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    that held the power to carry the tradition of continued racism were the people who most needed to be affected by the Movement. Remember- tradition doesn’t have to be good. In fact‚ much of the widespread ideological traditions include the horrendous mistreatment of another group of people. Nobody asks to be mistreated. Nobody asks for their lives‚ actions‚ or bodies

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    Providian Trust: Tradition and Technology Business Context Providian Trust Company provided financial and fiduciary services with 216 branches. Headquartered in New York‚ with $49.4 Bn. trust assets and staff of 840 Full-time Employees. Residential mortgages‚ commercial mortgages‚ consumer and corporate loans were the principles sources of revenue for Providian Trust. Providian Trust business was mainly into: Pension and Institutional Trust Services (PITS) – Tenth largest Provider.

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    Every nationality has its own traditions. Through these traditions you can learn more about culture‚ habits and life of the country. In Kazakhstan we have a lot of traditions connected with Islam‚ but I do not think I should speak about it. For my audience‚ in my opinion‚ it will be much more interesting to read something new‚ for example‚ about Kazakh wedding ceremony. From the very beginning it is known that marriage is very serious ceremony‚ which connects people to each other for their entire

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    A lot of the holidays in South Africa came to be after Mandela and the ANC came into power. They decided to change them‚ making sure that they would mean something for everyone in the country‚ so that no one would feel left out and discriminated. Many of them were made to honor and remember the people who helped the country to where it is today‚ and who fought for a better future. Nelson Mandela did not want anyone to feel left out. One of those is Mandela day‚ obviously to celebrate the life

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    Culture Tips Society passes principles and values to future generations through Customs‚ Traditions. It forms our world outlook‚ through which we view our lives and shape our opinions. Throughout history‚ cultures have passed the Family Values. The sharing of Family Values nurture future generations. Very often the display of an object or symbol that is meaningful to a family or to society can become a Custom‚ Tradition or Ritual. Although we should conфsider the definitions from the dictionary: Custom:

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    Modernity in the Indian sense is‚ in any case‚ a command from the West. India did not get enough time to develop an indigenous idea of modernity because of the intervention of colonialism. At the time of Independence‚ urban India had inherited a rather basic problem: this was a contradiction between imposed modernity and age-old traditional values. There were‚ as a consequence‚ three options for the average Indian urban man: whether to embrace the Western model of modernity; or to go back‚ if possible

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    Informative Speech- Wedding Traditions around the world. Topic- Marriage rituals around the world. Purpose statement-Even though getting married is one of the things we all share in the world‚ everyone has their own unique way of doing it. Organizational Pattern- Specific Introduction     Attention Getter- Wasn’t the day of your wedding one of the most special days of your life? I got married last year‚ a big full traditional wedding‚ and it was definitely very special and very memorable

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    Analysis of the Tradition in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson illustrates the struggle between choosing personal morals‚ versus blindly following the masses. When you stop questioning authority‚ you relinquish your individuality and the tools that you’ve been given to rationalize your decisions. Traditions and customs often lose their meaning and value once it becomes a game of follow the leader. In Jackson’s short story‚ the tradition of the lottery began with the first village

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    participate in a series of new faculty seminars focused on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. I am deeply impressed with the University’s commitment to its mission‚ and desire to keep the Catholic Intellectual Tradition alive and well as we forge further into the 21st century. I have benefitted from a deeper understanding of both the University’s mission and the value and importance of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. As a result of the new faculty seminars‚ I expressed an interest in teaching

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    the global flow of silver from the mid 16th century to the early 18th century. Examples of this include the social change of Chinese traditions and the economic change of Asian inflation of silver. The global flow of sliver effected Chinese traditions. Documents 1 and 3 state that socially‚ from a non-bias point of view‚ that sliver is changing Chinese traditions because now if you have no silver at all‚ you won’t have enough in society‚ where as that was different before. Documents 4 and 7 state

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