The Populist Movement ultimately failed to survive because of their desire for inflation and the support for the coinage of silver‚ as well as the fact that they merged with the Democratic Party to combat the Republicans. The 1896 election undermined agrarian insurgency‚ and a period of rapidly rising farm prices helped to bring about the dissolution of the Populist Party. Another important factor in the failure of the party was its inability to affect a genuine urban-rural coalition; its program
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pretty much clear. It was only partly cloudy and there was no precipitation. There was little to no precipitation in the eastern Nebraska area. 20 minutes later‚ there was a thunderstorm with hail at Beatrice‚ a city in eastern Nebraska‚ not far from Omaha. Another 20 minutes later‚ at 1510 hours‚ there was a tornado right around the Beatrice area. In 40 minutes‚ the weather went from no precipitation to a tornado touchdown. It shows how quick a drastic weather change can occur. These drastic weather
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Operation Overlord was the code name used for the Allied attack on German-occupied Northern France in the summer of 1944. The organization responsible for planning this task was SHAEF‚ the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force‚ and the officer in command of Overlord was Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Command of ground forces was given to General Bernard Montgomery‚ while naval forces would be commanded by Admiral Bertram Ramsay. Air forces were under the control of Air Chief Marshal
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826 $461‚119 $402‚667 $360‚954 $312‚172 $273‚617 Data on Publicly Traded Banks: ASSETS (1‚000) EQUITY (1‚000) BOOK VALUE PER SHARE PRICE NET PROFIT ASSETS 1995 (1‚000) (1‚000) Maryland Financial Great Northern Bank First Bank of California Omaha Federal $220‚000 476‚000 305‚000 238‚000 $11‚800 23‚700 15‚400 12‚900 $31.35 21.08 40.56 25.75 $34.68 20.84 36.54 30.36 $3‚322 6‚172 2‚745 3‚546 $109‚400 241‚600 239‚000 123‚609 OWNER Brown Zudlum Jones Others PERCENT OWNED
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Kraft Foods In The Era Of The Category Killer Bryon K. Langenfeld & Rebecca J. Morris (faculty supervisor) University of Nebraska at Omaha Case Objectives and Use This case permits students to examine the forces of change that were reshaping the business environment for companies in the food manufacturing industry in the twenty-first century. The case also illustrates the pressures that powerful customers (such as Wal-Mart) can have on industry profitability and the strategic choices of
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US History Film Analysis: Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan is a film that was produced in 1998 that portrays the efforts of a World War II Normandy Invasion. After leading a company of Rangers in the battle for Omaha beach on D-Day on June 6‚ 1944‚ Captain John Miller was sent on a mission three days later to find Private James Ryan and bring him home safely. Ryan’s three brothers had all been killed in action and the law required him returned to his family. He was fighting with his unit
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The Industrial Revolution and the Civil War drastically changed the era of the second half of the 19th century. The inventions of Eli Whitney‚ Thomas Savery‚ and Edmund Cartwright greatly improved the lives of many‚ alleviating the difficulty of everyday tasks. Farmers all across America welcomed the Cotton Gin with loving‚ open arms because it made their work almost effortless. The large amount of time it took for the gruesome task of separating seeds from the cotton was replaced with a machine
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World War 2 and for portraying what the shocking chances of survival were at the historic battle of Omaha beach on D-Day in June 1944. Omaha beach was only one of the invasion sites of the American‚ British and Canadian coalition forces. The special reason why Steven Spielberg chose to direct his movie with Omaha beach as its backdrop was due to the fact that out of all the other landing sites‚ Omaha beach was the bloodiest battle field and it took 15‚000 lives of young American soldiers to capture
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Georgia Agrapidis English 3 CPE Period-1 Research Paper Warren Buffett The popular American capitalist‚ Warren Buffett‚ has set the standard for many people by reaching the American Dream for most; from the moment young Warren Buffett was born in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ he had always targeted high and worked harder than anyone‚ to reach those infinite goals. Many people have different perspectives on what the “American Dream” really means. To some people‚ being rich‚ having fame‚ a happy family‚ or a healthy
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pre-bankruptcy Enron.[3] On September 7‚ 2006‚ Enron sold Prisma Energy International Inc.‚ its last remaining business‚ to Ashmore Energy International Ltd. Enron’s predecessor was the Northern Natural Gas Company‚ which was formed during 1932‚ in Omaha‚ Nebraska. It was reorganized during 1979 as the main subsidiary of a holding company‚ InterNorth which was a diversified energy and energy related products company.
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