When viewed as a material aspect of our culture, popular piercing is an attempt to create an alien other. ... Other popular piercing in today's society include the navel, tongue, lip eyebrow, and the nose. ... Ear piercing are most widely practiced piercing among cultural groups in Africa, India, Indonesia, North and South America. ... Ear cartilage piercing, especially popular among the Masai and Fulani, also emphasized beauty and wealth. ... However, as body modification becomes more popular, it becomes contradicting. ...

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France, also known as the French Republic or Repulique Francaise is country in western Europe and is one of the most popular countries in the world. It is also one of the oldest and historically and culturally most important nations of Europe and indeed, of the whole Western world. ... For centuries is one of the most important and attractive cities. ... With brands exported such as: Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, and Chanel are most popular in France. ... Most of the parks and gardens of the modern city are on land that formerly reserved for the kings on the old city'...

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Although smallpox was the most catastrophic of all the imported diseases, influenza, measles, chickenpox, mumps, typhus, and more were all catastrophic to the prone Native Americans. ... In the Caribbean sugar cane was a very popular, labor-intensive crop, which had much demand back in Europe. ... Herding animals was also a very popular career for the settlers in North America as well. ... Some of the Native Americans were taken in or sold as slaves, but most of them were slaughtered whenever they posed any kind of threat at all. ... Most tribes experienced a loss of over 95% of their origina...

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Before tea became popular everyday drinks consisted of water, which was not real safe, milk, wine, ale, beer or cider. ... Shortly after this period the most universal food in Europe was raised bread. ... Great Britain lacks most raw materials. ... Most of the time potatoes is one of the vegetables . Britain has other popular foods like cheese. ...

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It has been used in books and has been the inspiration to many popular movies like The Professional and Natural Born Killers. ... One of the most recognized assassination was the John F. ... Most assassinators are never caught. ...

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More than two million Eastern European Jews settled in America from 1880 to 1925, and a key to their understanding American life was the Yiddish newspapers, the Forward being one of the most popular. ...

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The Tango Throughout the late 1800's, many people migrated to Argentina from Spain, Africa, Italia, and the Ukraine. This mixture of people from their homes to a new land left them feeling like a stranger in their new environment. Many of these people had left their homes and ended up in the s...

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It is a sophisticated form of dueling (which was popular during Europe in the Middle Ages). ... Fencing is popular for paraplegics and people that use wheelchairs, and is a main attraction at the paraplegic games. ... I will explain the rules of epee style fencing because it is the most popular style of fencing and it is also has similar rules to the other styles of fencing. ... The first and most important rule about fencing is to never step onto the piste (court) or even duel with out the proper required safety equipment. ... A dull blade can lead to a catastrophic situation, although b...

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The Italian Renaissance was influenced by many cross-cultural influences resulting from political conflicts and alliances between Italian city-states and from other influencing countries such as Spain and France. Fashion were derived from an International Gothic style in the first part of the era, ...

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In most cultures, makeup was expensive, and therefore was only available to royalty. This made every average citizen want to wear makeup because they would strive to look like the most respected people of their culture. ... In medieval times, cosmetics were very popular and desired, and they are still seen like this today. ...

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While most adults see it as an additional convenience today, it has much more implications for the youth. ... For example the new electronic communication system has made most people write and talk in syllables and shortened speech. ... As remote as it may seem, most of these issues can be directly relevant to Bhutan. ... The most popular topic for today's Druk Air passenger is the specifications and cost of mobile telephones. ...

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Most of the world's food source comes from corn, wheat and rice, which are three flowering plants. ... Most of the drinks that we enjoy today come from plants. ... Cola was a popular ingredient used in tropical drinks around the turn of the century, along with the drug coca. ... It is most commonly known for it main component Ephedra. ...

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Most of these situations had to deal with two major factors at this time: immigrants and the labor conditions. ... The average industrial worker had no skill, he or she would just have to learn how to operate a piece of machinery at the most. ... The employees that felt these things were most ridiculous decided to band together and form labor unions. ... These workers also gave certain people certain identities, shaping the popular American opinion of that group of people. ...

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Most of Europe's Christians are Roman Catholics. ... It is now one of the most relied on countries. ... Petroleum and natural gas are two of the most important natural resources. ... Popular leisure activities include soccer, hunting, and fishing. ...

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One of his most impressive translations were the De Materia de Medica. ... The influence of Islam in Europe can most definitely be seen on, carpets and many other works of art. ... This style of building was called the Gothic style, which became the most popular style in Europe during 16 C.E. ...

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Coming in with a whole new set of rules, a republic that was not popular to begin with. ... Even though the government had negotiated to avoid paying most of the reparations and its economy was recovering, it all came down in 1923 due to the fiscal policies during the war aimed at an attempt to stop France and Belgium from seizing reparations directly from Germany. ... They would not have gotten popular with their agenda. ...

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The last label I would use to describe these Middle Ages in Europe would be the Age of Faith because of how powerful and popular the church became during this time period. ... The most important label for me would be the Dark Ages as so much death and destruction occurred which demonstrates a dark side of our world history. ...

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But while many people were Christian by name, and the pagan religions were dying out, most people didn't practice it. ... Most clergy of the time were even illiterate, and led very secular lives. ... The economic life for most Western Europeans was not much better than the religious and intellectual quality. ... Greek literature and thought also became popular again, and the people also made creative advancements of their own, with poetry of troubadours and narratives, like Dante's Divine Comedy. ... Cathedrals came to be an important part of every city, with each one trying to h...

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If they did attend in most cases their parents had to pay the fees. As the Renaissance progressed and as the new learning spread, more and more books became available due to the invention on the printing press and popular ideas about education began to change. ... Painting and Sculpture: Some of the most obvious changes took place in painting and sculpture. ... Two of his most important works are Orpheus and The coronation of Poppaea. One of the most famous poets during the Renaissance is John Milton. ...

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To the typical American employee work is not just one's job; the popular t-shirt slogan from the mid-1990's may have said it better as work is life. ... Effectively, countries with a relatively high number of required holidays, more of the work to live' type, most likely will begin to see an increase in their GDP per capita. ... The average is somewhere around ten to fourteen days per year not including the three public holidays; however, most choose not to claim much of their voluntary entitlement2. To most Europeans, the notion of not taking vacation time when it is entitled...

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The most common tradition is applying henna for weddings. The designs for weddings are usually the most ornate and cover the largest amounts of skin. ... The most common tradition is applying henna for weddings. The designs for weddings are usually the most ornate and cover the largest amounts of skin. ... Coclusion • Summary & Review of Main Points: To recap, henna is a art form that has been practiced by many different cultures for centuries and has recently become very popular in western culture. ...

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Though most of tariff laws had been changed by the time of the Civil War, the Southern people still remembered how they were treated by the Northern people. ... Another quarrel between the North and South, and perhaps the most emotional one, was over the issue of slavery. ... Most secession ordinaces were not put to a popular vote, and in the cases of those which were, the voting was limited, maybe even fixed. ...

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The second largest group (and by many accounts, most powerful)were Muslims, who conquered Palestine - known to Christians as the Holy Land. ... Most of the people were serfs who were people who worked for nobles either farming or indoor serf. ... Famous saints became symbols and were widely popular for Christians to worship and to emulate. ...

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Education in the middle Ages was directly linked to the church. Medieval scholars designed their own brand of philosophy, interpreting the teachings of Aristotle to agree with their religious beliefs. Their combination of philosophy and theology is known as scholasticism. Education of the Middle Age...

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When nationalism first hit Europe it caused social, political, and economical change. The ideals of nationalism are loyalty to a people, pride in culture, language, and religion, and desire to have independence. Many cultures were forced to join a nation that had no historical or cultural relation....

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