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    My Dream Wedding

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    later will be surprised and say the word "WOW!" or "OMG! SO BEAUTIFUL! ". It’s not easy to shock people with new views when they set the wedding site. I want a wedding being held at the Flower Garden so that everyone can experience the beauty and pleasure that is in the park. It’s like the concept of marriage-like style in the garden. Every corner of my wedding day I want all decorated with beautiful flowers. Later on the dais that‚ I want it decorated with a mix of fresh flowers. I want to use

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    My Wedding Day

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    Lauderdale International Airport from JFK was a nerve wracking experience. I was saying my good-byes to my old life‚ and welcoming my new life. As the plane was in the sky there was a state of nervousness‚ yet happiness of arriving to the love of my life. When the plane landed and I saw him waiting for me with flowers in his hands‚ it was a moment I knew I would never forget it. As we drove to the hotel that the wedding was taking place in I was in the state of shock because I felt that the moment was

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    essay “The Big Fat Case Against Big Macs‚” Ellen Goodman doubts that the best lawyers can prove that fast food companies‚ like McDonald’s and Burger King‚ are the causes that make many people become overweight and have health problems‚ but they can prove that fast food companies fooled their consumers‚ especially young kids. For example‚ McDonald’s uses toys as attractions to make kids buy its meals. She also states that fast food companies put slogans to make kids think that eating their “Big Kids Meal”

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    Why Wedding Ceremony is Such a Big Event? “Will you love and honor each other as husband and wife all the days of your lives” Introduction As part of the society and culture‚ the tradition especially in wedding ceremonies had fallen into the categories of social anthropology. Wedding traditions is the mirror of the culture‚ and believe it or not‚ a mirror of bank accounts. With the evolving world of modernization‚ the spirit and values of marriage is still in the ceremony‚ and the wedding rings

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    Ethnocentrism In America

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    In our day of age‚ we as the United States of America usually believe that we are better than other countries. A lot of people even get into debate on this subject. This is where the definition of ethnocentrism comes to play‚ which is how we tend to view other cultures based on how we compare it to our own culture‚ which makes us believe wrong things about that cultures or even judge that cultures in a bad light. But we should not do this because other cultures have their way of doing things for

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    Christy Summary: The war on obesity is a big fat flop According to Margaret Wente("The war on obesity is a big fat flop”‚2012)‚ people‚ who are poorer are fatter than richer people because poorer people do not often physical training‚ health food are expensive‚ and there is no walkable healthy grocery. Conversely‚ rich people choose healthier food. In addition‚ most people prefer spend time on TV and the Internet instead of making nutritious food. Park and school should offer healthy food. Exercise

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    Allen Mr.Savastano Pre-IB English III 29 April 2010 During the Common Era the eastern world managed to portray huge amounts of Ethnocentrism which operated internally on the minds of conquered societies as well as cultures. The eastern perception on the way of life degraded other traditions in order to uplift the status of their own beliefs. The correlation of Ethnocentrism led to the encouragement of Nationalism demonstrating the characterization of hubris. In the text Things Fall Apart‚ Chinua Achebe

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    What Is Ethnocentrism?

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    of the road‚ and Greeks reek of the scent of Garlic. Does garlic really smell bad? Maybe the right side is the wrong side of the road‚ and other countries may feel the same way about their culture as those Yankees feel about their USA. What do we call the sense of cultural superiority? Sociology has a term called ethnocentrism‚ which is defined as “the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one ’s own culture” (about sociology). Many claim that ethnocentrism occurs in every

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    Ethnocentrism is the tendency to believe that one’s ethnic or cultural group is centrally important‚ and that all other groups are measured on one’s own cultural value. Ethnocentrism happens when one culture or nation places itself at the top of a self proclaimed hierarchy of cultures and nations and subsequently assigns other cultures and nations equivalent or lower value based on that scale. In other words‚ it is the proneness to think other cultures are of lesser worth because it is different

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    should be like. One definite characteristic my ideal spouse should have is caring. When she is caring‚ she will not only think about herself but she will also care for me and the kids. She should also be understanding. She should not bicker at me over petty mistakes that I might do as nobody is perfect. In addition‚ my wife should be able to compromise with me. I will not be able to meet all her demands and so‚ she has to compromise for those demands. My consort will also have to be a good listener

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