christmas letters" and greeting cards, shortening its name a few years later to the Norfolk Card Company. In 1917, Hall and his brother Rollie "invented" modern wrapping paper when they ran out of traditional colored tissue paper at the stationery store and substituted fancy French envelope lining paper. After selling the lining paper again the next year, the Hall Brothers started printing their own specifically designed wrapping paper. In 1922, the company expanded throughout the country. The staff grew from 4

title: Moonpig

text: an investigation. Moonpig issued a statement saying that "all password and payment information is and has always been safe". Moonpig Moonpig is a business based in London and Guernsey which sells personalised greeting cards, flowers and gifts. The website was launched in July 2000, and in 2007 the company was responsible for 90 percent of the online greeting card market in the United Kingdom, with nearly six million cards shipped. According to founder Nick Jenkins, "Moonpig" was his nickname at school in Newport, Shropshire, hence the name of the brand. Visitors to the website can choose from a large selection

title: Moonpig

text: Moonpig Moonpig is a business based in London and Guernsey which sells personalised greeting cards, flowers and gifts. The website was launched in July 2000, and in 2007 the company was responsible for 90 percent of the online greeting card market in the United Kingdom, with nearly six million cards shipped. According to founder Nick Jenkins, "Moonpig" was his nickname at school in Newport, Shropshire, hence the name of the brand. Visitors to the website can choose from a large selection of card designs and enter their own text and photos to personalise them. Visitors can also personalise a number

title: Rust Craft Greeting Card Company

text: company was located at 1000 Washington Street in Boston's South End neighborhood. Needing more space, the company built a new facility on Rustcraft Road in nearby Dedham, Massachusetts in 1954. The company was known officially as United Printers and Publishers until 1962, when with its purchase and founding of television stations and some radio station purchases beginning several years before, began to trade off the good will of its product trademarks, rebranding the card line to Rust Craft Greeting Card Company, with the television division known as Rust Craft Broadcasting. The company remained there until 1980 when it was purchased

title: Greeting card

text: a popular and affordable means of personal communication, due largely to advances in printing, mechanization, and a reduction in postal rates with the introduction of the postage stamp. This was followed by new trends like Christmas cards, the first of which appeared in published form in London in 1843 when Sir Henry Cole hired artist John Calcott Horsley to design a holiday card that he could send to his friends and acquaintances. In the 1860s, companies like Marcus Ward & Co, Goodall and Charles Bennett began the mass production of greeting cards. They employed well known artists such as Kate

title: Schurman Retail Group

text: Schurman Retail Group Schurman Retail Group is an American stationery, greeting card, gifts, and paper products company based in Fairfield, California. The company operates brands and retail stores under the names Papyrus, NIQUEA.D, and Paper Destiny. It also sells the American Greetings brand and manages its subsidiaries, including Carlton Cards (in Canada and the U.S.) and Clintons (in the U.K.). Schurman Retail Group now operates over 450 retail stores across the United States and Canada and manages an additional 400 in the U.K. It is currently the second-largest American specialty retailer in the greeting card industry. The company was founded

title: Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection

text: a period of twenty years initially using George Buday's book "History of the Christmas Card". The collection became so important that she was able to donate it to the Manchester Metropolitan University. Seddon became an Honorary Fellow of the University in 1992 in recognition of her donation and achievement. Together with the Sir Harry Page collection (which was purchased by this University), these makes up the two Victorian Ephemera collections of the MMU Special Collections. Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection is a collection of greeting cards now in the Manchester Metropolitan University, in the Sir

title: Star Company Basketball Cards

text: Bulls Set 1984-85 Star Chicago Bulls Team Bag Set one graded at GAI 9 went for $52,000.00 and a lower grade of GAI 8.5 went for $39,000.00. Star Company Basketball Cards Star Company Basketball Cards were the only licensed NBA basketball cards being produced during the mid-1980s. Occupying a place vacated by sports card giant "Topps", which ended its contractual relationship with the NBA and its Player's Association in 1982, Star began producing its colorful cards in mid-1983 with a 32 card All-Star set featuring stars from around the league who participated in the 1983 All-Star Game. Star Company produced

title: Rust Craft Greeting Card Company

text: 6-7% of market share, eventually went bankrupt. American Greetings Corporation purchased what was left of the two companies. At the time it went out of business, it had a Canadian affiliate, Rust Craft Ltd. A collection of archived Rust Craft and Norcross cards, along with other archival materials dating back to pre-Declaration times in the mid-18th century, was donated to the Smithsonian Institution after the company went out of business. The Rust brothers were born in Belfast, Maine, but moved to Kansas City as boys. Fred wrote and published three volumes of poetry. He lived in Newton, Massachusetts with his

title: Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards

text: result of a multi-intelligence agency collaboration which included the Defense Intelligence Agency, Central Command, and representatives from all US Service Branch Intelligence entities. The "Most Wanted" names were then assigned to their respective cards by five US Army soldiers, 2LT Hans Mumm, SSG Shawn Mahoney, SGT Andrei Salter, SGT Scott Boehmler, and SPC Joseph Barrios, who were assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency. The pictures used on the cards came from a number of intelligence agencies, but most were derived from "open sources". The deck of cards was first announced publicly in Iraq on 11 April 2003, in a press

title: CVS Pharmacy

text: revenue. Its parent company ranks as the 7th largest U.S. corporation by FY2017 revenues in the Fortune 500. The parent company of CVS Pharmacy's leading competitor ranked 19th for the same time period. CVS sells prescription drugs and a wide assortment of general merchandise, including over-the-counter drugs, beauty products and cosmetics, film and photo finishing services, seasonal merchandise, greeting cards, and convenience foods through their CVS Pharmacy and Longs Drugs retail stores and online through CVS.com. It also provides healthcare services through its more than 1,100 MinuteClinic medical clinics as well as their Diabetes Care Centers. Most of these clinics

title: Archies (company)

text: popularity of e-cards, Archies started its online portal http://www.archiesonline.com/ in 2000. The company expanded its product range to include artificial jewellery, crystal ware, chocolates and perfumes, and accordingly changed its name to Archies Limited in 2002. Archies (company) Archies Limited (earlier called Archies Greetings and Gifts Ltd.) is an Indian company based in New Delhi. It was started in 1979 by Anil Moolchandani. Initially it sold song books, posters and leather patches. The company's main product, greeting cards, was introduced in 1980. Cards were introduced for major Indian festivals such as Holi, Diwali and Rakhi, apart from the usual new

title: Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards

text: greatly enjoyed it, his opponent, Ian Hislop, admitted he'd never seen "Play Your Cards Right" and appeared mystified by the game's rules and etiquette (when at one point Merton and the crowd shouted the traditional cry of "lower, lower," to predict the next card in the hidden sequence, Hislop commented, "I'm not sure this programme could get much lower!") Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards During the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition, the U.S. military developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's government, mostly high-ranking members of the

title: Star Company Basketball Cards

text: about the catalog of original cards and the efforts of grading companies like BGS and GAI (Global Authority, Inc.). The Star Company catalog contains some of the most valuable basketball cards of the modern era. In 2012, A BGS 9 1984-85 Star Michael Jordan XRC #101 sold on Ebay for $9511.00 and a BGS 9 1984-85 Star Michael Jordan NBA Specials ROY #288 sold for $5,555.00. Latest auction sold price as of 2017 for 1984-85 Star Michael Jordan XRC #101 sold for $31,100.00 on Apr 23, 2017 by PWCC Auctions and there were 2 reported private deals of the Rare

title: Studio cards

text: was so popular that the gagline became a national catch phrase. In 1959-60, Gardner did "The Nebbishes" as a syndicated comic strip, and his autobiographical novel, "A Piece of the Action" (1958), has a thinly disguised recounting of the creation and marketing of his characters. Bernad Creations also published cards by "The New Yorker" cartoonist William Steig. His "People are no damn good!" card earned him $250,000 in royalties. Other studio card publishers in the mid-1950s included: Studio cards Studio cards were tall, narrow humorous greeting cards which became popular during the 1950s. The approach was sometimes cutting or caustic,

title: Archies (company)

text: Archies (company) Archies Limited (earlier called Archies Greetings and Gifts Ltd.) is an Indian company based in New Delhi. It was started in 1979 by Anil Moolchandani. Initially it sold song books, posters and leather patches. The company's main product, greeting cards, was introduced in 1980. Cards were introduced for major Indian festivals such as Holi, Diwali and Rakhi, apart from the usual new year, birthday and anniversary occasions. The company went public in 1995. In 1998, it was listed on the National Stock Exchange of India and Bombay Stock Exchange. Archie's Limited. is a fast growing company in order

title: Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards

text: titles, the other Iraqi military ranks. There are no cards for most-wanted No. 45 (was #26), Nayif Shindakh Thamir, No. 53 (was #34 – Killed in 2003 or probably still fugitive) Husayn al-Awadi, or No. 54 (was #35) Khamis Sirhan al-Muhammad, captured on 11 January 2004. Al-Muhammad was held for six years before being released on 30 July 2010. He has since fled to Syria where most of the other 6 uncaptured members of the deck of cards are reported to be hiding. The 13 June 2003 edition of the BBC One satirical news quiz, "Have I Got News for

title: The Tetris Company

text: the distinct brightly colored blocks and the vertically rectangular play field) to video game development companies and maintains a set of guidelines that each licensed game must meet (for instance, the button controls for game functions must be consistent.) The visual expression in a number of official Tetris games is covered by copyrights that are owned by Tetris Holding, LLC, a company that was founded by Pajitnov and Henk Rogers. The Tetris Company has issued licenses to third parties for the production of Tetris-based games and other products, such as greeting cards and lottery tickets. Elektronorgtechnica (ELORG) was the Soviet

title: Rust Craft Greeting Card Company

text: by Ziff Davis the year before for $89 million, who also owned Norcross Greeting Card Company. Effectively however, the printing assets were secondary to Ziff Davis, which mainly wanted Rust Craft for its six small-market television stations. Rust Craft’s manufacturing was moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania where Norcross already have a facility. Windsor Communications soon purchased Rust Craft and Norcross when Ziff Davis spun them off, while retaining Rust Craft Broadcasting. Windsor spent $10 million in 1981 to close the Dedham plant, incentivize employees to stay on, and to move operations. They struggled with heavy competition, however, and with only

title: The Greeting Card Association

text: The Greeting Card Association The Greeting Card Association is the UK trade association for greeting card publishers. Established in 1919, owned by its membership and run on a not for profit basis, the association is the trade body for the greeting card industry. The GCA resources include free specialist industry information for publishers, the press, artists and writers, students and the general public. The GCA's official magazine is "Progressive Greetings". Launched in 1991, this magazine is editorially led with articles relating to topical industry issues. The GCA supports The Henries, the greeting card industry awards and Progressive Greetings Live, the

title: How (greeting)

text: finance Peer Steinbrück's use of Western movie metaphors against Swiss tax policy 2009. Raymond Steadman was irritated by the usage of what he viewed as a stereotypical phrase, and closed with "Reader gettum sick? Have-um enough?" How (greeting) The word "How" or "Howgh" is a word used as a greeting, or particle in the sense of "I have spoken", in some Native American languages, and in their popular representations. It is a part of popular depictions of Native Americans in various novels, e.g. those of James Fenimore Cooper or Karl May. The "Oxford English Dictionary" (OED) uses [] ("how") for

title: Star Company Basketball Cards

text: in the inaugural base set of 275 cards issued in 1983-84. Several of the teams in that set, most notably the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks, saw less than twenty-five percent of their printed product (<1,000 cards) reach the market due to problems with ink saturation and miscutting of the cards. "Star" cards were unlike any cards previously produced covering the NBA. They were sold in hobby shops by team in sealed, transparent plastic bags, known to many as "polybags." Cards were made available nationally through a small network of a half dozen so-called "master distributors" although some parts of

title: Greeting

text: be expressed both audibly and physically, and often involve a combination of the two. This topic excludes military and ceremonial salutes but includes rituals other than gestures. A greeting, or salutation, can also be expressed in written communications, such as letters and emails. Some epochs and cultures have had very elaborate greeting rituals, e.g. greeting a sovereign. Conversely, secret societies have often furtive or arcane greeting gestures and rituals, such as a secret handshake, which allow members to recognize each other. In some languages and cultures, the same word or gesture is used as both greeting and farewell. Examples are

title: Sells Brothers Circus

text: by Adam Forepaugh to form the Forepaugh-Sells Brothers' Circus in 1900. The 1901 silent film "Day at the Circus" by Edison Manufacturing Company features a parade and horse race from the circus. Sells Brothers Circus Sells Brothers Circus was a circus that was started by Lewis Sells and Peter Sells in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The circus, more formally known as the Sells Brothers' Quadruple Alliance, Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Circus, ran from 1862 to 1863 and again from 1871 to 1895. The circus was based out of Columbus, Ohio in an area that was known as Sellsville in Clinton

title: Greeting

text: another on the nose after a handshake. French culture accepts a number of ways to greet depending on the region. Two kisses are most common throughout all of France but in Provence three kisses are given and in Nantes four are exchanged. However, in Finistère at the western tip of Brittany and Deux-Sèvres in the Poitou-Charentes region, one kiss is preferred. Voicemail greetings are pre-recorded messages that are automatically played to callers, when the voicemail system answers the call. Some voicemail systems allow for different greetings to be played to different callers. Greeting Greeting is an act of communication in

title: Precious Moments, Inc.

text: to the public. Precious Moments, Inc. Precious Moments, Inc. (PMI) is an American catalog order company that sells giftware. The company was initially formed in 1978 by the illustrator Samuel J. Butcher, as a licensing company. Illustrator Sam Butcher, together with his partner Bill Biel, sold greeting cards at Christian book fairs under the company name of Jonathan & David. They partnered with Enesco, Corp. to sell giftware. In 1991, the company created a series of seasonal animated specials, starting with the Christmas special, "Timmy's Gift", which focuses on an angel named Timmy following a star which will lead him

title: Precious Moments, Inc.

text: Precious Moments, Inc. Precious Moments, Inc. (PMI) is an American catalog order company that sells giftware. The company was initially formed in 1978 by the illustrator Samuel J. Butcher, as a licensing company. Illustrator Sam Butcher, together with his partner Bill Biel, sold greeting cards at Christian book fairs under the company name of Jonathan & David. They partnered with Enesco, Corp. to sell giftware. In 1991, the company created a series of seasonal animated specials, starting with the Christmas special, "Timmy's Gift", which focuses on an angel named Timmy following a star which will lead him to the newborn

title: Star Company Basketball Cards

text: the mid-west and various southern states received little attention among the distributor network. Many cards were initially purchased in response to ads in sports card magazines and even at various sporting events, including minor league baseball and hockey games. To this day, these cards are difficult to find due to the small print runs and non-standard distribution methods. These factors are also among the reasons the hobby does not view Star cards as traditional "rookie" cards, but instead considers them "extended rookies" or licensed cards published chronologically before a player's recognized rookie card. The 1986 Fleer set, published after most

title: End Poverty Now

text: aims to create and sustain a youth-driven discussion around the causes, manifestations, possible solutions, and even definitions of poverty. Perspectives on poverty is a new blog by End Poverty Now. Launched in April 2013, it aims to explore unique perspectives on issues relating to poverty, and to act as an online resource center for poverty education (See http://www.endpovertynow.ca/blog). End Poverty Now designs and sells its own greeting cards as a fundraising initiative. Their cards are designed by EPN's own volunteers, and 100% of profits go directly towards its Grassroots Projects. These greeting cards are bilingual (French and English) and non-denominational.

title: Studio cards

text: USO dance, and the following year, they became partners in a greeting card business, Panda Prints, with Welcher doing the artwork and Slavic handling the business and manufacturing aspects. They initially silk screened their cards because they were unable to afford a printing press. Although the tall card shape was already in existence at other companies, Panda Prints injected fresh cartoon humor into that format, and the studio card was born. Soon Welcher was designing 200 cards a year, many in contrast to the saccharin sentiments expressed by established card companies. Her best-selling card combined the song title "Stay as

title: Studio cards

text: tall, explained Box, because he was more comfortable drawing standing figures and because #10 envelopes were the least expensive he could find. Bill Kennedy and Box met in 1954 when both were working as Los Angeles parking lot attendants. After they launched Box Cards in the mid-1950s with a few California accounts, they attended the New York Stationery Show, where they added more accounts and acquired representatives. The timing was perfect, since Box Cards introduced humor and vitality to the moribund greeting card industry at the same time Harvey Kurtzman's "Mad" was making a transition from comic book to magazine.

title: Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards

text: Lieutenant commander Jim Brooks, a spokesman for the Defense Intelligence Agency, such playing cards have been used as far back as the US Civil War and again in World War II—Army Air Corps decks printed with the silhouettes of German and Japanese fighter aircraft fetch hundreds of dollars today—and in the Korean War. Troops often play cards to pass the time, and seeing the names, faces and titles of the wanted Iraqis during their games will help soldiers and Marines in case they run into the wanted individuals in the field, Brooks said. The list of "Most Wanted" was the

title: The Care Bears Movie

text: one of Nicholas' shows. As Mr. Cherrywood finishes his story, it is revealed that he is actually Nicholas and that his wife is actually Kim. (Neither mentions what became of Jason.) Tenderheart Bear, who has been listening from outside a window, returns to Care-a-Lot in his Cloudmobile. The Care Bears were created in 1981 by Those Characters from Cleveland (TCFC), a division of the Cleveland greeting card company American Greetings Corporation (AGC). That same year, the title characters made their debut on greeting cards by Elena Kucharik, while American Greetings began to develop a feature-length film using the characters. Kucharik,

title: Roth Greeting Cards v. United Card Co.

text: with notes on the artwork, which would be developed by the company artist, reviewed and refined until the card was ready to be printed and distributed to stores for sale. United Card Co had a similar approach, but at the time of the alleged infringement did not have a writer. The president and vice-president of United Card Co came up with ideas, and the vice-president made the pictures. Roth sued United for infringement of their copyright in seven cards with similar messages and designs. Two examples were a picture of a cute doll with the words "I wuv you", and

title: Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards

text: many other members connected with playing cards in some way including card collectors, dealers, bridge players, magicians and other professions. The Company has several affiliations recognising the role that the Armed Services provide. Their affiliations include the submarine HMS Turbulent, naval destroyer HMS Diamond and 19 Company; Middlesex & NW London Army Cadet Force. Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, incorporated in 1628, and ranking at No.75 in the order of precedence. It is limited to 150 members, and its

title: What Hurts the Most

text: What Hurts the Most "What Hurts the Most" is a song written by American songwriter Jeffrey Steele and English songwriter Steve Robson. Initially recorded by country music artist Mark Wills in 2003 on his album "And the Crowd Goes Wild", it was covered by Bellefire a year later. The first version to be released as a single was by pop singer Jo O'Meara in 2005, from the album "Relentless". Later that year, country band Rascal Flatts covered the song as well, releasing it as the first single from the 2006 album "Me and My Gang", topping the U.S country and

title: What Hurts the Most

text: Credits taken from "Perfect Day" liner notes. What Hurts the Most "What Hurts the Most" is a song written by American songwriter Jeffrey Steele and English songwriter Steve Robson. Initially recorded by country music artist Mark Wills in 2003 on his album "And the Crowd Goes Wild", it was covered by Bellefire a year later. The first version to be released as a single was by pop singer Jo O'Meara in 2005, from the album "Relentless". Later that year, country band Rascal Flatts covered the song as well, releasing it as the first single from the 2006 album "Me and

text: Makers of Playing Cards are No. 75, and the livery colours are red and white. The Company was created in order to regulate and control the importation of cheap playing cards, to protect the card makers and their families, and to maintain quality. The Crown received the benefit of the duties levied by the Company agreeing to pay a tax on all packs, and the ace of spades was chosen to show the tax. Every maker of playing cards had to have a mark of his own enrolled to indicate recognition of his name. The excise duty on playing cards

title: Tommy Lynn Sells

text: moving. Thirteen minutes later, at 6:27 PM (CDT), he was pronounced dead. Krystal Surles and members of both the Harris and Perez families attended the execution. Eight years before his execution, Sells was one of the featured interviewees on episode two "("Cold-Blooded Killers")" of season one on the Investigation Discovery documentary series, "Most Evil". The interview was done by forensic psychiatrist Dr. Michael Stone, whom Sells mocked for believing in God. In the interview, Sells claimed to have killed more than 70 people. Tommy Lynn Sells Tommy Lynn Sells (June 28, 1964 – April 3, 2014) was an American serial

title: Naipes Heraclio Fournier

text: the owner of the company. Félix started a playing card collection. In 1970, after buying the cards of Thomas De la Rue, he opened a museum called "Museo Fournier de Naipes". In 1948 Naipes Heraclio Fournier company was the best playing card manufacturer in Spain. In 1986 the company United States Playing Card company bought Naipes Heraclio Fournier. Nowadays the company sells 16 million cards a year. It sells them to many casinos around the world, being one of the most important playing card manufacturers in the world. The company produces many different types of cards. Naipes Heraclio Fournier Naipes

title: Findel plc

text: and in March 2015 Findel sold its Kleeneze business to CVSL Inc. In February 2016, Findel sold its online sports retailing business, Kitbag, to the leading US provider of licensed sports apparel and merchandise, Fanatics Inc. In April 2017, Findel appointed Phil Maudsley as group CEO. Findel plc Findel plc is a British home shopping company, based in Hyde, Greater Manchester. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Its chairman is Ian Burke from 16 December 2016. Express Gifts Ltd, the largest company within the Findel plc group, sells clothing, greeting cards, gifts, home and garden items through its

title: Findel plc

text: Findel plc Findel plc is a British home shopping company, based in Hyde, Greater Manchester. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Its chairman is Ian Burke from 16 December 2016. Express Gifts Ltd, the largest company within the Findel plc group, sells clothing, greeting cards, gifts, home and garden items through its Studio and Ace catalogues and websites (www.studio.co.uk and www.ace.co.uk). Express Gifts is a multi-channel retailer that offers home shopping services through a combination of direct catalogue marketing and online shopping. Express Gifts is a credit proposition offering customers credit accounts. Express Gifts operates through a number

title: Studio cards

text: College freshmen who had read "Mad" while in high school were delighted to find their college bookstores giving a prominent display to Box Cards with such lines as: "Now that you're older... go play in the street." Nellie Caroll drew her "Lady Chatter" cartoon panel for the "Los Angeles Times" from May 9, 1965 to November 15, 1965. Kennedy liked what Caroll had produced for her Nellie Card Company, and she became the first artist hired by Box Cards. Another contributor to Box Cards was the cartoonist Joel Beck, credited as one of the founders of the underground comics movement

title: Greeting

text: Greeting Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship (usually cordial) or social status (formal or informal) between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. Greetings are sometimes used just prior to a conversation or to greet in passing, such as on a sidewalk or trail. While greeting customs are highly culture- and situation-specific and may change within a culture depending on social status and relationship, they exist in all known human cultures. Greetings can

title: Marcus Ward & Co.

text: began mass-producing calendars and greeting cards. Initially they printed cards for other publishers such as Goodall and Charles Bennett. By the late 1860s they began printing greeting cards under their own name. This venture turned out to be very successful, the company engaging Thomas Crane as artistic director and talented artists such as Kate Greenaway and Walter Crane as illustrators. In the early years of card production they marked the reverse with their trademark. In later years the company name was printed on the front side of their greeting cards. Marcus Ward & Co. Marcus Ward and Co. was a

title: Papyrus (company)

text: Papers (now, the Schurman Retail Group). The original store was opened for less than $1,000 and featured a variety of fine art-inspired greeting cards, postcards, and other Schurman paper products. Over the next five years, more Papyrus stores opened around the United States, and the company soon began selling franchises. In the 1980s, the company began domestic production of papyrus products. In 1991, Dominique Schurman became the CEO of Schurman Fine Papers and Papyrus. At that time, there were around 37 Papyrus stores nationwide and the company was bringing in $10 million per year. By 2005, the company operated around

title: Sells Airport

text: Sells Airport Sells Airport is a public use non-towered airport owned by the Tohono O'odham Nation. The airport is located northwest of the central business district of Sells, a city in Pima, Arizona, United States and west of Tucson International Airport. Although Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA, IATA, and ICAO this airport is only assigned E78 by the FAA. San Manuel Airport covers an area of at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one asphalt runway: For the 12-month period ending April 17, 2017, the airport had 260 aircraft operations,

title: Sells Airport

text: an average of 0.7 per day: 77% general aviation and 23% air taxi. At that time there were no aircraft based at this airport. Sells Airport Sells Airport is a public use non-towered airport owned by the Tohono O'odham Nation. The airport is located northwest of the central business district of Sells, a city in Pima, Arizona, United States and west of Tucson International Airport. Although Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA, IATA, and ICAO this airport is only assigned E78 by the FAA. San Manuel Airport covers an area of at an elevation

title: Buzza Company Building

text: Buzza Company Building The Buzza Company Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, is a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. The building was originally built in 1907 for the Self-Threading Needle Company. It was built by the Brayton Engineering Company at a cost of $55,000. In 1923 the Buzza Company, a maker of greeting cards, acquired the building. George Buzza remarked, "No sooner had we acquired our new building than we promptly outgrew it." The company built a $200,000 addition along Colfax Avenue, designed by local architects Magney & Tusler. They later built another addition,

title: Sam R. Sells

text: Sam R. Sells Sam Riley Sells (August 2, 1871 – November 2, 1935) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 1st congressional district of Tennessee. Sells was born on August 2, 1871 in Bristol, Tennessee in Sullivan County son of George Washington and Mary Margaret McCrary. He attended the rural schools and King College in Bristol, Tennessee from 1895 to 1890. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Blountville, Tennessee. He served as a private in Company F, Third Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish–American

title: Mutoscope cards

text: the individual cards comprising a Mutoscope reel, corresponding to individual frames of the original film from which the reel was produced. Mutoscope cards Mutoscope cards were 5.25″ × 3.25″ (13.3 cm × 8.25 cm) cards were published during the 1940s by the International Mutoscope Reel Company and other firms. They are not individual pictures from Mutoscope reels and have no connection whatsoever to the Mutoscope motion-picture device. All carry the inscription "A Mutoscope card." They were sold from coin-operated vending machines in places such as amusement parks. Most Mutoscope cards are of "pin-up" material, but some featured other kinds of

title: Mutoscope cards

text: Mutoscope cards Mutoscope cards were 5.25″ × 3.25″ (13.3 cm × 8.25 cm) cards were published during the 1940s by the International Mutoscope Reel Company and other firms. They are not individual pictures from Mutoscope reels and have no connection whatsoever to the Mutoscope motion-picture device. All carry the inscription "A Mutoscope card." They were sold from coin-operated vending machines in places such as amusement parks. Most Mutoscope cards are of "pin-up" material, but some featured other kinds of images such as Jimmy Hatlo cartoons. In the literature of cinematography, the phrase "Mutoscope cards" is also used to refer to

title: Ahoy (greeting)

text: and ‘oi’ in Modern Portuguese, as an informal greeting equivalent to the English 'hi' or 'hey'. 'Ohøj' is used in Danish almost identically to the aforementioned usages. It stems from the sea-faring world, used as an interjection to catch the attention of other crew members, and as a general greeting. It can sometimes also be found on land spoken as a general greeting, again, especially in a maritime context. Alexander Graham Bell originally suggested 'ahoy-hoy' be adopted as the standard greeting when answering a telephone, before 'hello' (suggested by Thomas Edison) became common. Ahoy is a combination of the call

title: Ahoy (greeting)

text: Ahoy (greeting) Ahoy () () is a signal word used to call to a ship or boat, stemming from the Middle English cry, 'Hoy!'. The word had fallen into obsolescence before rising from obscurity as the sport of sailing rose in popularity. 'Ahoy' can also be used as a greeting, a warning, or a farewell. The word can be found with similar pronunciation and writing in several other languages. In Indonesian, another greeting "Ahiy" is also used besides Ahoy. In Slovak and Czech also, "ahoj" is a common, colloquial greeting, while 'Hoi' is used in Modern Dutch and Swiss German,

title: Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards

text: starting with the aces and kings, were used for the people at the top of the most-wanted list. The ace of spades is Saddam Hussein, the aces of clubs and hearts are his sons Qusay and Uday respectively, and the ace of diamonds is Saddam's presidential secretary Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti. This strict correspondence to the order of the most-wanted list was not carried through the entire deck, but some time later in 2003, the list itself was renumbered to conform (almost) to the deck of cards. The card backs feature a green military camouflage pattern. According to US Navy

title: Don Most

text: four of his "Happy Days" co-stars, Erin Moran, Marion Ross, Anson Williams and the estate of Tom Bosley, who died in 2010, filed a $10 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS, which owns the show, claiming they had not been paid for merchandising revenues owed under their contracts. The cast members claimed they had not received revenues from show-related items, including comic books, T-shirts, scrapbooks, trading cards, games, lunch boxes, dolls, toy cars, magnets, greeting cards and DVDs where their images appear on the box covers. Under their contracts, they were supposed to be paid five percent from the net proceeds