PHIL KNIGHT Phil Knight is the founder and CEO of the athletic gear company‚ Nike. He was born in Portland‚ Oregon‚ on February 24th‚ 1938. Knight and Nike helped start a sports business revolution in the 1970s‚ changing old-fashioned tennis shoes into highly specialized equipment and promoting them as symbols of athletic prowess and success. Nike’s success made Knight one of America’s wealthiest men. Celebrity Endorsement Strategy Known as a taskmaster CEO‚ Knight
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allowed America’s land to increase further and also granted greater Westward Expansion. Another piece of land that allowed for the Manifest Destiny was the Oregon Territory. The Oregon Territory was acquired from Britain. At first‚ President Polk‚ in order to win the vote of common folk promised to make a treaty with Britain to get all of the Oregon Territory to 54 degrees and 40 minutes to the
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expansion. This expansion took place in areas like Texas and Oregon. There was a belief that Americans had a mission which was divinely inspired to spread their democracy to the less fortunate. The less fortunate consisted of Native Americans and other non-Europeans. The phrase "manifest destiny" first came in the 1840’s‚ which was primarily used by Jackson democrats‚ with annexations to expand territory and spread its form of democracy to Oregon territory‚ Texas Annexation‚ and the Mexican Cession‚
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the blueprint for what would become the world’s No. 1 athletic-shoe company while working on his master’s degree at Stanford University. Assigned to write a term paper on starting a small business in an area he knew well‚ the former University of Oregon track star naturally chose running. He outlined a plan for breaking the stranglehold Adidas had on the running-shoe market by using cheap Japanese labor to manufacture a cheaper‚ better-quality running shoe. Shortly after graduating in 1962‚ Knight
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the park. The museum was an idea to improve‚ to increase‚ and to raise the public’s experience in the park. The nature in Pea Ridge Military Park is abundant in animals and many types of trees around the park where visitors can go through a loop trail which are made for people who do not want to tour all over the park. The wildlife of the park is composed from many animals like turkeys‚ raccoons‚ white tail deer‚ pigmy‚ cottonmouth‚ and timber rattlesnakes‚ as well as several
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Question#02: How did the environment of the American Fur Company change in the 1830’s? What deep historical forces are implicated in these changes? The American Fur Company: The American Fur Company was founded by John Jacob Astor in 1808. The company grew to monopolize the fur trade in the United States by 1830‚ and became one of the largest businesses in the country. In early 1830’s it seemed nothing could slow Astor. But this environment suddenly changed for fur companies. Although the American
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students outside of the classroom. A perfect example of this took place on the campus of University of Oregon‚ it was a debate whether or not the Pacifica Forum should be allowed to hold meetings in University of Oregon’s classrooms
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destiny also be-came known as not only expanding the territory‚ but also the institution of slavery. President John Quincy Adams believed so much in manifest destiny that he orchestrated the Treaty of 1818‚ provided for the joint occupation of the Oregon Country. He negotiated the Transcontinental Treaty in 1819‚ purchasing Florida from Spain and extending the U.S. border with Spanish Mexico all the way to the Pacific Ocean. And he formulated the Monroe Doctrine‚ which warned Europe that the Western Hemisphere
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counselor‚ because I like to help teenagers. I think juveniles are the one’s that need support the most. My Educational plan to meet these goals are going to Lane Community College for two years and then transferring to a State College like University of Oregon‚ and get my bachelors degree for psychology. After that I will begin to put in process my career. 2) I have helped my family by helping out as much as i can in everything I have also helped in my community by making it a better place to live
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taking Maine from Great Britain and forcing them to build their road around Maine instead. At this time America also had a lot of financial ties with Great Britain including debt owed to them by American banks. America also brought tension with the Oregon territory. Americans wanted to settle on a 54°40 line which gave the US more land than Britain this was an act of greed because while Great Britain made a peaceful stanza over the line‚ James Polk cried 54°40 or fight. This was creating unwanted tension
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