Hospitality and Its Perversion According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word "hospitality" is defined as "offering a pleasant or sustaining environment for guests." Each country and culture possesses different standards of hospitality. For example, people in Uzbekistan practice hospitality by welcoming guests and inviting them to eat, drink, and stay longer. If a guest is given a cup filled with a beverage, this means that the host is telling the guest to hurry up, drink this full cup, and leave. Therefore, in order to show hospitality, the hosts in Uzbekistan offer their guests ...

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And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. ... The winter holiday became known as Saturnalia and began the week prior to December 25th. ... Variations of this pagan holiday flourished throughout the first few centuries after Jesus Christ, but it probably wasn't until 336 AD that Emperor Constantine officially converted this pagan tradition into the "Christian" holiday of Christmas. ...

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In 1949, he met Elaine Scott, his third and final will, at the Pine Inn at Ocean Avenue and Monte Verde in Carmel. ... In 1955, a holiday magazine ran a series by authors about their hometowns and Steinbeck wrote an article, "Always something to do in Salinas" that included many barbs at his hometown. ...

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Rock and Roll of the 1960's In 1960 Elvis came back to the music scene from the U.S. Army. Joining the other white male vocalists at the top of the charts. Bobby Darin, Neil Sedaka, Jerry lee Lewis, Paul Anka, Del Shannon, and Frankie Avalon. However america was ready for the ...

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Figure 5: No Room at the Inn Tom DuBois' passion for life and enthusiasm for the world of imagination breathe life into every piece he creates. ... Employing themes of patriotism, diligence, family, courtship, holidays and small embarrassments we can all relate-to Norman Rockwell celebrated ordinary Americans at play and at work with remarkable warmth and humor. ...

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Have you ever imagined yourself sitting on the sandy beach and soaking up the sun's golden rays? Have you ever imagined yourself being surrounded by thousands of tan, beautiful people waiting for the sun to go down so everyone can party it up? Well this is just what I experienced this summer! My ...

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If you have ever had a meal in a restaurant (fast-food/formal dining), used an ATM in a bank, spent your vacation at an amusement park or simply browsed through a mall, you have been exposed to McDonaldization. McDonaldization is "the process by which the principles of the fast food restaurant ar...

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