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- 3041: Oil in America
- ... the oil industry and the country. The facts are clear that there have been disasters in the oil field industry in the past ten years and they stand out in history. The article "Myths We Wouldn't Miss", by the Mobil Corporation, states that there hasn't been a major off shore oil disaster in past years. That may be true ... to Grose "the tanker tried to correct itself but it cracked in half and spilled 7,700,000 gallons into the water. This spill is the largest spill in the history of the United States."(Grose,vii) This set off scientific activity which went on for a full year. There were some redeeming factors about this spill. The wind prevented the ...
- 3042: A Study Of The Market Reforms In Post-Communist Eastern Europe With A Specific Case Study of Poland
- ... countries have addressed the needed changes in the same fashion. Poland has been a leader in foreign investment and involvement when compared to it's post-comminist counterparts. Poland: Brief History The name Poland is derived from that of the Polanie, a Slavic people that settled in the area, probably in the 5th century AD. Poland is a nation in east ... in Poland" Discussion paper No 3, London School of Economics, 1990. -Chilosi, A., "Poland's Program of Economic Transformation", Paper presented at NATO-Colloquium, Brussels, 1990. -Dziewanowski, M.K. "A History of Soviet Russia", Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1989. -Gomulka, S. And Rostowski, J., "An International Comparison of Material Intensity", Journal of Comparitive Economics, No4:475-501 Dec 1988. -Kremer, M ...
- 3043: Work
- ... Clee and Clee 233-234). Three different attitudes toward work, expressed by several writers whom I have recently studied agree that hard work yields positive rewards. Henry F. Bedford, a history teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy, and Trevor Colbourne, a teacher at the University of New Hampshire, examine the Puritan attitude toward work in their book The Americans: A Brief History. Puritans stress the goodness of working by relating it to religious beliefs. Sloth is sinful, but the Puritans also pointed out that it was self-defeating. Leisure is even considered ...
- 3044: Japan On Its Way To Be The World's Largest Economy
- ... 20 A modern economy is argued to "need creative thinkers willing to take risks, which Japan's schools are not producing."21 This may be true as Japan has a history of copying Western products detail by detail. The lack of creativity is dismissed by the Japanese. They feel that "copying is common sense. Relieved of the burden of having to ... and developing the necessary human skills. The East has borrowed heavily from the West in improving its business performance; the West could also take note of the lessons of Japanese history and culture and consider applying them in its own organizations.
- 3045: General Motors - Financial Ratio Analysis
- General Motors - Financial Ratio Analysis I. General Motors History Highlights In its early years the automobile industry consisted of hundreds of firms, each producing a few models. William Durant, who bought and reorganized a failing Buick Motors in 1904 ... Automobile. In 1990 GM launched Saturn, its first new nameplate since 1926, reflecting a new companywide emphasis on quality. Two years later it made the largest stock offering in US history, raising $2.2 billion. Culminating a period of boardroom coups (relating to the company's lagging effort to reduce costs) in the early 1990s, John Smith replaced Robert Stempel as ...
- 3046: The Great Depression
- ... economic policies. The Great Depression and the New Deal are complex topics that are open to many interpretations. The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. history, and one which spread to virtually all of the industrialized world. Seeing the order in which events actually occurred dispels many myths about the Great Depression. One of the greatest ... conservative Supreme Court strikes down federal child labor legislation. 1923 •President Warren Harding dies in office; his administration seemed to me, to be one of the most corrupt in American history. Calvin Coolidge, who is squeaky clean by comparison, becomes president. Coolidge is no less committed to laissez-faire and a non-interventionist government. He announces to the American people: "The ...
- 3047: Chinese Economic Reform under Communist Rule
- ... of this economic crisis to discredit Hua and aim for leadership of the party. "Reform policies became Deng's platform against Hua for post-Mao leadership" (Shirk 36). Given this history of economic reform, it is evident that "under the present system economic questions are necessarily political questions" (Dorn 43). Once Deng and his faction had prevailed, it was necessary for ... on the experiences of Taiwan and the other Asian 'small dragons'" (Nathan 99). One analyst has maintained that "China now stands at the threshold of the greatest opportunity in human history: a new economic era promising greater wealth and achievement than any previous epoch" (Gilder 369). Illustrative of this optimistic feeling is Shanghai, an area that was designated for preferential conditions ...
- 3048: Capitalism
- ... I will give my own perspective on the economic theories that I'm presenting. These are just a few of the things that I will be discussing in this paper. HISTORY OF CAPITALISM Many of the institutions of capitalism can be traced back to Greek and Roman times. Things such as trade, moneylending, and insurance were well known practices to them ... was such a problem with inflation during the 70's. I believe it to be unfair to blame him when we saw some of the biggest economic growth in the history of the U.S. during the 1980's. Reagan, as well as many other conservatives, believed that if you cut taxes, it would give incentive to businesses to invest there ...
- 3049: Coca-Cola and its Evolution
- ... 1985 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at the Lincoln Center. Some two hundred TV and newspaper reporters attended this very glitzy announcement. It included a question and answer session, a history of Coca-Cola, and many other elements(Oliver 131). The debut was accompanied by an advertising campaign that revived the Coca-Cola theme song of the early 1970s, "I'd ... in Atlanta, never to be used again"(Demott et. al 55). This is what many Coke officials said, "This is the most significant soft drink development in the company's history"(Demott et. al 54). The change back to the old Coke was known as the Second Coming. Roberto Goizueta said, "Today, we have two messages to deliver to the American ...
- 3050: Landscape Architecture as a Career
- ... interest in outdoor space, which had waned during the Middle Ages, was revived with splendid results in Italy and gave rise to ornate villas, gardens, and great outdoor piazzas. The history of the profession in North America begins with Fredrick Law Olmsted, who rejected the name "landscape gardener" in favor of the title of "landscape architect," which he felt better reflected the scope of the profession (3). The history of landscape architecture places it where is today. The career of a landscape architect requires the use of many job characteristics. Many personal qualifications and qualities are required to become ...
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