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{{a|devil|}}The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, was — and is | {{a|devil|}}{{quote| | ||
''March of flowers <br> | |||
''March of dimes<br> | |||
''These are the prisons<br> | |||
''These are the crimes<br> | |||
''Sound of thunder<br> | |||
''Sound of gold<br> | |||
''Sound of the Devil <br> | |||
''Breaking parole —'' | |||
:—David Bowie, '' Ricochet'' (1983)}} | |||
The [[March of Dimes|National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis]], was — and is — a U.S. charity, originally set up at Franklin D. Roosevelt’s prompting, to combat polio.<Ref>Entertainer Eddie Cantor invented the title "The March of Dimes" for the donation campaign in 1938 — it was a play on “The March of Time” newsreels popular at the time. The radio campaign asked listeners to “mail a dime” to Roosevelt, a well known polio sufferer.</ref> | |||
After funding Jonas Salk's polio vaccine, which basically eradicated polio in 1952, the organisation “expanded its focus” — pivoted, as they say — to address the prevention of birth defects and infant mortality generally, rather than for polio specifically, since polio | After funding Jonas Salk's polio vaccine, which basically eradicated polio in 1952, the organisation “expanded its focus” — pivoted, as they say — to address the prevention of birth defects and infant mortality generally, rather than for polio specifically, since polio in itself turned out not to be the enduring problem. | ||
This is all good news, of course — but, as {{author|John Gall}} observes<ref>{{br|Systemantics: The Systems Bible}}</ref> it serves as a prescient and salutary reminder that [[power structure]]s established for a one purpose, which meet it, do not fold up their tents and go away. [[Power structure]]s tend to have lives, and survival instincts, that transcend their earthly purpose. | This is all good news, of course — but, as {{author|John Gall}} observes<ref>{{br|Systemantics: The Systems Bible}}</ref> it serves as a prescient and salutary reminder that [[power structure]]s established for a one purpose, which meet it, do not fold up their tents and go away. [[Power structure]]s tend to have lives, and survival instincts, that transcend their earthly purpose. |