Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
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| Family Business in Film |
| There’s no business like show business, and no business quite like a family business. Even Hollywood has paid homage to this unique blend of business and pleasure. Check out these movies featuring family businesses. What’s your favorite? What would you add to the list? |
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| 15 Fun Facts about Animal Crackers |
| 1. Even though they are commonly just called ˜animal crackers', their actual name is really ˜Barnum's Animals Crackers'. The latter is a little more difficult to say (especially with the ˜s' on animals) so I can see why we've resorted to the shorter version. |
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| Kissing Under the Mistletoe -What Was That About? |
| The thought of mistletoe has lodged itself in my brain and having some spare time this afternoon, I decided to see what I could find out about the tradition of kissing beneath a few sprigs. |
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| Legacies of Plague |
| The Black Death in the Middle ages has left behind a few legacies. Quarantine is derived from the Italian word “quaranti”, meaning “forty”. This came about after Venice decided to fight against the contamination of plague by requiring trading ships to wait a period of forty days. |
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