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The present invention is directed to an aqueous emulsion acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition that excels in high performance applications. The inventive adhesive composition comprises in water: (I) a polymer system wherein the system is: (A) (a) a copolymer of between about 95 wt-% and 99.9 wt-% of a C.sub.4 -C.sub.18 alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer and between about 0.1 wt-% and 5 wt-% N-alkyl substituted or unsubstituted amide of (meth)acrylic acid, and (b) a homopolymer or copolymer of between about 0 wt-% and 99.8 wt-% of a C.sub.4 -C.sub.18 alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer and about 0.2 wt-% and 100 wt-% of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid; or (B) (a) a copolymer of between about 90 wt-% and 99.8 wt-% of a C.sub.4 -C.sub.18 alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer and about 0.2 wt-% and 10 wt-% of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid; and (b) a homopolymer or copolymer of between about 0 wt-% and 99.1 wt-% of a C.sub.4 -C.sub.18 alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer and between about 0.1 wt-% and 100 wt-% N-alkyl substituted or unsubstituted amide of (meth)acrylic acid, or (C) an interpenetrating polymer network emulsion of: (a) a copolymer of a C.sub.4 -C.sub.18 alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer and about 0.2 wt-% and 10 wt-% of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and (b) a copolymer of a C.sub.4 -C.sub.18 alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer and between about 0.1 wt-% and 5 wt-% N-alkyl substituted or unsubstituted amide of (meth)acrylic acid, wherein at least one of (A)(a) or (A)(b) is an aqueous emulsion copolymer made by emulsion polymerization and at least one of (B)(a) or (B)(b) is an aqueous emulsion copolymer made by emulsion polymerization; and (II) a surfactant. Advantageously, the emulsion copolymer(s) includes up to 25% by weight of styrene or other aromatic monomer(s).

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