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    The Holiday

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    Holiday Essay Everyone has a family tradition whether it is going out of town or just staying home and being with your family. My family tradition is passed down from generation to generation‚ and helps define the true meaning of family. It helps build everlasting memories and enrich our culture. My family gathers for any holiday or special celebration. Furthermore‚ I would consider Christmas to be my favorite Holiday of the year. The word Christmas in itself brings to one’s mind a sense

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    Ariel O’Brien 10/23 Every once a year‚ someone always has that one tradition they like to do on a holiday. Well‚ mine so happens to be on Christmas. Every year on Christmas‚ my family and I like to play fun games after opening our presents and done having dinner. Some may have the same thing every year just like my family‚ but in my opinion‚ I don’t think it’s the actual same. My family and I like to be different every year. Even though we still buy each other gifts‚ there are

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    Last summer‚ I and my group spent our holiday at Vung Tau Beach. This is one of beautiful beaches in Viet Nam. It took two hours to take there. We concentrated in bus station. At 5 A.M we started our trip by bus. Although I feel tired after two long hours but sea air made me re-excited. Gradually‚ Bien Dong was in font of us. Bien Dong length 750 m with beautiful sea and form of entertainment is multiform. We arrange our bags and after that we quickly swum in blue sea. The weather was very nice

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    Columbus

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    Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was the first European to find out about America (New World). This new land found changed the whole world. It all started in 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He made trips to America in 1492‚ 1493‚ 1498‚ and 1503. Counting that he made 4 across the Atlantic Ocean to America from Spain. He accidentally found America‚ thinking that it the East Indies when he tried to find a water west from Europe to Asia. Christopher Columbus‚ son of a

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    Case Study on Business Ethics: Holiday Cheer or Ethical Dilemma? Williams had joined Star Corporation‚ one of the leading consumer electronics company‚ only a few days back as the Purchase Manager and he was going through the employees conduct manual. He was attracted by the clause‚ prohibiting acceptance of gifts by the employees of the purchase department. It read as follows: “Purchase department employees shall not accept gifts from vendors. This is to ensure that no vendor is given any

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    The Types of Holidays

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    and 365 days in a year and throughout the months and days‚ there are also holidays. Holidays means a celebration that has happened in the past. There are many types of holidays that serve different types of purpose. Some are known for federal holidays‚ seasonal holidays‚ and days that consider a non working which serves the purpose of a certain holiday. The most popular holidays are known as federal holidays. Federal holidays are the predetermined days recognized by the government in which federal

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    about holidays celebrated by many Americans‚ such as New Year’s Day‚ Independence Day‚ and Thanksgiving. Americans celebrate a variety of federal holidays and other national observances throughout the year. American holidays can be secular‚ religious‚ international‚ or uniquely American. With the wide variety of federal holidays‚ and the many levels of American government‚ it can be confusing to determine what public and private facilities are open on or around a given federal holiday. You can

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    Life in Village Better Than Life in City A village is clustered human settlement or community‚ larger than hamlet‚ but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas‚ the term urban village may be applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Village are normally permanent‚ with fixed dwellings‚ however‚ transient village can occur. Further‚ the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another‚ as against being scattered broadly over the landscape (dispersed settlement).

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    Should We Celebrate Columbus Day? When I was younger I was taught in school that Christopher Columbus was a brave and determined man who set sail in 1492 in search of a water route to Asia‚ resulting in him being the first man to discover the Americas. Since then I’ve come to realize that is he anything but that. Higher education schooling has taught me that he in fact did not discover the Americas‚ and instead was a ruthless ethnocentric man who’s greed led to slavery‚ torture‚ and mass decline

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    American Holidays

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    HOLIDAYS AND CUSTOMS American Holidays People in every culture celebrate holidays. Although the word "holiday" literally means "holy day‚" most American holidays are not religious‚ but commemorative in nature and origin. Because the nation is blessed with rich ethnic heritage it is possible to trace some of the American holidays to diverse cultural sources and traditions‚ but all holidays have taken on a distinctively American flavor. In the United States‚ the word "holiday" is synonymous with "celebration"

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