John Davison Rockefeller was born on July 8‚ 1839 and he would soon take the world by storm (“John). He and his five siblings were born into a humble‚ middle-class family in Richford‚ New York (“John). His mother‚ Eliza‚ was a devout baptist and her sole purpose in life was to raise her children‚ as designated by his father‚ William (“A). William Rockefeller was a traveling salesman and it is thought that this is where John learned the rules of the trade. At the age of 19‚ Rockefeller and one
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The Baron and His Baroness Before he left for a visit to his outlying districts‚ the jealous Baron warned his pretty wife‚ “Don’t leave the castle while I am gone‚ or I will punish you severely when I return!” But as the hours passed‚ the young Baroness grew lonely‚ and despite her husband’s warning decided to visit her lover who lived in the countryside nearby. The castle was located on an island in a wide‚ fast-flowing river‚ with a drawbridge linking the island to land at the narrowest point
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To what extent was it justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the late 19th century as either “robber barons” or “captains of industry”? Document A Q: How is the freight and passenger pool working? W.V.: Very satisfactorily. I don’t like that expression “pool”‚ however‚ that’s a common construction applied by the people to a combination which the leading roads have entered into to keep rates at a point where they will pay dividends to the stockholders. The railroads are not run
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Write a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A–H and your knowledge of the period to answer the following question: To what extent is it justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the 1865–1900 era as either “robber barons” or “industrial statesmen”? DOCUMENT A. Q: How is the freight and passenger pool working? W.V.: Very satisfactorily. I don’t like that expression “pool‚” how- ever‚ that’s a common construction applied by the people to a combi- nation which the
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Baron Haussmann Born on March 27‚ 1809 from a Protestant family with origins from Germany‚ Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann was a French civic planner who is known for the rebuilding‚ hero‚ and destroyer of Paris‚ France. He gained much of his education from the College Henry IV. From College Henry IV he studied law while simultaneously attending classes at the Paris conservatoire of music. In 1830 Haussmann became what was known as the sous-prefet of Nerac and in 1853 Haussmann was chosen by
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The red baron This is the story of Manfred Von Ritchofen a German 24 year old man‚ which in 1916 goes to war like many thousands of young men. He was a fight pilot that really fasts becomes famous because his victories. He and his friends‚ had their own code of honor characterized by an athletic ambition‚ an obsession with technology and chivalrous respectability. They decorate their airplanes with a variety of motifs. Manfred’s paints his airplane red‚ at first his superior are not happy with
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widely known as the Red Baron‚ was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during World War I. He is considered the top ace of that war‚ being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Richthofen was born into a Prussian aristocratic family on May 2nd 1892. He was a ‘Freiherr’‚ a title of nobility that translates as ‘Free Lord’ but is usually translated as ‘Baron’ – hence why Richthofen was frequently referred to as Baron von Richthofen or his nickname
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Set in the peaceful valley of Ombrosa during the period of intellectual and social ferment which characterized the Age of Reason‚ Italo Calvino’s The Baron in the Trees relates the story of Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo‚ heir to the immense estate of the Piovasci. Cosimo rebels against the rule-burdened atmosphere in which he is reared by climbing into the trees on his family’s estate at the age of twelve and remaining there for the rest of his life. His refusal to eat the snail soup and main course of
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Cited: Perry‚ David. "Who is the Red Baron." http://riri.essortment.com/whoredbaron.htm "The Red Baron." http://www.briggsenterprises.com/bluemax/
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STRATEGIC ACTIVISM AND NONMARKET STRATEGY David P. Baron and Daniel Diermeier Stanford University and Northwestern University ABSTRACT Activist NGOs have increasingly foregone public politics and turned to private politics to force change in the practices of firms and industries. This paper focuses on private politics‚ activist strategies‚ and nonmarket strategies of targets. A formal theory of an encounter between an activist organization and a target is presented to examine strategies
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