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    equipment. In 1946‚ the last remaining Johannsen brother sold the company to West Virginia Steel for $4 million. For its investment‚ West Virginia Steel (WVS) obtained three Johannsen steel mills–located in Pittsfield‚ Rhode Island (500 employees)‚ Akron‚ Ohio (100 employees)‚ and Los Angeles (16 employees)–and two steel-wire warehouses–one in Chicago (8 employees) and one in Los Angeles (4 employees). WVS kept Johannsen completely intact as a wholly owned subsidiary. The 1940s and 1950s witnessed

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    Definition of Marketing

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    Marketing does not lend itself easily to definition‚ as there are numerous ways to define the term ‘marketing.’ Marketing has had a long history of being associated and involved with advertising‚ promoting or selling‚ in other words persuading consumers to purchase their products‚ however‚ these aspects are just the basic and typical generalisation that are used when defining marketing. This essay will analyse various definitions of marketing and highlight how they are different. In the text

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    A strong woman once said‚ “Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free‚ and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.” Sojourner Truth meant that because she is now a freed slave and she will do great things with her life. Truth was a former slave‚ who escaped slavery and began helping others. Truth not only became one of the most influential advocates for abolition‚ but also for women’s rights. Sojourner Truth became the most influential African American woman in history

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    In the year 1851‚ Sojourner Truth‚ an African American woman‚ delivered a speech at the Women’s Convention. Her speech went down in history with great influential value due to its rawness and motivation. She sent a powerful message to her audience that will never be forgotten. Addressing the hardships of being not only a woman in society during 1851 but also being a black woman. She uses personal experiences to deliver her message. Sojourner says‚ “women need to be helped into carriages‚ and lifted

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    The History of Converse

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    athletic shoes for tennis (shoesonline.com). Basketball was changed totally by the introduction of the world’s first performance basketball shoes‚ the Converse All Star‚ in 1917. One year later‚ a basketball player from the Akron Firestones‚ named Charles H. Taylor‚ bought his first pair of All Star shoes‚ and while wearing them he introduced basketball as a sport to American’s all over the country (sneakerspair.com). Charles Chuck Taylor joined Converse in 1921 as America’s

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    Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Kate Rego Nicole Montanaro Outline of presentation Overview • Goodyear was founded in Akron‚ Ohio in 1898 by Frank and Charles Seiberling. • In 1992 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company were reconsidering a proposal from Sears‚ initially denied in 1989‚ to sell their Eagle brand tires. • Two factors contributed to the reconsideration of the sears proposal – decline in market share – Goodyear brand tires were being replaced annually at Sears Auto Centers. Industry

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    Hartville History

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    primarily of logs hewn from the surrounding forests.‚ the building remains intact‚ but remodeled so that the log construction no longer shows. John Willis was a business owner and the first postmaster. In 1975‚ the Stewart family‚ officers of the Akron‚ Canton and Youngstown Railroad‚ helped the State of Ohio acquire their 720 historical acres and manor house which has become Quail Hollow State Park. The railroad was instrumental in bringing prosperity to Hartville. Some of the businesses that

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    Polishing of Asphalt

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    uk/Products/Pendulum.aspx. “Construction and Building Materials”. Journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/conbuildmat (2010) 686–694 |The development and verification of a new accelerated polishing machine | |by Khasawneh‚ Mohammad Ali‚ Ph.D.‚ THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON‚ 2008‚ 251 pages |

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    Why Am I here

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    The One As a high school graduate student‚ I’m always asked where I am going to college or what do I want to do with my life. For many‚ this can be a simple question with a quick clear answer‚ showing that they know exactly what they want to do with their lives. For me‚ this is a very difficult decision and my future career is still a mystery. Knowing what you want to achieve in life is a wonderful thing‚ but the most important aspect of a career is happiness. Even though I do not know what I want

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    Sojourner Truth Belonging

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    situation for African Americans at that time. Later she became part of the anti-slavery movement and also a strong women’s rights activist. She is best known for her speech‚ ‘Ain’t I a Woman’. The speech was delivered at a Women’s Convention in Akron‚ Ohio in 1851. As with TKAMB‚ the speech deals with issues of ethnicity and gender‚ and how people are excluded on this basis. As Sojourner Truth says in her speech‚ “He [men] says women can’t have as much rights as men‚ ‘cause Christ wasn’t a woman

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