In April 1996‚ Sunbeam hired Albert J. Dunlap as its CEO. Dunlap led the company in a corporate restructuring. This restructuring provided a hefty reserve to protect against future earnings shortfalls. The restructuring reserve included the following: 1) $18.7 million of items that benefited future periods‚ 2) $12 million in litigation reserves which did not met the criteria of a loss contingency‚ and 3) $21.8 million in a cooperative advertising reserve which was approximately 25 percent higher
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remembered. This day‚ also known as V-J Day‚ occurred on August 14th‚ 1945 but is still celebrated on the next day‚ August 15th. When Japan surrendered‚ shouts of joy were heard all across the United States as President Truman announced that war between Japan and America were finally coming to an end. Alfred Eisenstaedt‚ photographer hired by LIFE magazine‚ was walking the streets of Times Square in New York City the day America was informed that Japan had surrendered (V-J Day in Times Square 1). Celebrating
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How to Make the Perfect Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich General Purpose: To demonstrate. Specific Purpose: To demonstrate to my audience how to make the perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Attention Getter: For those of you that have children‚ you know this is the easiest‚ most fun and delicious meal or snack‚ you could give your child. For those of you that don’t have children yet‚ take note for future reference‚ this will be the easiest‚ most simple meal or snack‚ you could give your
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J. M. W. Turner is one of Britain ’s most popular artists who showed exceptional artistic talent from his early age and entered the Royal Academy at fourteen. His landscape paintings made him popular regardless of a darker side to his paintings that were made big issues by critiques. He became a well-celebrated artist despite of the difficulties he came across in life. Even being born in family of a Garden barber‚ he became very famous for his works such seascape and landscape. His success seems
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Mary May 2nd‚ 2013 African Literature Final Paper Retribution from Rape In the book Disgrace J. M. Coetzee focuses on the effects of post-apartheid in South Africa. It is a book that has won much prestige and criticism. Yet even with all of its fame some people take offense to it arguing that Disgrace is fundamentally a racist book. However‚ I believe that one has to overlook these accusations in order to discover the possibility of justice hidden in the situations. Disgrace is not a
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“Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.” a quote from Steven J. Stowell. Stowell is the author of the book The Coach. This book is about the coaching process and skills. This topic important to me because when I grow up‚ I want to be a dance teacher. Also‚ coaches can be super supportive and helpful about activities you also want to do. Some of the activities could be joining another sport‚ or running for student president. I personally think that
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Joanne "Jo" Rowling was born and grew up in Gloucestershire‚ England in 1965 (Authors and Artists). Her parents are Peter and Anne Rowling. Her father was an aircraft engineer at the Rolls Royce factory and her mother was a teacher. She had one sister named Dianne. Her Parents were avid readers and often read to her. She often credits them for her love of literature. Her parents and grandparents often told her stories that inspired her to create some of her own (Critical Comparison). She loved to
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Many people disagreed with the outcome of the O.J. Simpson trial for the murder of Nicole Brown and Ronald Lyle Goldman. One of the reasons why O.J Simpson was not convicted was because a glove found at the scene didn’t fit Simpson’s hands. But even though the glove didn’t fit‚ he should have been found guilty because he was known to be abusive towards his wife and Simpson was found rapidly leaving the crime scene in his van. Therefore‚ O.J Simpson most definitely did not get a fair trial. In October
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: þ49 351 46338571. Fax: þ49 351 46339679. (1) Kolb‚ H. C.; VanNieuwenhze‚ M. S.; Sharpless‚ K. B. Chem. Rev. 1994‚ 94‚ 2483–2547. (2) Sharpless‚ K. B.; Patrick‚ D. W.; Truesdale‚ L. K.; Biller‚ S. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1975‚ 97‚ 2305–2307. (3) Sharpless‚ K. B.; Chong‚ A. O.; Oshima‚ K. J. Org. Chem. 1976‚ 41‚ 177–179. (4) Li‚ G.; Chang‚ H.-T.; Sharpless‚ K. B. Angew. Chem.‚
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The J-Port Idea With the mass growth of Arizona’s most popular two cities‚ Phoenix and Tucson‚ how will we improve or in other words fix overcrowded or mass populated airports in both cities? The explanation is clear‚ the two cities need a large joint-airport‚ or in other words a joint airport between the two massive‚ growing cities. This is essentially building a large scale airport in or just outside the city of casa grande to accommodate sound and population. With the idea building of a “mid-port”
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