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Taj Mahal
A Tribute to Love
When loved ones pass, spouses, family, and friends yearn to honor them. Traditionally, this may include having a tomb to visit or an urn filled with ashes following cremation.
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Superstitions
by Culture
Superstitions vary from culture to culture. Each has its own beliefs about what ushers in good fortune and what must be avoided to ward off evil.
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Manners and Civility
From Wisdom Literature to Novels of Manners
The old, English proverb “you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar” testifiest to the codes of etiquette established and re-established over millenia.
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The Three B’s
Entrenched in Musical Tradition
The fundamental components in learning or experiencing classical music begin with The Three B’s. Though composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
,
Ludwig van Beethoven
, and
Johannes Brahms
have been gone for more than a century, students, scholars, and
classical music
aficionados analyze their works and recordings to better understand the creation of these masterful compositions.
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Big Dreams, Little Leagues
Little League Baseball
Baseball
, the famed American pastime, has developed into an international sport that has garnered millions of fans. Fanatics rattle off the
statistics
of their favorite players, track historical batting averages and home runs, and are left in awe when witnessing the speed, power, agility, and awareness these heroes possess.
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Help for Those Who Help Themselves
Self-Help Books
As of 2016, the self-help movement comprised an unregulated, $9.9 billion dollar industry in the United States alone. (That number does not include the amount spent on medications.) Self-help experts have become household names:
Tony Robbins
,
Marianne Williamson
,
Wayne Dyer
,
Stephen Covey
,
Deepak Chopra
,
Zig Ziglar
, and more. Reading such books as
Men Are From Mars, Women Are from Venus
(1992) by John Gray, Ph.D. to
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
(1989) by Stephen Covey, DRE, people seek to improve both their personal and professional lives.
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Hoist the Jolly Roger!
Pirates in Literature
As the phenomenal success of the
Pirates of the Caribbean
movie series demonstrates, pirates never go out of style. The romanticization of pirates continues in from the ancient Greeks to William Shakespeare’s
Hamlet
,
Pericles
, and
Antony and Cleopatra
to Robert Louis Stevenson’s enduring classic of
Treasure Island
to J. M Barrie’s
Peter Pan and Wendy
to Tom Stoppard’s
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
(based on the two unfortunate characters from
Hamlet
) to the Dread Pirate Roberts in William Goldman’s spoof titled
The Princess Bride
.
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Honey, I’m Home!
Honey
Ancient and sweet, produced by insects vital to agriculture and plant reproduction, and possessing surprising chemical properties conducive to health and healing,
honey
occupies a longstanding and well-deserved place in humankind’s lexicon of cuisine, medicine, and literature.
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Matchmaking
Harvest Time Celebration of Romance
September brings a change of seasons, summer to fall with the plentitude of the annual harvest sparking optimism, celebration, and romance. Harvest time presents the perfect opportunity to celebrate the union of families with extravagant feasts. Before the wedding and attendant revelry, however, the bride and groom must agree to marry. Thus arose
matchmaking
, the process that brings eligible men and women together for the good of their families and communities.
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Hawai'i Statehood
On March 18, 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Admission Act that turned the islands of Hawai'i from a
territory
and into a
state
. It would officially become America’s 50th state on August 21 that same year. The support for statehood appeared to be overwhelming. Of a population of 600,000, 155,000 registered voters, and 140,000 votes cast, Hawaiian statehood garnered 93% of the vote. The statistics show bold support for statehood, but historical accounts paint a murkier picture.
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Paul Celan
Between Two Tongues
Language is a human act, and poetry proves this. There are few more difficult and equally rewarding poets than
Paul Celan
. Celan's dense and rhythmic poetry requires multiple readings from multiple angles—the more readers knows about his life, the more access they'll have to what the poem speaks to.
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Philosophies of the Urban Foot
Psychogeography
In his influential 1953 essay "
Formulaire pour un Urbanisme Noveau
" ("Formulary for a New Urbanism"),
Ivan Chtchegov
wrote, "We are bored in the city, there is no longer any Temple of the Sun ... We are bored in the city, we really have to strain to still discover mysteries on the sidewalk billboards..."
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A More Real Realism
Stream of Consciousness
At the turn of the 20th century, nearly all forms of expression opened their borders to experimentation. Literature was no exception. Most novels written prior represented human thought and interaction as straightforward, back-and-forth dialogue mixed with flat descriptions of place and people. This was reality on paper.
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Shaping History
The Evolution of Women’s Hairstyles
There have been many memorable hairstyles throughout history from
Cleopatra’s
Egyptian-style bob to
Queen Elizabeth I
’s curled up-do to
Marie Antoinette
’s voluminous beehive.
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The Day After
Hangover Cures
There are countless reasons to celebrate: birthdays, weddings, retirement, holidays, or other milestone occasions. In many cultures, music sets the scene and revelers often celebrate by enjoying a meal with some champagne, wine, cocktails, or other alcoholic beverages.
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Where Is Everyone?
Smallest Populations Worldwide
Many conversations and news headlines worldwide highlight the destinations on the planet with the highest populations. China and India continually top the list with approximately 1.42 billion people living in China and 1.35 billion in India.
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The Tooth Fairy
Legends and Plays
Many children around the world are well acquainted with the
Tooth Fairy
—a fantasy figure in Western and Western-influenced cultures. According to folklore, when children lose baby teeth, they tuck them underneath their pillows at bedtime. During the night, the Tooth Fairy flutters in and replaces the tooth with a small amount of money or a token gift.
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Milton Bradley
The Inventor of Smart Fun
Games and recreations did not idle the mind of
Milton Bradley
. His board games challenged players' cunning, comprehension, and strategy. One hundred fifty-eight years after the launch of the eponymous
Milton Bradley Company
, children and adults alike seek his inventions, and the inventions he inspired, as a way to connect with friends and family in an intellectual, stimulating manner.
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Association Football
The People’s Game
The world's most beloved, practiced, and watched sport,
association football
, is the common denominator for almost every class, culture, and ethnicity of people.
FIFA's World Cup
, an international tournament held every four years, brings fans, players, and nations together in record numbers. This year, 32 teams compete in Russia for the coveted
Jules Rimet
trophy, and billions across the globe cheer for their favorite teams.
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Country Music
Individualism Set to Music
Country music plucks the heartstrings of millions of fans across the globe. Its sentimental lyrics, deliberative,romantic, or both, have resonated with people since the early 1920s. In the past few decades, artists like
The Dixie Chicks
, Taylor Swift, and
Garth Brooks
, have propelled the early American musical genre into an international phenomenon, but even these superstars are in tune with the traditions and sounds that comprise
country music
.
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