"India’s gift to World" Swami Vivekananda‚ the Hindoo monk‚ delivered a lecture Monday night under the auspices of the Brooklyn Ethical Association before a fairly large audience at the hall of the Long Island Historical Society‚ corner Pierrepont and Clinton streets. His subject was "India’s Gift to the World". He spoke of the wondrous beauties of his native land‚ "where stood the earliest cradle of ethics‚ arts‚ sciences‚ and literature‚ and the integrity of whose sons and the virtue
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WHAT SUBJECT DO I LIKE BEST? In school‚ of all the classes I have to take‚ I like P.E. most. Why? There are three simple reasons why I love it: there is no homework‚ it helps me stay healthy‚ and last‚ it is quite relaxing to learn. First‚ the homework part‚ for me‚ it’s a dream comes true when there’s no homework for me to do. I am kind of obsessed with homework. I open my eyes thinking about homework‚ I eat thinking about homework‚ I even take a bath thinking about homework. So it’d be nice
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In the short story‚ “The Gift of the Magi”‚ O. Henry uses literary devices to show us that love and sacrifice are powerful human emotions‚ that cannot be outstripped by material possessions. In the story‚ the author uses many quotes to express symbolism to help reiterate the theme‚ one of the quotes is‚ “of all who give and receive gifts‚ such as they are the wisest. Everywhere they are the wisest. They are the Magi” (O Henry 185-186). This quote applies to the theme‚ because it helps to relate their
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THE GIFT OF MAGI Della and Jim Young‚ the main characters in "The Gift of the Magi‚’’ are a young married couple with very little money. Jim has suffered a thirty-percent pay cut‚ and the two must scrimp for everything. On the day before Christmas‚ Delia counts the money she has painstakingly saved for months. She is dismayed to find she has less than two dollars‚ hardly enough to buy anything at all. After a good long cry‚ Delia determines to find a way to buy Jim the present he deserves. As she
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What is your favorite vacation spot? I was finally entering “India” again‚ after a month-long sojourn into a world of Himalayan calm‚ yoga and Tibetan Buddhism (Dharamsala hardly feels like India). Was I ready to free fall back into the masala mania? While the traveler in me was excited to get back on the explorer’s road; the solo gal in me was dreading it. Having found roots for a month in my yoga-family cocoon‚ I wasn’t thrilled with going back to solo-roughing it. Fortunately when you flow
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Acknowledge portion of the book‚ Gift-Giving in Japan: Cash‚ Connections. Cosmologies. After that she had her graduated training in the University of Chicago funded by the National Science Foundation and the University itself‚ including one year of support from the Committee on Japanese Studies. Before the writing of this book‚ Katherine Rupp took twenty months of field work In Japan which is funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education. She finally completed the manuscript of Gift-Giving in Japan as a postdoctoral
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side even when the whole world is against you. As for me‚ I am truly bless for having wonderful friends as part of my life. They bring joy and fun to my normal ordinary life. They never fail to cheer me up whenever I feel down. Even since all of us knew each other‚ our lives fill with smile and laughter. We will spend every moment to create beautiful memories together. For example‚ we will always try our very best to see each other often as we are currently not studying in the same school
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practical experience of mechanism of collection of gift tax by National Board of Revenue (NBR). To complete the report successfully‚ we tried to gather information from News Paper‚ web sites. But the NBR does not provide information in the web site directly and even it does not publish total process to collect taxes from different sector. For this reason we had to visit NBR several times and thus we were successful to collect information about gift tax in Bangladesh. To complete this report‚ we
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Birthday Party Planning Checklist 3-4 weeks before your birthday party 1. Choose a party theme. 2. Create the guest list. Friends and relatives if you want a mixed party. 3. Pick the party date and time. Parties are generally 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours long. 4. Order or buy party supplies‚ decorations‚ party favors‚ activities and prizes for games. Be sure to order enough tableware for the adults that will attend‚ as well. 2-3 weeks before your birthday
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GIFT DEED This Deed of Gift is executed today the 1st day of February‚ 2005 by Sh. Mahendra Kumar Jain‚ aged 62‚ years‚ s/o‚ Late Sh. Padam Chand Jain‚ residing at 119‚ Jaipur house‚ Agra (here-in after called the ‘Donor’) in favour of the donee mentioned hereafter. 1. Where as the donor is absolutely entitled to Rs.100000/- (Rs.One Lac only) of her own free will‚ and accord‚ and while in a sound state of mind‚ is desirous of making a gift of aforesaid Rs.100000/- (Rs.One Lac only) to Mayank
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