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1927
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The Torei Ningyo (Friendship Dolls) were established in 1927 by the Japanese Committee for World Friendship Among Children in response to 12,739 “Blue-eyed dolls” sent by American children to Japan as part of a cultural exchange. Wishing to reciprocate but not compete with the quantity of American dolls, the Japanese committee decided to create magnificent dolls, one for each US state, with accessories appropriate to each doll and her home prefecture, to show the material culture of a Japanese child of the time. Fifty-eight Japanese dolls were made, representing Japan’s 47 prefectures, four territories, six major cities and one “national” doll.
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Founded in 1927, Mac-Gray derives its revenue principally through the contracting of card- and coin-operated laundry facilities in multiple housing facilities such as apartment buildings, colleges and university residence halls, condominiums and public housing complexes. Mac-Gray contracts its laundry rooms under long-term leases. These leases typically grant Mac-Gray exclusive contract rights to laundry rooms on the lessor's premises for a fixed term, which is generally seven to 10 years, in exchange for a negotiated portion of the revenue collected. Mac-Gray's laundry facilities business consists of approximately 45,000 multi-housing laundry rooms located in 40 states and the District of Columbia. Mac-Gray ... sells, services, and leases commercial laundry equipment to commercial laundromats and institutions.
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In 1927, 40,000 public penny scales were dispersed throughout the US and earned $5 million dollars for the public scale industry. Although the public penny scales were first introduced into the US in the latter part of the nineteenth century, their popularity by the end of the twenties, as Schwartz suggests, "reflected a growing belief that you should know your own weight".
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Founded in 1927 as Detroit City Law School, Wayne State University Law School is the only public law school in the Detroit metropolitan area. The Law School is accredited by the ABA and is a member of AALS; has five live- client clinics; the Arthur Neef Law Library with a collection of over 620,000 volumes in a variety of formats; and a state-of-the-art building with lecture and court facilities, multi-media and distance learning classrooms, and offices for student groups. The Law School currently has 800 students and approximately 11,000 living alumni working in 48 states and 15 foreign countries.
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The 1927 flood, which inundated parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee, killed some 250 people and caused approximately $250 to $350 million in loss at the time. "With the economic and social changes that have occurred along the Mississippi River since 1927, a modern-day event would not just be a regional economic catastrophe but a national disaster," said Dr. Grossi.
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As a pitcher, Walter Johnson was nearly done in 1927, winning just five games and tallying a 5.10 ERA. As a batter, he continued to be one of the most potent hitting hurlers of all time right to the end. His .348 batting average and .522 slugging average that year pumped up his lifetime hit total to 549 and home run total to 24. Johnson retired after 1927 with 416 career wins; only Cy Young won more. Johnson still holds the all-time record for shutouts with 110.
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