Henry Ford was born in Dearborn‚ Michigan. His parents were William and Mary Ford. At the early age of 16‚ Ford decided to leave home and head to the city of Detroit. There‚ he was an apprentice to a machinist. In 1888‚ Ford would marry his wife‚ Clara Bryant. Henry Ford would go on to be one of the most successful designers of his time. His invention of the Model T was one that advanced the world to new levels. Also known as the Tin Lizzie‚ the Model T made transportation a much simpler process
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Johnny Monsarrat Expands Operation in Boston Globe Building (1888 PressRelease) Johnny Monsarrat is the founder and CEO of Hard Data Factory‚ the company that owns and runs Events INSIDER a popular new England events site. Boston‚ MA - Johnny Monsarrat already runs the largest events blog in New England‚ Events INSIDER‚ and it got bigger this week with the hire of an arts editor. Based in the Boston Globe headquarters‚ as a separate organization providing events to the Globe‚ Events
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1884‚ Chile emerged from the war of the Pacific as a possible threat to the supremacy of the United States. The Chilean navy‚ the strongest fleet in the Pacific at that time was able to confront the American policy. (Goldberg‚ 1984‚ p.123) Finally‚ in 1888 Chile annexed Easter Island located 2000 miles west of Valparaiso and by occupying Easter Island‚ Chile was able to join the imperial nations. By 1891‚ The United States become more powerful and it had significant influence in Latin America
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Pemberton claimed Coca-Cola cured many diseases‚ including morphine addiction‚ dyspepsia‚ neurasthenia‚ and headache. A century later‚ the Coca-Cola Company has produced more than 10 billion gallons of syrup. Unfortunately‚ for Pemberton‚ he died in 1888 without realizing the success of the beverage he had created. Here are a few fun facts about Coca-Cola One of the most famous advertising slogans in Coca-Cola history "The Pause That Refreshes" first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1929
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from the mining academy of St. Etienne (École des Mines de Saint-Étienne) in 1860. The nineteen-year old engineer started at the mining company Compagnie de Commentry-Fourchambeau- Decazeville‚ ultimately acting as its managing director from 1888 to 1918. Based largely on his own management experience‚ he developed his concept of administration. These 14 principles of management were discussed in detail in his book published in 1917‚ Administration industrielle et générale. It was published
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Review on Alcoa ’s Core Values in Practice Porsha Jones BUS250 Jana Radley-Killeen June 16‚ 2014 Alcoa was established in 1888 under the name of the Pittsburgh Reduction Company‚ later on in 1907‚ changing it ’s name to Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa). In a few years time‚ Alcoa had industrialized into a broad vertical integration with complete input control over aluminum production. This company ’s value-based culture was solid. According to Alcoa‚ “ In all of our operations‚ our values
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Publisher Roberts Brothers Publication date 1868 (1st volume) 1869 (2nd volume) Media type Print Followed by Little Men Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). The book was written and set in the Alcott family home‚ Orchard House‚ in Concord‚ Massachusetts. It was published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. The novel follows the lives of four sisters – Meg‚ Jo‚ Beth‚ and Amy March – and is loosely based
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John Crowe Ransom was one of the leading poets of his generation. He was a highly respected teacher and critic. Ransom was intimately connected to the early twentieth-century literary movement known as the Fugitives‚ later the Southern Agrarians. Around the year 1915‚ a group of Vanderbilt University teachers and students began meeting to discuss trends in American life and literature. They recorded their concerns in a magazine of verse entitled the Fugitive‚ which‚ though it appeared little more
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Imperialism By 1892‚ america was producing more than it could consume.Senator Albert beveridge of indiana puts it this way: " we are raising more than we can consume... Making more than we can use. Therefore‚ we must find new markets for our produce‚ new occupation for out capital‚ new work for our labor" Josiah strong congregational minister‚ josiah strong began his career trying to convert indians to christianity. Linking economic and spiritual expansion strong advocated an "imperialism
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narrated in the first person by the author‚ who is referred to as ’J’ by his friends. It begins with J‚ and his friends harris and George‚ deciding to take a boat trip up the Thames from Kingston to oxford‚ and then back again (the book was written in 1888‚ when boating on the Thames was enormously popular). They are unanimous in agreeing that this is a good idea (except for J’s dog‚ Montmorency‚ who doesn’t care for boating). They have trouble getting packed‚ and in the morning Harris and J take
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