I learned the maxim 'people are policy' from Morton Blackwell, who served in the administration of President Ronald Reagan. UMass Dartmouth's people are policy.
Massachusetts was the first state to issue regular license plates on September 1, 1903. The American vanity plate was born in 1965 when states began allowing drivers to customize their own AW-SUM plates. Of course, you pay extra to have your own choice of letters, numbers, phrases and such...
I recently came across a wonderful book on President Reagan in a used book shop. The book, "Reagan: A Life in Letters," is a collection of his personal letters.