Weyerhaeuser's business was booming before the First World War and, after the onset of the war Weyerhaeuser began making sending spruce from Weyerhaeuser forests to build World War I airplanes. ... Post-war Weyerhaeuser paper company continues to grown expanding there ability to ship all over the world after the construction of the Panama Canal. ... When the country was again hit with hard times during the Second World War and the company turned to the women to step up and keep the mills running while the soldiers were away. ... The company continued to turn out new products during t...

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Calverley 6 May 2003 History Essay: Final Draft The Foreign Policies of Woodrow Wilson: Why America Entered the First World War After Declaring Neutrality in 1914 The Great War was an incredible landmark in the history of mankind. ... The American government was also of the view that entering the war in Europe would not be economically beneficial because the war potentially meant that America might be prevented from trading with opposing countries. The economic savings of not entering the war were significant as well; by not entering the war, the United States did not have to be...

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"Apparently he'd gone 'down the line' and been assigned to a company who'd been in the trenches all through the fire storms without being relieved. ... In The Wars, Roberts mother, Mrs. Ross does not react well to Robert leaving for war. ... War makes it difficult to maintain a healthy and loving relationship. ... Robert is a private person and is generally lonely, he would have wanted Barbara's company to take away from the loneliness that he felt and Barbara was used to being with a man then him leaving. ...

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Nancy Pelosi once said "Women are leaders everywhere you look-from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. ... Women made a breakthrough in 1914 during and after World War 1, where they gained some equality between themselves and men. ... Also, because of their help in the war, it gave men and others alike a new depiction of women. ... In cause of this women were regarded as a force to be proud of by the middle of the war (Martin, 2009). ... Seeing both the pros and the cons of their work in the war effort, women faced confl...

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His Grandfather, Uriah York, was an Army Veteran of the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. ... Because of his objections, he was called before his company commander, George Buxton. ... Army, Company G, 328th Infantry, 82d Division. ... With war becoming more likely again in Europe, Alvin began pleading with people to avoid war at all costs. ... Because of his opposition to war, Alvin was hesitant. ...

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This company based from Germany is very well known and is popular all over the world. ... This company, which has been around for over sixty years, is a well-known company which three line parallel logo could be recognized by nearly anyone all across the world. ... At a young age Adolf started producing his own sport shoes in his mother's laundry after his return from World War 1. ... Rudolf wanted to start his own shoe business named Puma, which is also a very well-known company that is still around today which also a billion dollar company. ... With rich history and being known for qu...

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I believe that even thought both companies engaged in the same rotten behavior, people supported Netscape because Microsoft was and is the #1 target in the industry. ... Many other companies commit the same sort of despicable acts that Microsoft does, but they simply aren't big enough to be worth worrying about. ... It wasn't just the fact that we were at war, either, because no other war has had the same effect on the economy. ... Still, looking back from this vantage point in history and contrasting the aftermath of the two world wars as well as various minor wars, it does seem ...

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We can see this in the globalisation of production, where large companies have moved production to underdeveloped nations where manufacturing is cheaper. (Viotti & kauppi, 1987 pp 351) These nations often have to go out of their way to accommodate these companies. ... Between 1618 and 1648 Europe was torn apart by a horrific war known as the thirty years war, which finally ended with the peace of Westphalia. ... (Baylis & Smith, 2001 pp 43) This theory held until at least the end of the Second World War. End of World War Two It was the end of another devastating war that led to another...

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Then, in World War I, aircrafts were introduced. World War I & II Aviation in World War I Began with reconnaissance flights. ... New high-speed fighter tactics were deployed in the Korean and Vietnam wars. ... Modern large commercial-airplane manufacturers "such The Boeing Company in the United States and Airbus in Europe "offer a wide variety of aircraft with different capabilities. ... There are many companies that invest in this domain. ...

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" "Fly Away Peter" charts Jim's loss of innocence as he confronts the brutality of war and the truth about human nature." ... He learns all of this, and more, when he leaves his comfort zone and witnesses first hand the atrocities of war. ... The hellish conditions of war evidently bring out the worst in human nature, even in a mild, reflective person like Jim. ... In the midst of the fighting, "a month after they came over, a Saturday in February," Jim is "first touched" by the war. During "a long afternoon unloading ammunition-boxes," the men in "D company" learn the cruel lesso...

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The war between the Central and Allied powers in Europe dominate the headlines. ... It seems Americans felt an overwhelming need to be updated on the war overseas. ... The statement that this will be "the last great war" he remarks is ridiculous. ... The United States seems to give weight to each country involved in the war. ... One such ad that stressed the fitting in to society is a booklet put out by the Funk and Wagnalls Company to teach English. ...

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Captain Eddie Rickenbacker became the American ace of aces during World War I by having more victories than any American pilot of that war or any other. By the end of the war in 1918, Rickenbacker had destroyed twenty-two airplanes and four balloons, bringing his total to twenty-six. ... "While still in his teens he took a position with the Frayer-Miller Air-Cooled Car Company, a move which proved to be a turning point in his life- (Hudson 72). ... When the United States entered the war in 1917, Rickenbacker was in England organizing a racing team for the Sunbeam Motor Company. ... One of the ...

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(lecture) After the resulting war was the string of events to cause the rise of Nazism. Germany's surrender after the war was devastating to the German people who thought they were winning. ... All of Europe faced economic hardship after a costly war, the germans were not alone. In fact they came out of the war in better shape economically than the winners. ... Skyrocketing unemployment, savings wiped out and companies and banks going out of business sapped even more pride out of the German people. ...

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World War I was over and the people of Germany were in an economic depression that crippled the country. ... He held briefings with his senior military advisors, often in the company of Party officials and other hangers-on, each afternoon and late each night. ... After the war, the picture emerged of Hitler as a megalomaniac who refused to listen to his military experts and who, as a consequence, lost the war for Germany. ... Certainly his operational decisions, especially early in the war, were sometimes as good as, or better than, those of his generals. ... He began by accepting war agai...

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As Hitler and the Nazi's power rose in Germany during the 1920s, 30s and 40s, after World War I, we begin to see how this happened and compare it to the concepts of Democracy which we live by today. ... After World War I in 1918, Germany was a nation with political and social problems. ... This meant that Germany was forced to take the blame for causing the war and had to pay for all the war damages; as well as give up some land to France and Poland and was also forbidden to have any submarines or military aircraft. ... It didn't take very long; on October 29, 1929 the Stock Mark...

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Alexandra began to trust his opinion on an ever-widening range of issues, to the point where he was advising her, while Nikolai was at war, on the hiring and firing of government ministers. ... Another event that troubled Nicholas" reign was a humiliating war with Japan. ... Even greater losses, however, were suffered in World War I (the second war during Nicholas" reign), which Russia entered on the Allied side in 1914. ... His reign was one of continual trouble: Witte's reforms causing protesting, war with Japan, 1905 revolution, Rasputin's influence on the family, World War I, and...

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