Bismarck’s Fall Threats to Bismarck’s Position * Late 1880s were a difficult period for Bismarck * William I was in his eighties and his advancing years cast a shadow over Bismarck’s plans. If he died‚ Crown Prince Frederick‚ a man of liberal views who was married to the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria‚ would ascend the throne. * It seemed likely that he would dismiss Bismarck and appoint a liberal chancellor. This would be welcome to the Reichstag where a majority was no longer in
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Case: The Fall of Enron Enron was so admired prior until 2000; they grew to a powerful company. In 1985‚ Internorth acquired Houston Natural Gas to form HNG/Internorth‚ a natural gas pipeline company. This company was renamed to Enron. At the time of Enron’s creation‚ the U.S. gas market was in the middle of deregulation. In 1985‚ rules were established that allowed gas users to realize the cost savings by purchasing gas at spot prices and separately contracting with pipeline firms for delivery
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The Fall of the City Alden Nowlan O utside‚ rain fell with such violence that great‚ pulsating sheets of water seemed to hang suspended between earth and sky. Squatting in the attic‚ Teddy watched raindrops roll like beads of quicksilver down the glass of the high‚ diamond-shaped window‚ and listened to the muted banjo twanging on the roof. Blinking‚ he shifted his position and transferred his attention to the things that lay around him on the floor. In the centre of the room stood a fort
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sexuality. Jake is in love with Lady Brett Ashley‚ who despite her love for Jake resists being in a relationship with him because of his sexual impotence‚ and not wanting to live with him because she scared her own infidelity. Throughout the Sun Also Rises we see Jake Barnes in moral limbo. “ World War 1 and the staggering amount of injury‚ death‚ and loss it inflicted on the generation that fought in it threw into question With the destruction of the traditional value systems‚
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Q1- Who were the key stakeholders involved in‚ or affected by the collapse of Enron? How and to what degree were they hurt or helped by the actions of Enron management? Ans- The key stakeholders affected by the collapse of Enron were its employees and retirees. Stakeholders and mutual funds investors lost $ 70billion market value. Banks were also affected by the meltdown of the company. They included big banks like J P Morgan Chase and Citigroup. Not only the stakeholder and bondholder lose out
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1 Why did the external auditors and the board fail to detect the company’s true economic condition? For external auditors‚ the failures could be largely attributed to the lack of independence between external auditors and Enron and the existence of conflicts of interest. From 1993‚ Enron started to outsource its internal audit functions to Anderson. Besides‚ conflicts of interest gets aggravated when the cross-selling of consulting services by auditors increases a lot. And consulting fees to auditors
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As far as the development and demise of vaudeville‚ there is much to be said. But to truly understand its rise and fall‚ first one must understand what vaudeville is. Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of entertainment that was popular in the United States from the early 1880s until the mid 1930s. Each performance consisted of a series of unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. Types of acts included classical musicians‚ dancers‚ comedians‚ trained animals‚ magicians‚ impersonators‚ acrobats
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Causes for Rise of Articles: In OE the there were two declensions of adjectives – strong (definite) and weak (indefinite) – and the inflections of these declensions indicated whether the noun that followed the adjective was definite or indefinite. At the end of the ME Period the declensions of the Adjective disappeared and there was a necessity to find another way to indicate the definiteness/indefinite ness of a noun. Thus the articles appeared.In OE the word-order was free because inflections
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the state. Hitler used his book Mein Kampf to create a plan to create a racially pure state. Hitler in January of 1933 started his fascist dictatorship with the opening of his campaign for racially pure nation which soon lead to the holocaust("The Rise of Adolf Hitler"). To grow his empire Hitler created the Gestapo and twenty five points that were to be forced on the people of Germany. Some of the points made by Hitler are: "immigration of non-Germans must be prevented‚ no one should do anything
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Why does oil prices rise and fall? Of all industries in the world‚ oil industry is indeed an international business which affects most countries in the world. As the oil is the most consumed energy‚ it plays a vital role in daily lives as well as economy and social development. Also‚ the oil industry leads to new technology development both directly and indirectly. It has been deployed as a means for economy and political negotiation. Nevertheless‚ “crude oil” when refined into various petroleum
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