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  2. Cahuita - Wikipedia

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    The Playa Negra (Black Beach) and Cahuita National Park are close to town. Limón is north of Cahuita. Puerto Viejo is the next town south. [10] The main access of Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge is located in this district, in the Manzanillo village.

  3. Bessie Anderson Stanley - Wikipedia

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    Her poem was written in 1904 for a contest held in Brown Book Magazine, [5] by George Livingston Richards Co. of Boston, Massachusetts [2] Mrs. Stanley submitted the words in the form of an essay, rather than as a poem. The competition was to answer the question "What is success?" in 100 words or less. Mrs. Stanley won the first prize of $250. [6]

  4. Cahuita National Park - Wikipedia

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    Originally the site was created as the Cahuita National Monument in 1970, and was reformed as a National Park in 1978. This change was ratified in 1982. Cahuita National Park also has the distinction of the only national park in Costa Rica not to charge an admission fee (at the Cahuita entrance) and instead relies on donations.

  5. Stars ‘manifesting’ success prompt Cambridge Dictionary’s ...

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    The oldest sense of the word manifest – which English poet Geoffrey Chaucer spelled as “manyfest” in the 14th century – is the adjective meaning “easily noticed or obvious”.

  6. History of English - Wikipedia

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    About 10,000 French and Norman loan words entered Middle English, particularly terms associated with government, church, law, the military, fashion, and food. [20] See English language word origins and List of English words of French origin. Although English is a Germanic language, it has a deep connection to Romance languages. The roots of ...

  7. Walter Ferguson (singer-songwriter) - Wikipedia

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    Ferguson's musical career spans over seven decades, and his work is considered to be an outstanding example of Afro-Caribbean culture. [12]After composing his first calypso "A sailing boat" in his twenties during WWII, he went on to write an estimated two hundred throughout his life, including "Cabin in the Wata", "Callaloo" and "Carnaval Day".

  8. Essay - Wikipedia

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    In English essay first meant "a trial" or "an attempt", and this is still an alternative meaning. The Frenchman Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) was the first author to describe his work as essays; he used the term to characterize these as "attempts" to put his thoughts into writing. Subsequently, essay has been

  9. Success - Wikipedia

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    The criteria for success depend on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. One person might consider a success what another person considers a failure, particularly in cases of direct competition or a zero-sum game. Similarly, the degree of success or failure in a situation may be differently viewed by distinct ...