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This practice was the subject of a PR stunt by Pierre Beaumarchais (“boh-mar-SHAY”) in which he offered to donate profits from the 50th performance of the Marriage of Figaro to the impoverished. For over 100 years, France maintained a 1769 “bureau” for people who did this practice professionally and were monitored under the 1874 Roussel Law. In 1910, a “floating” facility that later merged with Tufts established the first American “bank” to aid people in performing this practice. Using wheat flour, Justus von Liebig (“LEE-big”) created a replacement for this practice, whose other substitutes included (10[1])“pap.” (10[1])This practice is the subject (10[1])of the Affordable Care Act’s “break time” protection. (10[2]-5[1])In the (-5[1])1970s, (-5[1])Nestlé (10[1])was (10[1])subject (10[1])to global boycotts for (10[1])discouraging (10[2])this practice. (10[5])For 10 points, (-5[1])the slogan “fed is best” critiques social pressure against what parental practice? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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