Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
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| A Brief History of Kwanzaa |
| All holidays were invented at one time or another– Kwanzaa is probably the newest. Kwanzaa was born during the turbulent Sixties, in a time when Black Americans were demanding -and finally receiving- their civil rights. |
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| History & Genealogy |
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| Ferdinand & World War I |
| World War I was started by an almost insignificant event -- if such an event can be called insignificant. But the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the ignition of the tinder that surrounded the dynamite which turned into World War I. |
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| Faith & Spirituality |
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| Reverse Speech: Satan or a Manner of Speaking? |
| Backward masking or reverse speech was given national attention when hidden messages were discovered in some of the Beatles' songs. The "Paul is dead" messages led to a period in which teenagers were as interested in playing rock albums backwards as forwards. |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| What Are The Odds? |
| It's an uncertain world. No one knows from this day to the next what will happen or what to expect. Life itself is a gamble, and we play the odds everyday, irregardless of who those odds favor. However, we still want to know if the odds are in favor or against a certain event. |
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