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The Legacy of Billie Holiday

music, which she may have initially embraced as a kind of personal salvation.3 While male lovers would betray her, seductive jazz...

Jazz Influenced by Billie Holiday

This paper considers how jazz was influenced by the artistry of Billie Holiday in six pages. Ten sources are cited in the bibliog...

Jazz Legend Billie Holiday

In a paper consisting of ten pages the influence of the legendary jazz performer Billie Holiday in terms of music and society are ...

Maria Callas and Billie Holiday

"Ive lived songs like that" (Billie Holiday, PG). MARIA CALLAS Born to a Greek family, Maria Callas was "American by birth and I...

Music Addressing Racial Prejudice and its Political Implications

me, and I sortve liked the idea of representing America, but I wasnt going over to apologize for the racist policies of America .....

Songs of the Black Experience

a distinctly more female approach, as it openly deals with gender issues and missing womanhood. The author, herself, once remarke...

Overview of Jazz and Its Legendary Artists

is often "misunderstood, under-appreciated and underestimated. If jazz is the underdog, avant-garde jazz is beneath the underdog"...

Jewish and Christian Holiday Traditions

celebrate the holidays. It argues that each celebration is meaningful to those of that faith, but when "adopted" by the other, bec...

Baseball's Great Experiment by Tygel Reviewed

In five pages Major League baseball player Jackie Robinson's lasting legacy is examined within the context of Tygel's book....

Legacy System Dilemmas

productivity paradox indicated that there may never be a full return in terms of increased productivity (Lichtenberg, 1995). Tod...

U.S. Steel Industry and Legacy Costs

represent approximately $12 billion in legacy costs, which include health-care payments, pensions, insurance and other benefits (M...

Elementary Education December Holidays' Teacher Planning and Presentation

In two pages this paper discusses how teachers prepare for December holiday classroom instruction and how they present these holid...

Contemporary Popularity of Malcolm X

In ten pages this paper discusses the legacy Malcolm X left behind that continues to reinforce his popularity and makes his legacy...

Are Legacy Admissions an Unethical Form of Discrimination?

history have played out if he had not got into Yale, would the US have had a different president, and most importantly, is this a ...

Intercultural Communication In The Workplace

ground" (Wilbers, 1996, p. 02D). "The goal is not for one party to vanquish a second party (in the judgment of a third party), bu...

First Choice Holidays; IT Strategy and SWOT Analysis

worldwide sailing and eclipse.com, the direct sales only website with similar offerings to Firstchoice.co.uk. By 2002 60% of holid...

Minnesota/Immigrant Cuisine & Customs

each controlled by its on nobility, and a united German state did not emerge until the 1870s. Therefore, it is problematic to defi...

Political Correctness: A Negative Impact on the Holidays

the season to mere consumerism" (Dwyer, 2004). As noted above, it is this "hypersensitivity" and our attempt to avoid offending an...

Jewish Calendar, Life Cycle And Meaning Of God Is One

instructions, Moses told the people to slaughter a lamb and place its blood on the outside of their homes (Oakley, 2006). When God...

Afghanistan Development - Goals And Budget Calendar Issues

Development Programme. The ANDS, for example, is comprised of three volumes, all of which have not yet been formally and official...

Using Personal Financial Statements in Financial Decision Making

the job is viable. The higher the cost of moving the less likely it will be viable, However, there may also be other consideratio...

Religious Rights In The Workplace

heretofore been clean-shaven for the previous fourteen years of employment. His abrupt demand to be allowed to serve food with fa...

A Case Study in Market Research

the identification assessment of potential target markets and preliminary data, qualitative research may be undertaken with a smal...

World Religions : Buddhism

painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...

Potential Liabilities of a Travel Firm and Hotel

or change in circumstances so fundamental as to be regarded by the law both as striking at the root of the agreement, and as entir...

The Growth of Online Shopping

normal years, were disappointing to retailers Editors 2009). Retailers were especially aggressive last year with slashed prices to...

ELECTION DAY HOLIDAY

to be on the first Tuesday in November? As with a variety of U.S. historical activities, it wasnt always that way. Beginning in 17...

Pivotal Life Experience

that is, if I do that work to the best of my ability, working in collaboration as a team member with my co-worker and colleagues. ...

Passover, Passing on the Tradition

This research paper/essay presents an overview of Passover that focuses on how the rituals of the holiday transmit this tradition ...

Application of Sectoral Determination 14: Hospitality Sector

The writer looks at the working conditions which will be applied under South African law to employees of a small guest house. Iss...