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    The evolution of British tea traditions in the 18-19th centuries Foreigners have many ideas about what the English like. I can say that a nation is born from its land‚ its history‚ its art‚ its institutions and its traditions. Britain is famous for its immutable traditions. The traditional love of English people for tea is well known by all over the world. The English have always drunk tea as a nation. And I understand their love for tea: it’s good any time of day‚ it’s very refreshing‚ and it

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    Canadian Holidays

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    There are ten federal holidays in Canada that could effect affect message transmission or delivery options for the senders in the United States and receivers in Canada. The first holiday is New Years day. It is celebrated on January 1st each year. It is a statutory holiday in all Canadian provinces and territories. Many people start January 1 at parties to welcome the New Year on the evening of December 31. However‚ in some people rural areas‚ particularly in the province of Quebec‚ spend the night

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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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    Jewish Holiday Traditions

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    Every Jewish family has unique traditions when it comes to holidays. However‚ every holiday‚ like the Passover‚ starts with an important event in their history. When God led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt‚ they created the Passover to celebrate their release. After the Exodus‚ the Israelites followed God to the desert‚ where they praised him for rescuing them‚ received his laws‚ and built the tabernacle. The Israelites thanked God for rescuing them and sustaining them with food. After they

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    I Customs and traditions in the UK Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. Britain is different from our own country. This is natural. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. It has been the law for about 300 years that all the theatres are closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered; only a few Sunday papers are published. Foreigners coming

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    The Life of Billie Holiday

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    . Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan on April 7‚ 1915‚ in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ to Sarah Julia "Sadie" Fagan (née Harris). Her father‚ Clarence Halliday (Holiday)‚ a musician‚ did not marry or live with her mother. Her mother had moved to Philadelphia at the age of thirteen‚ after being rejected from her parents’ home in Sandtown-Winchester‚ Baltimore for becoming pregnant. With no support from her own parents‚ Holiday’s mother arranged for the young Holiday to stay with her older married

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    of Tishri Reasons: The Jewish New Year is a time to begin self-examination‚ looking back at the mistakes of the past year and planning the changes to make in the new year. The Bible refers to the holiday as Yom Ha-Zikkaron (the day of remembrance) or Yom Teruah (the day of the sounding of the shofar). The holiday is instituted in Leviticus 23:24-25. No work is permitted on Rosh Hashanah. Much of the day is spent in synagogue. Tishri- THE 7TH MONTH Significance: New Year Length: 2 Days (Some: 1 Day)

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    Holiday Inn Analysis

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    Total inhabitants Valencia 27 Appendix 5 Overview income Spain 27 Appendix 6 Questionnaire 28 Appendix 7 Price study 31 Appendix 8 old brochure 32 Appendix 9 New brochure 38 Executive Summary This report will contain information about Holiday Inn Valencia. With its 200 rooms one of the biggest hotels in Valencia. The hotel also possesses 6 different conference rooms which are available for different kinds of events. Currently the demand for events of communions and baptisms are dropping

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    Billie Holiday Biography

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    Karen Candelaria & Han Nguyen US History Period 4 January 25‚ 2016 Billie Holiday The musical artist we chose to write about was Billie Holiday. The topics that we’ll be explaining are her life‚ her musical career and what lead her to become famous‚ and one of her songs called “Strange Fruit” with the background story behind the song’s meaning. We decided to do this project because she’s known to be one of the best jazz singer back then and we wanted to know how and why she was so interested in

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    Historically known facts provide information to people that modern society was developed due to not only interactions between nations‚ but also broken past traditions. Making the next step of development meets a need to put aside traditional culture and experience. Crossinteracting promotes society to advance morally and politically. Traditionally supported society ‚ as usual‚ is a way of staying the same ‚ missing a chance to change dramatically. To begin with‚ the past society was established

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