Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris (1915–1959) was an African American jazz singer and songwriter. Her singing style‚ strongly inspired by jazz musicians‚ lead to a new way of using word choice and rhythm. A critic named John Bush once wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She only co-wrote a few songs‚ but a number of them have become jazz standards that many musicians strive to live up to. Some of these standards were set by songs of hers such as "God Bless the
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Cuba Holiday - A Trip to Guama Cuba holidays are always my first choice for a relaxing vacation. Last March‚ I decided to take a break from the long Canadian winter and travel to Cuba on holidays. It was an on the spot decision‚ so I didn’t have much time for planning. I had already been to Cuba on holidays several times‚ but it was the first time I travelled to Cuba on my own‚ with no excursion‚ no hotel reservation and with not even a clear idea of where I was heading‚ just open to any suggestion
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Tet‚ Vietnamse New Year New Year is always an important holiday of each country in a year. As the New Year time‚ an atmosphere of countries are happy and it looks colorful because people try to clean up and decorate everything such as street‚ house‚ and everything they have. However‚ the new year ‘s day of each country are difference. As we know that America and Europe have one New Year day is the first day of year‚ but Tet is the abbreviation of Tet Nguyen Dan which means the first morning of
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_Descriptive essay_ MY BEST FRIEND RADAR When I woke up in the morning I knew that today is the day for meeting my best friend Radar. Radar looks absolutely gorgeous. His black expresive thoughtful eyes are always slightly sad. His moisterous nostrils puff up‚ that is usually followed by sniffing. He breaths snoaring‚ sometimes bearing his healthy teeth as if he were smiling. His muscleous body with smooth skin‚ his slender tall legs‚ his magnificently shaped head
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Cooper Wallace Mrs.stewart 1306 November/2/2014 A Slaves Holiday American slaves experienced the Christmas holidays in many different ways. Joy‚ hope‚ and celebration were naturally a part of the season for many. For other slaves‚ these holidays stirred up visions of freedom. The relaxed work schedules associated with Christmas often enabled slaves to interact in ways that they could not during the rest of the year‚ like receiving gifts ‚ ability to marry and opportunities to escape. slaves
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Essay – Holiday vacation It was last summer‚ where I and my family spend our time in Kosovo. It was last summer‚ when my family and I spent our time in Kosovo. It was a long time since we’ve there last‚ so we were all excited. We were happy to see our family and they welcomed us with open arms. We had planned to stay in my uncle’s house during our vacation. Because we hadn’t seen each other for a long time‚ so we had a lot of things to talk about. I was starting to learn the other kids from
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There are many wonderful holidays that are celebrated in Mexico‚ I chose the holiday called Navidad. Navidad is the celebration of Christmas in Mexico. The way I remember this holiday is‚ by the term Feliz Navidad! There is a song called Feliz Navidad and that is how I remember this holiday. Feliz Navidad means Happy Christmas in Spanish. In Mexico Navidad is one of the biggest celebrations throughout the year. Mexico celebrates Christmas on December 25th every year. In Mexico they don’t just celebrate
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Case Study: USA Golf Holidays Question #1 Discuss the USA growth strategy. What market(s) would you recommend pursuing as they move ahead? USA Golf Holidays grew slowly in a niche market. Brian Bell took a responsible approach to the growth of the company‚ ensuring to always be able to provide high quality vacations to his customers. He cultivated strong relationships with travel agencies‚ golf clubs‚ etc. Since his clientele is very specific they have also been loyal. However‚ at some
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I planned my programme in such a manner as to obtain maximum benefit. I took permission of my father to visit Kashmir along with my friend. Both of us got berths reserved in the Jammu Mail much in advance to avoid frustration. Reaching Jammu we got into a bus for Srinangar. We hired a shikara for our stay there. The climate was very bracing. We felt as if we were in heaven. We relaxed there fully. I was weak in English‚ so I had taken a learner book with me. I used to study grammar in my leisure time
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Holidays and Our Consumer Culture Holidays have always been known to affect our consumer culture for many years‚ but how it all began eludes many people and very few studies have been completed on it. Even though some say that the subject is too broad to precisely to identify how holidays‚ especially Christmas‚ directly affect our market‚ I have found that people’s values‚ expectations and rituals related to holidays can cause an excessive amount of spending among our society. Most people
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