Johannsen Steel Company (JSC) initially focused on high-quality‚ high-carbon‚ and high-margin steel wire and ever made big success. In 1946 it was sold to West Virginia Steel (WVS) and then experienced the shocking change of steel industry during 1960s and 70s. Facing the pressure of competitors‚ JSC began to intend to expand sales and cut cost to maintain its profit level. As a result‚ the sales revenues kept increase‚ but the net profit was very low (no more than 2%). JSC now has to make some
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may be forced to leave this land that they call home where they’ve lived peacefully for many years. The very vision the founding fathers had for America is rooted in the ideal that immigrants will make our nation stronger by uniting their many nations and cultures under our flag. In “A Nation of Immigrants” President Barack Obama backed up this view by
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soldiers were risking their lives in Vietnam war. However‚ steel companies were focused on making profit by rising the steel prices. President Kennedy was completely against their decision. He believed in stable prices and wages. After steel companies raised the steel price‚ President John F. Kennedy held a news conference. He wanted to alert the society about the destruction that could be occurred from increasing the steel prices. In “JFK Steel Speech‚” President John F. Kennedy uses ethos‚ pathos‚
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that‚ in theory‚ we will become a smarter and a well-educated nation. According to Michael Moore‚ this is not the case. Moore is an American filmmaker‚ author‚ social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11‚ which is the highest grossing documentary of all time and winner of the Palme d’or. In his essay “Idiot nation” excerpted from his book stupid white men and other sorry excuses for the state of our nation‚ Moore focuses on the collapsing educational system of the
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Is it not strange that when several nations are on the brink of entering a futuristic technological era‚ others are still in modern Stone Age? How did such differences in evolution occur when we all emerged from the same place? These are just some of the riveting questions Jared Diamond attempts to answer in his book‚ Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel. This Pulitzer Prize winning document is different from the rest as it explores several worldly themes and factors to support his thesis‚ such as racism‚ conflict
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Vancouver. They have two historic bands – the Kitamaat of the Douglas and Devastation channels and the Kitlope of the upper Princess Royal Channel and Gardner Canal. Haisla nation neighbors Heiltsuk and Wuikinuxv bands of the Coast Tsimshian peoples. Living and working on the water has always been important to the Haisla nation. Haisla people have lived off the land and water resources of the Douglas Channel. The resources such as food‚ shelter‚ and livelihood around
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and Steel by Jared Diamond attempts to answer the question‚ “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had so little cargo of our own?” This question was asked by Yali‚ a New Guinean politician talking to Jared Diamond. Jared Diamond answers this question by analyzing the development of civilization across the globe‚ from the deserts of Africa to the woodlands of North America. Each of these civilizations progressed in different ways
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features‚ and biological differences. And Diamond wrote this book because he wanted to explore and acquire knowledge about a question that have puzzled people for thousands of years living them to give different opinion about what might be the possible answer to the question. Guns‚ Germs‚ And Steel is a historical analysis about anthropology & archaeology that opens with a prologue in which the author presents a question from a New Guinean politician and friend named Yali: why were Europeans
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“The Wealth of Nations” Adam’s Smith published The Wealth of Nations in 1776‚ which has been named one of the greatest works in the Political Economy. After nine years of extensive observations and personal experience‚ Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations that simply attacked government intervention in the economy. The word “Wealth” comes from “well- being”. In his book‚ Smith emphasizes material of well- being. The book also describes that government should not attempt to control or direct economic
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well as hurt our economy‚ society and government. The initiation of railroads and the growth of American Industries played a very important role in the growth of the country. Railroads made it businesses able to spread their product throughout the nation and Industries raised the Manufacturing rate and profit. These two advancements benefited our citizens greatly‚ but had its flaws and downsides. From the period of 1850 through 1871 The Federal governments gave huge land grants to encourage the building
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