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    Gift: Family and Mom

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    Gift Gifts have their own way to bring happiness to a people. People usually give gifts to friends and relative to share their feelings. That is one of the ways to strengthen the relationship between two people. Usually gifts give joy and pleasure to the receiver. People usually think that a gift are always tangible‚ but is that always true? My answer is a big no; I think there are some intangible gifts which show you how to live a better life. I usually get gifts from my friends

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    Gifts of the Nile River

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    the success of Africa can all be understood through the gifts of the Nile River. Although The Nile River is still shrouded in opinions‚ including its length and source‚ virtually everyone acknowledges that Ancient Egypt and Ancient Africa could have never existed without these massive bodies of water. While the majority of Egypt is still covered in unforgivable sand‚ the river basin next to the Nile boasts wildlife and fertile soil. In Gifts of the Nile Valley it states‚ “at times it was a mile deep

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    Gift Giving in Societies

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    Many exchange mechanisms can be observed throughout the worlds cultures; these include reciprocity‚ redistribution and down the line exchange. Reciprocity is a form of gift exchange whereby objects have no concept of perceived value. Social gain is seen as more important than any potential economic result in this system. An object would be presented to another and this gesture insure social relations‚ a return object (or gesture) may be presented at a later date‚ but the main aim of reciprocity

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    India's gift to world

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    "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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    us to understand what the theme of a story actually is. The theme of “The gift of Magi” is selflessness. Symbolism and Plot are two literary elements in this story that contribute to the theme. The theme in a story is associated with an idea that lies behind the story (R.W. Clugston‚ 2010) To understand what the theme of the story is we have to figure out what the literary symbols are and what they stand for. “The Gift of Magi” tells a story of what lengths Della and Jim would go to make each

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    E-Gift Shopping

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    E-GIFTSHOPPY Abstract: E-Gift Shoppy is a very important feature used in e-commerce to assist people making purchases online‚ similar to the US English term ‘shopping cart’. The business-to-consumer aspect of electronic commerce (e-commerce) is the most visible business use of the World Wide Web. The primary goal of an e-commerce site is to sell goods and services online. E-commerce is fast gaining ground as an accepted and used business paradigm. More and more business houses

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    Inuit Gift Exchange

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    defined rules or formal regulations holding the community together; the coherence of a group of Inuit people stems from shared values and the interdependence created by the hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Appropriately‚ the Inuit have no formal rituals of gift exchange. But the concept of positive reciprocity lies behind many aspects of an Inuit community and is central to the relationships and behavior of the Inuit people. In an agricultural society‚ it is to the farmer’s advantage to accumulate personal

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    Gift of the Holy Spirit

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    Gifts of the Holy Spirit Gifts of the Holy Spirit enable us to live a holy Christian life. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are: 1. Wisdom - desire for the things of God‚ and to direct our whole life and all our actions to His honor and glory 2. Understanding - enable us to know more clearly the mysteries of faith 3. Counsel - warn us of the deceits of the devil‚ and of the dangers to salvation 4. Fortitude - strengthen us to do the will of God in all things 5. Knowledge - enable us to discover

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    In the gift of the magi by O. Henry‚ he shows two people who love each other so much that they will sacrifice their favorite things for the other. The gift of the magi is about two people; Della and Jim. It is Christmas Eve and Della wants to give her husband Jim a nice gift but all she has is $1.87. She ends up giving up her prized possession (her hair) to get a chain for his watch‚ and her husband sold his watch (his prized possession) to get combs for her hair. They end up with a gift that they

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    Summary “The Gift of the Magi” “The Gift of the Magi” is a wonderful short story. It is the brilliant story that shows the true meaning of selfless love that the author tries to let the readers to know from the Christmas gifts. It is not what the gifts are ‚ but the meaning behind the gifts is more important. This text is a story about Della and Jim Young ‚ a married couple with very little money. On the

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