From 1908 and on, film companies began to cluster around Hollywood, and the Nestor Film Company was the only company to actually settle at a location in Hollywood. ... Here is where the company's first real star and bankable holding were created. ... With the success of Rin Tin Tin, other companies began to see the Warners as competition. ... The Warner Brothers were, without a doubt, the quickest expanding film company in Hollywood. ... World War II caused many European filmmakers to travel to America, which definitely made Hollywood in the thirties and forties unique. ...

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During the French and Indian War of 1754, British troops provided blankets that had been infected with smallpox to the American Indians. ... During the 19th century, when President Lincoln and 12 other public officials were assassinated, these were acts of terrorism connected to the Civil War. ... Because of the global concern about terrorism, the U.S. war on terrorism is justified. ... Moreover, economist feel that once the worst of the war is over, the stage would be set for a healthy recovery, probably even sometime next year. In the past, wars have ha...

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As a result, the Cold War became a topic of much controversy and fear. ... In this way, large companies such as General Electric saw their business skyrocket. This company, as well as a multitude of others, began to advertise more frequently and through a variety of different arenas. ... Efficiency became very important to the companies. ... He worked here throughout the duration of the war. ...

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There is a lot to talk about when it comes to effects of war on children. ... Children have been victims of war all around the globe. As a result of war, I will be giving my own experience on how war has impacted my brother and me as children. ... One of the effects of war children suffer from is Injury. ... There are more effects of war on children, without holding back; lets get to the next effect of war on children. ...

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Many issues have to be resolved before a company can even consider entering uncharted foreign waters. This becomes very evident as one begins to study the international cola wars. The domestic cola war between Coca-Cola and Pepsi is still raging. ... Often, the company that gets into a foreign market first usually dominates that country's market. ... Moreover, Coca-Cola has a partnership with a local company, Ci-Co, in Bucharest and Brasov. ...

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However, the government found it difficult to decide upon and state one overriding reason for going to war. ... S. public opinion in favor of war. ... The war also was financed by countries which were unable to send in troops. ... Before the war, it appeared obvious that Iraq would have very little chance against the Coalition. ... Bhagdad was bombed fiercely by the coalition's fighter airplanes in the first night of the war. ...

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It was not until after the Civil War, however, that a permanent railroad bridge was constructed across the Ohio River. After the Civil War, the pace of railroad building increased. ... The Pacific Railroads were founded when the Civil War was in progress. ... The two companies struggled to beat each other in slamming down a record mileage of track. ... Another difference between the two companies was their work-forces. ...

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German and British oil companies negotiated joint ownership of the Turkish Petroleum Company which would produce oil in Mesopotamia(now know as Iraq). A little while later the first world war broke out. ... This gave a 23.75 percent share in holdings of the Iraq Petroleum Company to American companies. ... This began the crucial war called the Iran-Iraq War. ... As the war built, allies started to form. ...

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One of the most tragic of all wars is civil war. ... One of the few wars fought in North America was the Civil War. ... The consequences of the Civil War effected the soldiers during the war and during postwar. ... The Appalachian Civil War can be pawned off as a political battle, but is this really the true reason of the war? There are several opinions about the war, and one can only judge within their self the true meaning behind the Civil War and any other war for that matter. ...

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The years following the Civil War had seen a steady preparation for this. ... He declared that it was the duty of the United States to enforce the findings of this commission "by every means in its power," which meant war if Britain remained adamant. ... During World War II, the United States stationed 65,000 troops in Panama to protect the canal. ... America's 1898 war with Spain made a canal seem essential. During the Spanish-American War, the only way for U.S. battleships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean was to make an 8,000 mile journey around Cape Horn at the tip of Sou...

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Early indications suggest that this could cost the ailing company as much as £200 Million per annum, a figure that the company could not sustain. ... During the seventies British Leyland (as the company was then known) was severely damaged by strike action, which led finally to the nationalisation of the company in 1977. ... The company built the Rover 75 to fit the new company taxation system but its smaller vehicles (a significantly growing market) are over 10 years old and uncompetitive in the market place hence adding to declining sales. ... Secondly the company is still a big em...

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Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik Company. This rifle was developed for a number of reasons in late World War Two. ... In the later stages of the war when Germany tried to invade Russia there was a massive shock to the Germans. ... It was a stroke of luck that it came too late to change the course of the war. ... When the war ended, Kalashnikov and his team continued their work on the new fully automatic weapon. ...

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It was through working at the Detroit Edison Illuminating Company that Ford met Thomas Edison. ... Could he give up his "hobby" of automobile building and devote himself to the company? ... In 1899 Ford left Edison to help run the Detroit Automobile Company. ... After two unsuccessful attempts to establish a company to manufacture automobiles, the Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903 with Henry Ford as vice-president and chief engineer. ... Before the United States entered World War I, he despaired wi...

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And yet, when Noriega was finally indicted in Miami in 1988, all the charges except one were related to activities that dated back before 1984, when he was our boy, helping with the U.S. war against Nicaragua. ... Among other things, he seems to have been dragging his feet about helping the U.S. in the contra war. ... Then in December 1989, the United States celebrated the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the Cold War by invading Panama outright. ...

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Joint-stock companies provided the financial support for colonization. ... England Plants the Jamestown Seedling 1. 1606- a joint-stock company, the Virginia Company of London received a charter from king James I of England to start a settlement in the New World. ... Virginia company's charter guaranteed overseas settlers the same rights as native Englishmen. ... Virginia Company declared war in the Indians. Indians were driven westward. 4. 1644- Second Anglo-Powhatan War, Indians were again defeated. ...

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It was through working at the Detroit Edison Illuminating Company that Ford met Thomas Edison. ... Could he give up his "hobby" of automobile building and devote himself to the company? ... In 1899 Ford left Edison to help run the Detroit Automobile Company. ... After two unsuccessful attempts to establish a company to manufacture automobiles, the Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903 with Henry Ford as vice-president and chief engineer. ... Before the United States entered World War I, he despaired...

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He went back to New York as a hero of the Spanish American War in which he fought with the first Calvary unit, "The Rough Riders." ... When Roosevelt became president at age forty two many people were critical of the young rambunctious war hero. ... He himself helped build up U.S Steel, the steel company which controlled sixty percent of the nation's steel industry. The first trust Roosevelt went after was a railroad company called the Northern Security Company which was created in 1901. ...

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To make up for the shortage of labor, the Company sent black slaves to New Amsterdam. ... The Company then created outposts in South America, which led to the Company's demise. ... In 1672, when Holland and England went to war, the Dutch soldiers retook New Amsterdam and renamed it Fort Orange. When the war was over, it was signed back over to the English because the Dutch did not want the land. ... During the 1750s, the Company built 3 great docks to help out the shipping industry. ...

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." I fell in line with the other shoeless members of my company and left the battlefield at Brice's Crossroads. ... After twenty days of marching, my feet were blistered and bloodied as were those of my company mates. ... "Name, rank, and company!... My new life had just begun; I was a prisoner of war. ...

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There was also a substantial rise in the women's labor force during World War II when the men went off to war and the women were needed in the factories. But when the men returned from war, there was a considerable decline in the women's labor force as the men reclaimed the jobs that were once theirs. ... Not only does it increase loyalty and motivation within the company, it also drives employees to produce their highest quality of work, which in turn reduces turnover. ...

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The returns from the stock market seemed so assured that many companies started investing in stocks resulting in the price of the stocks going higher and higher. ... Across the country many people lost their savings, many companies failed, and faith was lost in the banks. ... When businesses began to fail the government created the Smoot-Hawley Tariff in 1930 to help protect American companies. ... The inventory of the companies that sold these items started to rise and accumulate. ... The depression would last over a decade and would only end with the conclusion of World War II. ...

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As the company sets off the next morning, Gandalf explains that he has checked the road ahead up to the last safe stop along their way. ... Elrond gives the company valuable information, for he can interpret the ancient runes on their new weapons and Thorin's map of the mountain. The swords taken from the trolls, he tells them, are from the great wars between the elves and the goblins, and they are famous goblin-killers. ... Bilbo and company advance upon the Misty Mountains. ... However, he can find nothing to indicate to him where the rest of the company is, or in which direction the ex...

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During World War II new slogan "It's the real thing- was designed (Oliver, 1986). ... In the course of the war military personal drank 5 billion bottles of Coke (Pendergrast, 1993). ... But in the sixties the company expended. ... He joined the company in 1961. ... For 16 years of his leadership as CEO, Coca-Cola Company had grown from 4 billion companies to 80 billion in sales. ...

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To protect your market share, you have to start or to be part of the pricing war. And like in every market driven by a pricing war, the inevitable outcome is price-cutting to the marginal costs. ... In the end, profits are reduced to zero and companies have to give up the market. The few companies that managed to survive are the ones with a cost leadership strategy. This concept, developed by Michael Porter, described a company that has for strategy to have the lowest costs of operation in the industry in order to propose the best price. ...

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The First World War: A Complete History. New York, NY: Henry Hold and Company, 1994. ... New York, NY: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1953. ... World War I World War I, also called the Great War, lasted from 1914 to 1918, and began as a local conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. ... John Reed, and American war correspondent, visited Serbia during the war soon after typhus had hit. ...

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