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  2. Prom - Wikipedia

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    Some Australian schools also have a Semi-formal for year 11 (16-17) students. As the name suggests, attire for the occasion is generally formal. [45] Boys will usually dress in a suit and tie. Girls traditionally wear formal gowns or dresses. In most cases a school formal is held at a local reception center or ballroom.

  3. International Men's Day - Wikipedia

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    In the keynote speech C. W. Roberts defined the purpose of International Men's Day as: "A global occasion to celebrate the positive contributions and variegated experience of being male. On this day we celebrate men's and boys' strengths whilst taking time to acknowledge their vulnerabilities and their needs."

  4. German honorifics - Wikipedia

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    In oral address, doubling the doctorates only appears in very formal occasions (beginning of speeches, introducing a person etc.) Herr Doktor without the last name is the usual address for a medical doctor, and sometimes regionally for one's attorney (if he holds a doctorate in law); otherwise the last name is usually attached.

  5. Upanayana - Wikipedia

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    A boy receives during this ceremony a sacred thread called the yajnopavita to be worn. The yajnopavita ceremony announces that the child had entered into formal education. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] In the modern era, the Upanayana rite of passage is open to anyone at any age. [ 1 ]

  6. Commencement speech - Wikipedia

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    A commencement speech or commencement address is a speech given to graduating students, generally at a university, although the term is also used for secondary education institutions and in similar institutions around the world. The commencement is a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred upon graduating students. A commencement ...

  7. We choose to go to the Moon - Wikipedia

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    The portion of the speech quoted on the left begins at 9:03. On September 12, 1962, a warm and sunny day, President Kennedy delivered his speech before a crowd of about 40,000 people, at Rice University's Rice Stadium. Many individuals in the crowd were Rice University students. [9] [11] The middle portion of the speech has been widely quoted:

  8. Homophobic speech in youth sports doesn't just harm gay boys ...

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    Boys go into those spaces knowing the ways to talk about sports, and it can add to anxiety and discomfort if you don’t ‘do boy’ as expected. You’re under that surveillance.”

  9. Korean honorifics - Wikipedia

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    Gun (군, 君) is used moderately in formal occasions (such as weddings), for young, unmarried males. gun is also used to address young boys by an adult. yang (양, 孃) is the female equivalent of gun and is used to address young girls. Both are used in a similar fashion to ssi, following either the whole name or the first name in solitude ...