Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 documentary film based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind‚ a study of one of the largest business scandals in American history. McLean and Elkind are credited as writers of the film alongside the director‚ Alex Gibney. The film examines the 2001 collapse of the Enron Corporation‚ which resulted in criminal trials for several of the company’s top executives; it also shows the involvement
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Defining Moments in Canadian History During the 20th century‚ there were many events and situations that helped define the country of Canada. There were positive moments‚ but also a good amount of negative ones. Of course‚ the successful events kept Canadians in a positive light‚ but the negative situations helped Canada learn from its mistakes and went to prove how strong and brave its citizens were/are. The three most defining moments would have to be the Dieppe Raid
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After the resignation of Richard Nixon‚ Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr became the 38th President of the United States‚ from August 1974 to January 1977. Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr was an American politician who was borned in July 14‚ 1913‚ Omaha‚ NE. He was in the Republican party and his vice president was Nelson Rockefeller (1974–1977). He even had a basic belief of philosophy of fiscal conservatism. Ford was happily married to Betty Ford and had four children and their names were: Susan Ford‚ Steven Ford
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Urbanization is the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban. The impact of industrialization and urbanization on economic and social life The more industrialization matured‚ the more opportunities were created for work and investment‚ and this brought more people to cities as consumers and as workers. America’s urban and industrial growth changed economy and released dependence on European resources and manufactured goods. As cities grew larger they began to subdivide
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Enron’s origins date back to 1985 when it began life as an interstate pipeline company throughthe merger of Houston Natural Gas and Omaha-based InterNorth. Kenneth Lay‚ the former chief executive officerof Houston Natural Gas‚became CEO‚ and the next year wonthe post of chairman. From the pipeline sector‚ Enron began moving into new fields. In 1999‚ the company launched its broadband services unit and Enron Online‚ the company’s website for trading commodities‚ which soon became the largest business
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Last week‚ Dave Goetschalk’s presentation on Planned Parenthood and the example of advocating for comprehensive sex education in Omaha Public Schools (OPS) pointed out a key debate in leadership studies – what role does leadership actually play in achieving desired outcomes? Many studies in private firms show that there is a weak relationship between leader behaviors and objective performance measures‚ suggesting that performance is highly contingent on other factors. However‚ leaders still need
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distance in miles that Lewis and Clark traveled from St. Louis to Ft. Clatsop near the Pacific Ocean. 1‚400.15 miles 3.Using the scale on the interactive map‚ give the approximate distance in miles that the transcontinental railroad covered from Omaha to San Francisco. 1‚429.875 miles First Paragraph I live in a well maintained place named Northville in the state of Michigan. The area is covered in neighborhoods and is a very nice small town‚ very much refined by humans. The region has a mild
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I am an 18 year old finishing up her freshman year of college. As well as playing on a collegiate soccer team. I am living on campus experiencing living on my own away from family and getting the ”opportunity” in making life decisions with little help from my parents. As a typical collegiate athlete student‚ I am overwhelmed with homework‚ sports‚ and trying to fit in a “life” here. As well as running on little sleep because of school catching up with me. Grace University has caused many stressful
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by courageous men and was ended by courageous men. This started the end of Hitler’s reign and of the nazis. The start was the attack on a beach on the coast of France. It was split into five separate parts‚ these five parts were Juno‚ Sword‚ Utah‚ Omaha‚ and Gold. The germans had heavy defenses on the beach. One of them was the Atlantic Wall‚ this was a system of fortifications. The Atlantic Wall was 1‚670 miles long and took 2 years to build. The D-Day Normandy invasion was the largest amphibious
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National Parks. Beautiful and grand these parks have been protecting nature for many years‚ but it was not until I watched a video at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo that I realized the work that went into preserving them and who was involved‚ that was when I thought of my topic‚ John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt‚ working together to preserve nature. John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt interested me because of how influential they were in establishing national parks. I asked myself questions such as why
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