But some people use gift-giving as an occasion to push their partners to try new things or to improve their tastes.
Whether you're actively looking for a new job or just willing to jump if the right opportunity comes along, use this season as an occasion to make yourself a better job candidate.
In a letter to both hourly and salaried workers, Akerson used the coming Labor Day holiday as an occasion to say nice things about unions and promote the idea of labor peace.
If Watergate made it axiomatic that the coverup trumps the crime, the Checkers speech can be regarded as an occasion when a style of exculpation proved more memorable than the substance of an accusation.
Stoke took their foot off the pedal for the last 20 minutes as their army of fans basked in the glory of a performance worthy of an occasion billed as Sir Stanley Matthews Day in honour of the club legend.
Nor did he have anything with him that might serve as a gift on such an occasion.
If a lumber merchant in Philadelphia financed his inventory with a short-term loan, that loan would enter the banking system as an asset and somewhere down the line occasion the issuance of banknotes used to pay the lumberjacks in Wisconsin.
It will be an occasion to focus on a source as rich as the Confucian tradition, which can serve as a bridge for dialogue on universal ideals.
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"As an ex-military man this is a special occasion for me, knowing there is approximately 100 Brummies currently serving in the five regular battalions, including The Rifles, fills me with a great sense of pride, " he said.
Wagashi strike me as the equivalent of edible poems: A single one can simultaneously mark an occasion, reflect a shift in nature and allude to a work of literature.
"This play is an occasion to understand something that's happened to you as well as a larger story that has larger importance to a larger section of the world, " he said.
The IYWC launch event will be an occasion to raise awareness on the multiple dimensions of water cooperation, such as sustainable and economic development, climate change, food security or gender.
The performance from Quins at Munster must surely rank as the best by an English club side this season, especially when you take into account the occasion, the venue and the opposition.
Yet as we near the 10th anniversary of the attacks that thrust our nation into war, this is also an occasion to pay tribute to a soldier, and a generation, that has borne the burden of our security during a hard decade of sacrifice.
WHITEHOUSE: Medal of Honor for Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry
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