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- 1351: DEPRESSION
- Advertising.com COSHE.COM : uncategorized : Great Depression Great Depression The Great Depression was a disastrous business slump that affected millions of people throughout the entire United States. It began in 1929 and continued on, to some degree, until Click Here to Search COSHE's Database Again Great Depression The Great Depression was a disastrous business slump that affected millions of people throughout the entire United States. It began in 1929 and continued on, to some degree, until 1939. People lost their jobs, and families lost their homes. The country was ...
- 1352: Cuban Missile Crisis
- ... showed his true feelings for communism to his brother, Fidel. This causes quite a predicament for the Soviet Union to make them seen and heard by Cuba. Smartly, Russia sends Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan, who held business contacts in the US, to the states as a guest of the Russian ambassador. Fidel hears of Mikoyans arrival in the US and invites him to visit Cuba. Although Mikoyan is traveling throughout the ... unfortunately, Russia was unable to handle such a demand because of their limited overseas shipping capabilities. Subsequently, Russia puts an order for extra oil tankers from Italy, a capitalist country. When Italy agrees to the business proposition, the US is infuriated that another capitalist country was willing to help a communist country. Italy saw it as nothing more than an opportunity to make extra money, regardless of opposing economic systems. Back ...
- 1353: A Seize Of Power
- ... when the depression came about, Germany stopped receiving funds. That in turn sent Germanys economy on a downward spiral. Throughout all of this chaos, Hitler unlocked the path. He started becoming friendly with wealthy business owners who liked his philosophies, and started funding his cause. He started heavy campaign tactics to win support for the Nazi Party. This was made evident when in 1929 they had only had 12 representative ... and France, and he wanted to make Germany the great nation it once had been. When the elections came around, it was Hitler against Hindenberg, another WWI veteran. Hindenberg was counting on the support from business owners and from the respect he had earned in the war. With that support he came out of the elections as president. Even though he was defeated, Hitler was not deterred in the least in ...
- 1354: Marilyn Monroe
- ... got the attention she needed. Her first screen test at Fox was a silent test. There was no dialogue. Mr. Leon Shamroy was the motion picture cameraman who they said was the best in the business. He would photograph her screen test. Secretly one morning around 5:30, Mr. Shamroy and Marilyn sneaked on the set. She made up in a portable dressing room that Mr. Lyon sneaked out of wardrobe ... got the attention she needed. Her first screen test at Fox was a silent test. There was no dialogue. Mr. Leon Shamroy was the motion picture cameraman who they said was the best in the business. He would photograph her screen test. Secretly one morning around 5:30, Mr. Shamroy and Marilyn sneaked on the set. She made up in a portable dressing room that Mr. Lyon sneaked out of wardrobe ...
- 1355: Roots Of Individualism In Euro
- ... with their adversaries. Rather than an artisan tied to the traditions of a particular trade, the birth of capitalism liberated the goals and means of work. Capitalism allowed individuals to own and manage their own business and reflected the secular mind frame derived from the Renaissance Era. The individual is the unit on which capitalism is based. Bonds between merchants was based on free competition rather that the need to trade. This liberating system of economy allows rise for the individual to direct his own business. Individualism developed with the gradual transfer of power from large establishments to the individual and his rights and opportunities as a member of society. The importance and power of the individual was not fully realized ...
- 1356: Origin Of Heiroglyphics
- ... By 500 b.c., farming settlements were established all along the Nile River (Warburton, 69). Civilization in Egypt brought problems similar to those that arose in Sumer, but it was the growing government bureaucracy, not business, that created the need for writing, and the eventual development of hieroglyphics. Because the Nile flooded every year, the Egyptian farmers had begun to build dikes to keep the floodwaters out of towns, basins to ... pictures to represent objects, just as the Sumerians had. In combination, these pictures could also narrate an event. Egyptians, like Sumerians, must have quickly realized the limitations of writing with only pictograms. Their population and business was growing rapidly, requiring an even more accurate record-keeping system. Also, the power of the kings was growing and so was their desire to glorify themselves, especially on the massive tombs they had built ...
- 1357: Excellence Redefined
- ... doing in the financial world. He tries to explain this to his son, but Bud is so wrapped up in the money that is coming in, that he disregards the advice to get of the business. The basic plot is the interaction of these three characters, and how greed that is already present in Gekko overcomes Bud, only to leave the good of Buds father disregarded. Stone used Bud Fox ... Bud, and he is reason that Bud went through such a dramatic change. Trying to prevent this change is Buds father. Played by Martin Sheen, he warns Bud of the dangers involved with the business, and the deception and corruption that can result. Making money had become the religion on Wall Street, and it was making Bud Fox blind to his faults the same way Milken was confident there was ...
- 1358: Lane Frost A Fallen Champinion
- ... for riding bulls and died doing what he loved. Lane died at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in a battle between a 5'11'', 145-lb. man and a 2000 lb. bull named Taking Care of Business. He rode bull the for eight seconds, then tried to get off of it but as he did the bull turned and hooked him. It broke his ribs which punctured a main artery. Because of ... Bullmanina in Guthrie, Oklahoma the ride was to pay tribute to a good friend, Freckles Brown. Later that year was a fateful date in history Lane died on July 30, 1989, riding Taking Care of Business in Cheyenne, Wyoming (Angier 1-76). In 1994, the movie "8 Seconds" was released to pay tribute to Lane's life as a bull rider. Lane is played by Luke Perry. "Eight Seconds" is a ...
- 1359: Kuwait
- ... Don, which was made into a television movie series. The fashion industry has also glorified the Mafia through the entertainment industry with Armani suits, and expensive shoes. With mobsters, such as John Gotti, running the business from behind bars, the news has presented the Mafia as an underground business based upon drug smuggling, prostitution, loan sharking, and larceny. Whether it was prohibition, or the wanting of territory, the Mafia has become a part of the American culture. And while most associate the Mob with ...
- 1360: Korean American
- ... immigrants happen to be an important factor on Korean history. During the years 19031905, 7226 immigrants came to Hawaii. These immigrants hoped to earn enough money in 3 or 4 years and open a business in their homeland. Of the 7,226 immigrants, roughly 6000 were male adults, 600 were women, and 500 children. Just about 60% of them stayed and rest went back to Korea or moved to the ... immigrants from involving in Korean independence movement but made them more desperate to get their country back for their daughters and sons. By the time 1915 1920, Korean immigrants made enough money to start small business like laundry, barber, restaurant, shoe repair services, and so on. This meant that they were able to donate more to political activities. Korean immigrants built school for their children and churches. Korean immigrants were getting ...
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