A holiday is a day designated as having special significance for which individuals‚ a government‚ or a religious group have deemed that observation is warranted. It is generally an official (more common) or unofficial observance of religious‚ national‚ or cultural significance‚ often accompanied by celebrations or festivities. Contents [hide] 1 Etymology 2 Regional meaning 2.1 Australia‚ Canada‚ UK 2.2 U.S.A. 3 Types of holiday (observance) 3.1 Religious holidays 3.2 Northern Hemisphere winter
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Man’s greatest achievement? Perhaps not‚ but can you afford not to read on when I am about to tell you about Essay? I find my self constantly drawn back to the subject of Essay. Cited by many as the single most important influence on post modern micro eco compartmentalism‚ it is yet to receive proper recognition for laying the foundations of democracy. The juxtapositioning of Essay with fundamental economic‚ social and political strategic conflict draws criticism from global commercial enterprises
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Arthur Miller IB-Style Essay Choose one topic and develop an interpretive essay. Focus on Miller’s use of dramatic technique. Integrate concise quotations and evidence in a formal‚ critical‚ literary essay. Make sure your thesis is clear and insightful. Topic 1 “Fact versus fantasy; this is a clash that can have comic or tragic results.” Bearing this statement in mind explore the results of using realism and fantasy in Death of a Salesman. Topic 2 “Time and place
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Almost all of the form 5 students will do their revision during the Hari Raya holidays. They worry about their SPM examination and their future. But‚ it doesn’t work for me. I had spent my time with my family‚ friends and the computer. The meaning of a holiday in my opinion is an authority of rest for everyone to have a vacation. So‚ I left out all my stress and enjoyed my Hari Raya holidays. My father had decided to celebrate this Hari Raya at Georgetown‚ Penang. We prepared ourselves early
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Essay Topics * Engineering‚ like all professions‚ functions in a global economy. Describe what you think students should do while in college to better prepare themselves for a career in the global economy. * You have just completed writing your 476 page autobiography and we would like to see a sample of what you have written. Please send us either page 231 or page 398. Feel free to also include one paragraph of acknowledgements at the end. * All practicing medical doctors‚ dentists
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College Essay If I have the opportunity to travel back through time. I would like to stop at the Vietnam War era. When I was young‚ I didn’t obtain anything my history teacher lectured. I just learned to get over with it and not comprehend any information. Not until I came to the United States and started to learn about my country’s history. By that time‚ I was old enough to understand what this war was about and how many innocent lives have been sacrificed. This topic has attracted all my interest
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Jews gather together for a number of important holidays (sacred becoming a community). The holidays‚ festivals‚ and the Sabbath offer Jewish people a chance to set aside sacred time‚ (prayer and ritual). Almost the whole of Jewish history and teaching is embodied in its holidays/festivals -- in which traditions are passed from one generation to the next by means of stories‚ actions‚ symbolic food‚ and singing. Most festival celebrations are based on the home and family‚ with the events of the past
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Everybody loves holiday because during our holiday we can have some fun and relax. During holiday we get enough time to travel‚ play and indulge in our hobbies. Now I would like to tell you about my holiday trip with my beloved family. Our destination is Gold Coast‚ Australia. I had always dreamed about going to Australia since im in standard 6. One boring and eventless day‚ I heard mom shouting “ Luqman! We are going to GOLD COAST AUSTRALIA !”. I could not believe what I just heard. I asked her again
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Topic list 1. Crime –violence –smoking 2. Culture – tradition and festival 3. Economic issues –employment 4. Education 5. Environment – population –polution Animal 6. Family –children- women 7. Food –Drink -health-Welfare 8. Happiness –friendship - marriage 9. Social problems –housing-History –religion- Politic –climate 10. Hometown 11. Media- television -communication Reading – watching Movies/film 12. Music -Art- Fashion -Sport 13. Computer – technology –nuclear- internet 14
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My Holiday By:Russel 10 A How I spent my December holiday‚let me tell a story about my December holidays during the school break. When I was a young boy‚ I lived in a hot‚ tropical country wherein the temperature in the month of December could get only as low as 77 degrees Fahrenheit. Needless to say that even in the coldest night of the year‚ a snowball would melt and evaporate long before you could finish humming a few bars of “Silent Night.” Ever since I fell in love with Hans Christian
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