Billie Holiday is one of the greatest jazz singers of her time. Although her legacy shines bright‚ her life was often plagued by the adversity of drugs‚ men‚ and alcohol. Critics do not give enough credit to the struggle of Billie Holiday‚ whose highs and lows were commonly expressed through her strong vocals and combination of blues‚ jazz‚ and swing. She‚ unlike any other artist‚ came from nothing in Baltimore and found different avenues to rise through jazz history. Similar to her immediate family
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The subject of “Tradition” is problematic when regarding historical sources pertaining to archaic Greece. Much of what we know about ancient times comes from literary sources and various inscriptions‚ such as Herodotus. Having been written by people of the epoch‚ influenced by oral tradition as well as political and social climates‚ and not as historical research‚ these writings should not be taken literally. And some‚ like Osborne‚ would say are automatically disqualified as historical evidence
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My favorite holiday Do you like holidays? If you are like me you do. If you like to celebrate holidays you could try to be enthusiastic about them. I love Halloween because I scare people and go trick-or-treating. My favorite holiday is Halloween because I like candy‚ scaring people‚ and seeing decorations. First‚ I like candy‚ because that is a big part of Halloween. I love the taste of all the different candies. When I go trick-or-treating I get to try new candy I haven’t yet. Some
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Christina English Comp 1 3 January 2014 My Favorite Holiday Ever since I can remember‚ the members of my family have met at my mother’s house every year for Christmas. I can say that this holiday is celebrated two days‚ one is on December 24th and the second on December 25th‚ on those two days we try to spend time together talking‚ laughing‚ traveling‚ and playing games and so on. As a result‚ Christmas in my family is my favorite time of the year. The day before Christmas‚ it is felt in
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Holiday Inn is a multinational brand of hotels that is run by the Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG). The Intercontinental Hotels Group carries the Holiday Inn throughout the world to different destinations like South Asia‚ Europe and the Americas. They provide the guest with different brands that cater to their needs. There are 7 different brands throughout the world that provide services such as food and beverage‚ lodging‚ conventions‚ meetings and timeshares. These brands are Holiday Inn‚ Holiday
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are all around us during the holidays. For one‚ our brains will tell us that we can eat more fatty foods because we can hide out forming tummy’s underneath a baggy sweater and a thick pair of tummy tucking jeans. However‚ if you go with that idea for too long‚ by the time spring comes around you would have put on so much weight that you will not want to get rid of the baggy sweaters or the warm baggy sweat pants. And believe me‚ it’s much harder taking off that holiday weight than it was putting it
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Elements of Religious Traditions Marion White REL/133 April 19th‚ 2011 Susan J. Johnson Elements of Religious Traditions “A set of beliefs concerning the cause‚ nature‚ and purpose of the universe‚ especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies‚ usually involving devotional and ritual observances‚ and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs is a religion” (“religion‚” 2011). Molloy (2010) stated‚ “Religion answers the questions
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travel. The role of an independent travel agent is to sell holidays; they give advice on destinations and provide excellent customer service to their customers in hope of building up repeat customers. Independent agents offer a range of products and services such as tailor made holidays and charter flights. A tailor made holiday is a package suited to the needs of a particular customer. The joy of a tailor-made itinerary is that your holiday is designed around your requirements and you are not restricted
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work with many different travel and tourism component industries‚ comply with laws and regulations‚ and deal with a variety of external influences and challenges. Unlike travel agents‚ who sell holidays and a range of other travel products‚ tour operators actually assemble the different parts of a holiday‚ i.e. the type of travel‚ accommodation‚ facilities‚ transfers‚ excursions and other services. If we consider that travel agents are the retail arm of the travel business‚ then tour operators are
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3 a. The Domestic Operators 3 b. The Incoming Tours Operators 3 c. Mass Market tour operators 3 d. Specialist tour operators 3 e. Independent tour operator 3 4. Forces affecting on tour operators 4 a. External 4 b. Internal: 4 5. Package Holiday or Inclusive Tour 4 a. Inclusive tour Product Transport 4 b. Inclusive tour Product-Accommodation 4 c. Inclusive Tour Product Transfer and extra 4 6. Planning‚ marketing and negotiating package tours 5 a. Market research 5 b. Negotiating 5
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