. Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan on April 7‚ 1915‚ in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ to Sarah Julia "Sadie" Fagan (née Harris). Her father‚ Clarence Halliday (Holiday)‚ a musician‚ did not marry or live with her mother. Her mother had moved to Philadelphia at the age of thirteen‚ after being rejected from her parents’ home in Sandtown-Winchester‚ Baltimore for becoming pregnant. With no support from her own parents‚ Holiday’s mother arranged for the young Holiday to stay with her older married
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French Traditions French traditions * Beheading bottles of Champagne at weddings * Puppet shows on Christmas eve * Flying Bells leaving Easter Eggs * Parades and fireworks on Bastille Day Beheading Bottles of Champagne A tradition that is popular at weddings is beheading bottles of champagne using a specially-made saber. The tradition originated in the time of Napoleon when the Hussards under the famous general’s command began celebrating victories by swinging a sabre and thus
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During the summer holidays I have no hurry to wake up‚ hence I wake up slowly and prepare myself a nice full breakfast. On the table I always find a paper with the grocery needs and some money my mother would have left before going to work. I put on some clothes and leave quietly to do the errand‚ but I never expected that a simple run to the grocer would change my perspective towards life. One particular day I carried out the same procedure and as I got in the supermarket‚ I took a trolley and started
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Cora Dickey October 9‚ 2012 World History Honors Seventh Period The French Revolution I. Do you believe the Bastille was stormed to set prisoners free‚ because it was a symbol of oppression‚ or was it the first step to overthrow the French Monarchy? II. What is the difference between a revolt and revolution? Explain. According to the English dictionary‚ a revolt is a way to break away from or rise against constituted authority‚ as by open rebellion. Meanwhile‚ a revoloution is a sudden
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One of the things you will see if you examine women’s history is that there is a huge change in what women are expected to do and how they are expected to behave and ideal characteristics. What you see are two key trends. In the Revolutionary period to about 1815 or so is the idea of Republican Motherhood. Women were supposed to be patriotic and raise their children to be good American citizens‚ in order to make America a great country. When you get into the early industrial era‚ men are now working
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The Ideal Family Component The ideal family consists of a husband and wife‚ two and a half children‚ a dog and a cat‚ living in beautiful home surrounded by a white picket fence. This is what is seen as the ideal family since the 1950’s‚ but what really are the key components that one would say make up a family? There could be an endless series of novels written on this topic. I personally feel that to be called a family there are three key components‚ those components are: marriage‚ children
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VacationSpot.com and Rent-a-Holiday were both on-line travel companies that focused on the independent leisure lodging segment of the travel market. VacationSpot.com company comes from Seattle‚ Washington while Rent-a-holiday comes from other side of western world Brussels‚ Belgium. Both companies started at around same time and in April 1999 they entered formal merge negotiations. In march of 1998 the CEO and president of VacationSpot.com Murch was contacted by the CEO of Rent-a-holiday Coppieters. Later
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TITLE: French Toast GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform on how to make French Toast. ------------------------------------------------- SPECIFIC PURPOSE STATEMENT: After listening to my speech‚ the audience will ------------------------------------------------- have learned that there are different kinds of French Toast. ------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION I. Attention-getter: Did you know there are different kinds of French Toast then just our regular cinnamon French
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the most exciting times of the year. To celebrate the Christmas‚ the whole World becomes illuminated with tons of light and people all over the World feel the groove of the festive period. With the long two weeks of the holiday it is the best time to travel. Planning a holiday could be a difficult job‚ but here is the list of best cities to visit on Christmas. New York: New York is the most glamorous destination to spend the Christmas. Rockefeller Center in New York is the main attraction‚ when
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Studies Chicano/ Latino Holidays Holidays are days of festivity or recreation in which work is normally canceled and families or friends get together and celebrate for a certain purpose. Within separate cultures the holidays or celebrations may be different. For example within the Jewish culture those who follow that religion may celebrate Hanukkah. Within my research paper I will be covering the holidays that the Chicano or Latino culture celebrates. For example holidays such as Cinco De Mayo‚
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