Most Asian markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday, while Japan was shut for National Foundation Day.

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Slack created the male-friendly portion while Muhammad, who founded National Black Marriage Day and the Wedded Bliss Foundation, created the female-friendly portion.

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This event capped the four-day annual gathering of the National Foundation for Women Legislators, in the course of which the Casey Chair also briefed dozens of female legislators during individual Committee meetings regarding this new, urgent national security and human rights challenge.

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When gun purchases hit a new single-day record with almost 159, 000 background checks on Black Friday last month, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a pro-gun lobbying group headquartered in Newtown, Connecticut, a few miles from Sandy Hook Elementary School, marked the milestone with a celebratory blog post.

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