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- 3691: Lizzie Borden 2
- ... of mother and daughter or not. I called her Mrs. Borden and sometimes Mother." Edmund Pearson's famous description of the scene where Andrew Borden-70, a tall white-haired grim man, known for his business abilities and wealth in Fall River-was found dead: "This was a small room, nearly square, with but two windows, both on the south side. The floor was covered with the usual garish, flowered carpet ...
- 3692: Burger King and Its Advertising Campaigns
- ... the quiet more relaxed people and even all the young children who prefer clowns than some man screaming on TV . BK did not listen to its customer, they tried to establish a restaurant type of business, rather than their fast food burgers. Fast food patrons really wanted low prices and quick but high quality food, not a higher priced, sit down meal. The corporate strategy and the past advertising wasn't ...
- 3693: Louis Armstrong
- ... birthday he died in his sleep at home in Queens, New York. He was 71 years old. During the 1920s there were very few black jazz players that were making it big in the music business. Even though he was young during his early career, he was looked up to by many black people. To them he was a hero not only because he sang and played the trumpet better than ...
- 3694: Actions of the Government and The Increase in Prices
- ... and as a result prices begin to fall. Because of the surplus of goods and falling prices consumption becomes more desirable to consumers and the level of consumer spending rises. The fall in prices causes business to become less profitable and producers decrease the level of production. This results in the decrease of the aggregate quantity supplied to decrease. This continues until aggregate quantity demanded equal the aggregate quantity supplied and ...
- 3695: Lucille Ball
- ... Ball made a handsome profit from selling the company for $17,000,000 to Gulf & Western in 1967. Obviously she knew what she was doing. In fact, Gloria Steinem said, "I admire her as a business woman. You know, she really seemed to control her entire professional life and was very, very smart" (100 Years of Great Women). She was certainly a brilliant businesswoman. Because of her unbelievable talent as an ...
- 3696: Lee De Forest
- ... a long streak of failures. He was regularly involved in patent lawsuits (indeed, he spent his fortune on legal bills). He went through four marriages, had a number of failed companies, was defrauded by his business partners, and was even once indicted (but later acquitted) for mail fraud. (Kraeuter, 79). With the audion, however, De Forest had a solid success. De Forest has been labeled one of the fathers of the ...
- 3697: A Pharmacist
- ... and showcased windows, which was much different that the other dull pharmacies. He also started manufacturing his own medications, which ensured him high quality at an excellent price. He later added various items that attracted business, such as an ice cream fountain, and during the winter time, they served sandwiches and soup. Before 1916, each of Walgreen's seven stores operated independently, so Walgreen decided to make it more efficient, so ...
- 3698: Martin Luther King Jr. 3
- ... restaurants, hotels, transit, and housing. SCLC increased the size of the demonstrations in an effort to create so much dissent and disorder that local white officials would be forced to end segregation to restore normal business relations. The strategy did not work in Albany. During months of protests, Albany s police chief jailed hundreds of demonstrators without visible police violence. Eventually the protesters energy, and the money to bail out protesters ...
- 3699: Milton Friedman
- ... schools. He strongly promotes a flat rate for personal income tax and the abolition of company taxation. He promises that this would create a society in which everyone is given an equal opportunity in the business world. I disagree with him almost completely. What this really does is keeps the wealthy wealthy, and allows big businesses to prosper, leaving the smaller ones behind. By applying the same restrictions to the rich ...
- 3700: Mark Twain 2
- ... s birth in 1832, the value of their farmland greatly depreciated and sent the Clemenses on the road again. Now they would stay with Jane s sister in Florida, Missouri where she ran a successful business with her husband. Clemens was born on November 30, 1835, in the small remote town of Florida, Missouri. Samuel s parents, John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemens never gave up on their child, who was ...
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