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    Great Falls How awkward it is to come home to a young stranger in your kitchen and your wife upstairs packing her suitcase. In the story‚ “Great Falls” by Richard Ford‚ an unusual example of a marriage gone wrong is given‚ but at the beginning of the story it was said that‚ “This is not a happy story‚ I warn you” so I guess it wouldn’t be such a surprise when the story ends so sadly. The mother in the story had obviously not married Jack for love because on page 41 she simply left him for a young

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    Richard Ford was without a doubt inspired by events from his personal life whilst writing The Sportswriter. This becomes evident when you compare Richard Ford to the protagonist of the story. Both hails from Mississippi‚ lives in New Jersey and published a well-received collection of short stories earlier in life. To remain in the headlights after the initial breakthrough did however prove to be tough and as a result their fame died out. The following years they worked as sports journalists for a

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    Writer in Focus Assignment ENGL1205 “Writer in Focus: Richard Ford” In literature class we read two short narratives by author Richard Ford: Rock Springs and My Mother in Memory. Rock Springs is about a criminal automobile theft and his girlfriend running away to get away from their pasts‚ but ironically end up living the same life because of their continued life of crime. The second story was based on a man’s Reflection on his relationship with his mother whom had passed on. What I enjoyed

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    Richard Nixon’s resignation and General Ford’s speech addressing the pardon of Richard Nixon have a similar purpose relating to Nixon’s resignation. Both pieces have completely different design‚ layout and execution. But Both pieces‚ however‚ still have a common purpose of using reasons to back up Nixon’s actions of resigning. General Ford’s pardon starts with a religious statement‚ later he begins to explain why he feels it is the right thing for Nixon to resign. He explains that his trials and

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    words‚ short stories must achieve the same level of investment and emotion as novels with a thousand words or more available to them. This often requires passionate conflicts and quick resolutions‚ aspects which are strangely absent from Richard Ford’s Great Falls. The text is driven by unadulterated pragmatism. Every action a character makes - every sentence‚ every word - embodies the ideals of the modern tragedy that it realism. A narrative that follows ordinary people dealing with average issues

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    Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford both gave incredibly powerful speeches‚ however‚ they both wrote these in a very different manner. Richard Nixon was very blunt while Ford repeated himself and prolonged his speech. In the second paragraph of Nixon’s speech‚ he stated‚ “..it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the congress to justify continuing that effort” (Address Announcing Resignation). In just the second paragraph of his speech‚ he wants to let it be

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    biggest companies that have worked a lot on diversity is Ford Motor Organization. Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the world’s second largest automaker‚ selling vehicles in 200 markets and with approximately 345‚000 employees on six continents. Ford also is a family with a heritage of strong and clear values. One of the most essential of Ford values is their commitment to diversity and inclusion. For Ford‚ diversity is a means to an end. It is one of the ways

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    acknowledged for this innovation of the automobile was Henry Ford. Henry was born in Wayne County ‚ Michigan on July 30 ‚1863 . He was educated after high school at Goldsmith Bryant & Stratton Business College in Detroit . Henry Ford became the American industrialist the founder of the Ford motor company and the sponsor of the development of

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    History of Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is one of the greatest automobile manufacturers of all time. They started under Henry Ford in Detroit‚ Michigan. Ford had a skill for craftsmanship when he built an experimental car in 1896. It was a twin cylinder engine with potential of 20 mph. In 1899 he left his job in order to organize the Detroit Automobile Company. Henry’s first attempt at a car company under his own name was the Henry Ford Company on November 3‚ 1901‚ which became the

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    Part 1: Executive Summary After carefully analyzing Ford’s existing supply chain I immediately became aware of its highly complex nature. This high level of complexity combined with other internal and external factors have pushed Ford to search for solutions in order to overcome the costly supply chain challenges that they are facing and may continue to face in the future. Ford’s major difficulty in their present system is: the inefficient control of their large data base and complex network of suppliers

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