Christmas-A Christian holiday honoring the birth of Jesus Christ‚ Christmas evolved over two millennia into a worldwide religious and secular celebration‚ incorporating many pre-Christian‚ pagan traditions into the festivities along the way. Today‚ Christmas is a time for family and friends to get together and exchange gifts. Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Crīstesmæsse‚ meaning "Christ’s Mass") is an annual festival commemoratingthe birth of Jesus Christ‚[6][7] observed generally on December
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Sex without love has become the norm for too many teenagers in this century. Sharon Olds illustrates this fact in a very beautiful way in her ironic poem "Sex without Love." Olds was born in San Francisco‚ but she lived most of her life in New York. She received numerous awards for her writing. This particular poem describes sex without love in a rather questioning way‚ wondering how those indulging in this sex without marriage can do it. Olds criticizes sex without love while evoking it in terms
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English has become an universal language. Do you think that the positive effects of this trend outweigh negative effects? The influence of English as a universal language is a subject matter. People are increasingly concerned about whether the popularity of learning English is a positive trend. As far as i know‚ its benefits are far more pronounced than its downside. In economic terms‚ the prevalence of English creates two benefits. One benefit is that it enables people to explore new business
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Celebration Christmas in My Country Almost all the countries in the world celebrate Christmas on December 24th but in my country we cebrate it on January 7th. Christmas is the biggest celebration of Christians. Each countrys has its onw traditions to celebrate Christmas‚ although some of them are similar. In my country Ukraine we celebrate Christmas in special way‚ preparing to it very carefully and keeping old traditions. The Christmas Eve is considered as the most interesting part of Christmas as it
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HUMANITIES - OPINION PIECE Have the Anzac commemorations become too commercialised? Before venturing into an answer‚ it’s important to understand the question. What does ‘commercialised’ really mean? The Free Dictionary describes commercialised as “organised principally for financial gain.” It does not mention popularity‚ a broadened reach into mainstream consciousness or increased awareness of what something is. However‚ these very things may occur if something organised for the purpose of financial
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youth sports is worth all the time‚ energy‚ and risk of injury. They serve many purposes to the kids who choose to participate in youth sports. Most kids make friends and enjoy themselves. Some evidence of this is in the article‚ "Have Youth Sports Become Too Intense‚" when it states: "Most students join sports to learn a skill‚ make friends‚ and have fun." This‚ therefore‚ shows that kids
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Food has become easier to prepare. We live in century when everybody has device:"The time is Gold".We always work‚rush and have busy life.So that’s why the fast food is the best choise for men‚who don’t want to waste their time with waiting for preparing something to eat.And it concern that kind of people who eats for living‚not lives for eating!We can find fast food in some caffe‚restaurants or in other such kind of places‚where people heat just for satisfaction feelings of hunger as quick as
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its citizens‚ the Roman Empire became too vast to properly maintain. By the time of Rome’s demise‚ the Empire had grown so massive‚ in both area and population that it could no longer be upheld. By 476 CE‚ the Roman Empire had grown to cover an area of thousands of square miles‚ with enemies attacking from every side‚ most prominently‚ the barbarian tribes. Simultaneous battles with the Visigoths‚ Vandals‚ Huns and others stretched the Roman military too thin‚ as they desperately attempted to
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Political correctness has gone too far The "Politically Correct" movement’s purpose is to bring historically condescending terms‚ offensive music and art‚ and controversial educational content to an end and replace them with more positive and less-offending references. Offensive and demoralizing efforts are wrong‚ but the censorship and deletion of words and phrases that do not contain the intention to demoralize are taking political correctness too far. Politically correct (or "PC") antics have
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A global power can be defined as one which has the capability to influence global governance and is necessary to ensure a world order. United States‚ Russia‚ U.K.‚ China and some others may rightly be called as global powers for their strategic and politico-economic leverage. Historical evidence suggests that these powers have not been soft at all in their course to power struggle. Softness may be defined as the opposite of assertiveness and activeness in this power struggle. It is a term often used
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