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    When it comes to the topic of eliminating holidays, most of us will readily agree that these holidays have been around eternally. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of should these American holidays come to their end. Whereas some are convinced that American holidays are a part of history and shaping American culture, others maintain that American holidays only are in favor of a small amount of people. Although various of these holidays honor specific people, these holidays are all in honor of cultural and historical events. All these American holidays have been around for centuries. I has someone who has different beliefs than others who celebrate these holidays; I still support these holidays. I understand…

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    My Dream Holiday

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    summer holidays as far ahead as winter time, to have the opportunity to choose what country to travel or to stay in Slovakia, to decide how they will travel, whether to stay in the hotel or just camp, to get the best deals like first minutes, and so forth. What is more, travellers have to make up their mind about a kind of trip they want to make. There are numerous journeys to choose from. It depends if they want to stay by the seaside or go sightseeing, or to experience more adventures and…

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    Here is the holiday time, it is summer again and the favorite period for many young and old people. How can we save our family from the hot temperatures in the next days? What our body needs? Is it good, to go to the beach or prefer the mountain coolness? Actually, we need the new place to overcome the hottest days and to refresh ourselves with new exciting moments. The main danger comes from the heat, that can "sick" us, makes to feel tired, weak and few times leads to serious health problems,…

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    Billie Holiday

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    Life wouldn't be life without music today. If we didn't have music the world wouldn't go round and round like it does. Music is our way to escape life and be free from all our problems bills, family and relationships. There are many different type of music but right now I’m going to talk about R&B and jazz. Woman and men could sing jazz or R&B. with the top records at the top of the charts these singers were unbelievable. Billie Holiday and Kelly Rowland are very amazing singers and they manage…

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    Billie Holiday, occasionally known as Lady Day, was a well known harlem renaissance singer. Billie Holiday's life was an intriguing yet very misfortunate story. Billie Holiday had gone through many obstacles in her lifetime. Even as she rose to fame, problems in her short life never seem to go away. Billie Holiday had to overcome through problems like addiction, prostitution, rape, etc... Throughout her entire life, from her early life to death Billie Holiday had to face and many struggles and…

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    Introduction About five years ago my husband received orders that we were to be stationed in Little Rock, Arkansas. Living in Arkansas, I was able to obtain a job as a Human Resource Coordinator for Holiday Inn. They had just finished construction and was gearing up for their grand opening. While working as a Human Resource Coordinator, I was in charge of interviews, placement, employee benefits, safety regulations, and payroll. Moreover, I managed unemployment and worker’s compensation claims…

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    Eleanora Fagan also known as Billie Holiday was born on April 7, 1915 and died on July 17, 1959. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She had a nickname of “Lady Holiday” which was given to her music partner Lester Young. She was considered one of the best jazz vocalists of all time. Holiday had a thriving career as a jazz singer for many years before she lost her battle with substance abuse. In 2000, Billie was put into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Billie Holiday was important to the…

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    Symbolism In Strange Fruit, By Billie Holiday

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    though widely and incorrectly believed to have been published in the Marxist publication The New Masses" (Heft 5). Meeropol had graduated from Dewitt Clinton in 1921; he later went on to teach English there for 17 years. He was also a poet and a social activist, Meeropol was disturbed and upset about the continuation of racism in America, and seeing a picture of a lynching put him over the edge. A man named Pelison Who wrote about Meeropol writes "Meeropol once said the photograph "haunted" him…

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    Strange Fruit In the mid 1930’s, a New York teacher by the name Abel Meeropol was stunned by an eerie photograph taken at a lynching on August 7, 1930. The revolting glimpse of the lifeless bodies hanging helplessly on a maple tree was said to “haunt” Meeropol “for days.” The sight disturbed him so much, it led him to write a poem titled, “Strange Fruit” in 1937, which was published and later converted into a song reperformed by Billie Holiday in 1939. “Strange Fruit” was significant to the…

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    In the 30 minutes that I analyzed for Mr. Bean’s Holiday, the kinds of music that they used was a collection of songs. Most of the songs used in the movie were instrumental and symphony orchestra like. The composer of the score would be Howard Goodall. The type of performers that are used are an orchestra. The genres of music that are included are mainly instrumental classical like songs. While they are driving to Cannes in the evening, Mr. Bean is listening to radio and Born to be Wild, a rock…

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