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2. Sunglasses - Wikipedia

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   Foster found a ready market on the beaches of Atlantic City, New Jersey where he began selling sunglasses under the name Foster Grant from a Woolworth on the Boardwalk. [21] By 1938, Life magazine wrote of how sunglasses were a "new fad for wear on city streets ... a favorite affectation of thousands of women all over the U.S."

3. American Greetings - Wikipedia

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   A reading glasses manufacturer, Magnivision, was purchased in 1993. In 1996, the party goods line was relaunched under the DesignWare name. The same year, American Greetings entered discussions with BEC Group Inc. to acquire Foster Grant Group, a sunglasses manufacturer, but declined to pursue the purchase. A candle line was relaunched in 1997 ...

4. Myopia - Wikipedia

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   The use of reading glasses when doing close work may improve vision by reducing or eliminating the need to accommodate. Altering the use of eyeglasses between full-time, part-time, and not at all does not appear to alter myopia progression.

5. Morristown, New Jersey - Wikipedia

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   Morristown (/ ˈ m ɒr ɪ s t aʊ n /) is a town in and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [20] Morristown has been called "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the war for independence from Great Britain.

6. Paddington in Peru - Wikipedia

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   Hugh Grant reprised his Paddington 2 role of Phoenix Buchanan in a post-credits scene due to Wilson, while acknowledging he couldn't be in the film's story due to the setting, and the crew loving him and feeling it was a "Paddington thing" to do for the title character to forgive Buchanan. Grant loved the idea and helped them write the scene. [24]

7. Bardstown, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   Bardstown is named for the pioneering Bard brothers. David Bard obtained a 1,000-acre (400 ha) land grant in 1785 in what was then Jefferson County, Virginia. William Bard surveyed and platted the town. [1] It was originally chartered as Baird's Town in 1788, and has been known as Beardstown, and Beards Town.