...Sam Walton: Made in America 1. Sam Walton: Made in America is a captivating book that discusses Wal-Mart one of the worlds largest companies in the world and the hard work and dedication that it took Sam Walton to reach his world renowned success. Sam Walton is an American businessman that founded Wal-Mart in July 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. One of Walton’s major efforts at the beginning of his success was to provide the American people with a price low enough that competed with foreign vendors. Walton had determination and passion for the retail business and that shows throughout this book. The book describes amongst several other business strategies, the relentlessness that Sam Walton had in searching for better ideas that would support the constant growth of Wal-Mart. Sam Walton was an entrepreneur that took advice and comments from people in all levels of his company and allowed his employees to be in the creative process of the company and the success in the company as a whole is largely owed to his ideas and willpower. 2. Sam Walton’s ideas were not always successful. He often had failed products or ideas that he couldn’t get just right. Many times products would fail in certain parts of the country and thrive in other parts. Sam Walton was a man that made mistakes and he was not afraid to admit them and improve his company. He often discussed his failures as learning tools for other employees. The open environment in the work place able to discuses each other’s failures...
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...Sam Walton was born on 29th March 1918 near Kingfisher, Oklahoma to Thomas and Nancy Walton. He lived on a farm up until 1923 when his father decided to return to his previous occupation as a loan appraiser because farming was not providing the family with sufficient income. Tagging along with his father on some of the farm repossessions, he saw many families being turned out of their land. This instilled him with the importance of frugality at a young age. Growing up during the Great Depression meant that he had to work before and after school to help his family meet their financial needs. He milked the family cows every morning; his mother would bottle the milk while he was at school, and after football practice he would deliver the bottles. He also delivered newspapers, sold magazine and subscriptions, and raised and sold rabbits and pigeons. He still found time to become an Eagle Scout, making him the youngest Eagle Scout in Missouri history. With his father always travelling, his mother, Nan Walton, took on most of the work of raising, disciplining, and motivating Sam Walton. She had high ambitions for him. She read a lot and loved education, and insisted that he would go to college and make something of himself. In 1933, at the start of Sam’s sophomore year in high school, the family moved to Columbia, Missouri which was home to several colleges. This was largely due to Nan Walton’s urging as she felt that the change would improve his chances of going to college. He started...
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...Sam Cooke In a class titled History of Rock ‘n Roll, one would think that the course would cover almost every major artist who participated in or influenced the rise of the genre. However, due to time constraints and personal preferences, every artist cannot be given the credit they deserve in the proper way—at least not all in one semester! That is okay, though. In this paper I plan on introducing an artist whose career and influence on the creation of the rock n’ roll era both was tremendous in his own right. Sam Cooke was a revolutionary artist who in some instances set the precedent for many artists and movements that followed. His music, singing, and performance helped solidify Cooke as one of the all-time greats. As a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame charter member, the need for his presence on the syllabus and in this class is irrefutable. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on January 22, 1931, to the Reverend and Mrs. Charles Cook, Sr., Sam Cooke was one of eight Cook children. This son of a Baptist preacher and sibling to four brothers and three sisters was born into a lifestyle conducive to a musical career. The large family and church background provided for the perfect set-up for a gospel family group. That’s just what they did—together forming “The Singing Children”. (Wolff). Cooke’s musical talents and interests continued to thrive in the ensuing years as he moved from one musical group to another, working to make a name for himself and for the African-American...
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...Samuel “Sam” Winchester Sam born on May 2, 1983 is the son of Marry and John Winchester. His mother was killed on the night of his six month birthday when a demon engulfed her in flames. Sam then lived on the move with his father and older brother Dean learning to hunt supernatural beings. As Sam grew older he realized he no longer wanted to hunt the supernatural, he then moved on to Stanford University in hopes of becoming a lawyer and living a life away from “monsters”. While in Stanford, Sam meets his girlfriend Jessica, whom he had planned to marry. His plans were ruined when the same demon that killed Sam’s mother killed Jessica. Sam devastated, once again teamed up with his brother Dean, to hunt the demon that plagued his life. Dean Winchester Born on January 24, 1979 to Mary and John Winchester. When Dean was four his mother was killed by a demon known as “Yellow Eyes”. After the death of his mother, Dean’s father searched the world, hunting supernatural creatures, in hopes of finding the demon that killed Mary. While John hunted the supernatural, he believed it was safer to leave both Dean and his younger brother Sam in various motels away from the mysterious creatures. Since the brothers were often left unattended, Dean took the responsibility of protecting and caring for Sam. This feeling of the need to protect Sam from anything and everything has never left Dean. As Sam began to show resentment for the ruined unstable childhood his father had given him,...
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...the morning, a Tuesday ironically, when Billy gets the call to collect Sam Winchester’s soul. She's surprised that Sam is being collected, and Dean isn't, because she had always assumed they would go out swinging, together. When she gets to Sam, the scene before her is nothing like she imagined the younger Winchester’s death to look like. There are no demons, or angry spirits, he isn't killed by a wendigo, or a witch. He's killed by a seventeen year old boy, driving an old Chevy pickup. Sam is lying almost motionless, in the middle of a quiet road. He’s the victim of a hit and run. There’s an awful lot of blood surrounding him, pooling around his chest, and his blood is bubbling rhythmically from his mouth. As a reaper, she's seen her fair share of hit and run deaths, but this is different. This is Sam Winchester, the man who saved the world from Apocalypse, not once but twice, the man who rid the world of the devil, twice. The man who has killed thousands of evil creatures alongside his brother, and now here he lay, in...
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...UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE NUEVO LEON FACULTAD DE CONTADURIA PUBLICA Y ADMINISTRACION INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PROGRAM Consumer Behavior Mid-term Project ‘’Sam Walton’’ Anakaren Merari Quintanilla Castillo 1525360 5Yi October 2, 2013 In this mid-term project, I will analyze an American entrepreneur born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, known for founding two of the largest retail stores in the United States, Wal-Mart and Sam's. Speaking of business, no doubt that Sam Walton can teach us a lot, he managed to turn his junk shop, a small cotton town in northern Arkansas, in the mighty Wal-Mart the largest chain of small shops world. Sam Walton had a philosophy about ten rules, which abided, in order to become the successful businessman he was, and make Wal Mart in the company with which any entrepreneur dreams. The first is that the person engaged in the business. Believe in it more than anyone. It must pass each of the personal deficiencies for the simple passion for work. If not born with that passion, you can learn because you need it. If you like your job, you will devote every day, and will do in the best way, and before long everyone in their environment pick up on that passion, like a disease. The reason that Walton, who died at age 74 in 1992, was the most successful retailer in U.S. history 30 years after opening its first Wal-Mart is that he was also well ahead of its competitors by bringing efficiency and discipline to the world of retail. The cornerstone of...
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...Sam Houston, his titles included Major General, President of the Republic, Congressman, U.S. Senator, and Governor, which placed him at the focal point of many difficult decisions. But believe it or not Sam Houston only took one year of formal school, and after being useless around his family farm he left home at age 16 to live with the Cherokee for 3 years. He was given the name “The Raven;”(Essay) a very clever bird, that was very highly thought of in Native American culture. He was asked by President Andrew Jackson, whose eye Houston caught during a battle at Horseshoe Bend, Alabama during the war of 1812, to travel to north Texas to meet with the Comanche to ask them not to bother Eastern Indians that were being transported west. For Houston, this was a chance to rebuild his life after his marriage failed and he had fallen into depression, turning to alcohol and moving...
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...Sam Raimi has a very collective résumé, from his most notable and recent films from The Spider-man trilogy to the cult horror classics of The Evil Dead series. Throughout his career, Raimi has developed a style and presence of his own, earning him the right to belong in the category of auteur criticism. Auteur criticism is simply put as when the director has a signature style that he or she brings to the movie upon filming. Raimi’s fascination with films started as he was a child, when his father would use the family video camera to make short films. Seeing how his father was able to manipulate time and space through the use of a camera, Raimi had found his calling (Warren 12). Once following in his father’s footsteps and creating his own short films, Raimi soon began developing a style all his own that would soon captivate the film world (Warren 13). With his style most notable within his early works of The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), and Army of Darkness (1992), as well as his most recent horror film Drag Me to Hell (2009), it can also be seen in Raimi’s attempt at a western with 1995’s The Quick and the Dead. Set in the 1880’s, The Quick and the Dead begins with The Lady entering an old western town named Redemption, run by the ruthless outlaw John Herod. She enters the town annual contest of a single elimination gun-fighting tournament. Haunted by childhood memories of John Herod manipulating her to kill her own father, she plans to kill Herod, who is...
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..."I am Sam" is a touched movie of the relationship of a mentally handicapped father—Sam and a very sensible daughter—Lucy. Sam is special, because he only has the seven years old children’s IQ, just so he has a good character and live a happy life. Sam is simple and pure, so that people feel easy and relaxed to associate with him. Although he is a retard, he is not self-abased but beams with smiles all day. He is like a clear spring infusing into the fierce competitive society, which can warm the cold hearts of people in the modern society. Moreover, Sam had a positive attitude to his life and his job. In spite of his handicap, he did his best to live and work with the spirit of persistence. For instance, when Sam and Rita had lunch, he wanted to treat Rita in order to prove that he had the ability to live. Another example is that he did a good job in the coffeehouse he worked, making the owner intended to give him a promotion. When talking about his persistence, it is clearly showed in the movie that he kept his resolve to ask Rita to be his lawyer. It was this persistence that gave him the chance to have his pro bono lawyer. In addition, Sam lives a simple life. It is only a simple reason that can drive him to happiness or sadness. For example, Sam together with his friends accompanied Lucy to buy clothes, after buying they held air balloons passing the avenues with delight. Thus we can see that their worlds are such simple and joyful. What’s more, Sam is a...
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...Samuel more Walton John Agbatekwe September 10, 2015 Humanity/ 102 Professor Sherna Armstrong Sam Walton a 20th century genius Sam Walton, one of the most brilliant and successful businessmen in history, he was the founder and former CEO of one the largest retail business company in the world today. Sam Walton is the definition of success and he proved it by opening the largest retail business in the world. He transformed the way people shop in the United States of America and around the world. He brought in a great change in the tactic of business. In 1945 when he bought his first Wal-Mart store from the Butler brother, the store was only making $72000 a year. But shortly after he took over the store, he turned it into a $250,000 yearly store. Sam Walton is the epitome of success and as of today he is worth over 149 billion dollars (Samuel M Walton 1992). Samuel Walton’s early life Samuel was borne born on March 29, 1918 at Kingfisher, Oklahoma to Thomas Gibson Walton and Nancy “Nannie” Lee. Samuel, his brother (James) and his parent lived in kingfisher, Oklahoma until 1923, when they moved to chesterfield Missouri, where his father worked as a mortgage man. Samuels’s family moved around a lot from one small to another. When Samuel was in eighth grade at Shelbina, he became the youngest Eagle Scout in the state history and shortly became a recipient of the distinguished Eagle Scout award from the boy’s Scout of America. Samuel’s parents did not have money growing...
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...George Packer, The author of the article,“Sam Walton / Jay Z”, illustrates his personal assumption on the definition of success throughout his article. Packer believes that success comes from gaining an ample amount of money and fame. He shows this by basing off his entire article on two individuals, Jay Z and Samuel Walton, who become “successful” by working hard and reaching a point in their lives where they are plastered all over magazines and billboards. They live lives of luxury with adoring fans following their every move. Packer is trying to display to the readers that in order to be considered successful, individuals must be in the same, if not similar, economic and social class that Jay Z and Sam Walton are a part of. Packer chooses to write about two specific men to send the readers the message that success is measured by the chunk of change on has in their...
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...In the biography, "Sam Houston and the American Southwest" Randolph B. Campbell presents Houston as a man who valued peace and as someone who had a strong commitment to his state and country. Although some historians perceived Sam Houston as a man who suffered from alcoholism, unstable marriages and continually failed politically Campbell argues that he was a courageous, realistic and sensible leader under the circumstances he faced. Throughout the book Campbell analyzes In the biography, "Sam Houston and the American Southwest" Randolph B. Campbell presents Houston as a man who valued peace and as someone who had a strong commitment to his state and country. Although some historians perceived Sam Houston as a man who suffered from alcoholism,...
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...What was Sam Houston’s Most Heroic Decision? Sam Houston was one of the most important people in Texas history. He did some very important things in our history that make us who we are today. Without him we wouldn’t be in the United States! He was a great man and he did a lot of things. Let’s talk about it! One of his heroic decisions is when no matter what he wouldn’t go for slavery. This shows that just because people want something, he would still do the right thing. When he was governor of Texas, he, like I said, was not going for slavery. Than after they did secede, Sam Houston would not take the oath of loyalty to the confederacy. He was forced out of office. Another heroic decision he has made is him not want slavery in the...
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...What Was Sam Houston’s Most Heroic Decision? The 67 foot statue of Sam Houston, in Huntsville, Texas is a fitting tribute to a man who lived life large. His titles included Major General, President of the Republic, Congressman, U.S. Senator, and Governor. Even though at the age of 39 he almost totally broke down he became an alcoholic, quit his role as governor of Tennessee, and his wife left him, he then took the challenge to make good relations with the Comanche and later became one of the most admirable men of all time. During his memorable life he was confronted with many difficult decisions that were extremely heroic. His most heroic decision was to not sign an oath to the Confederacy. As governor of Texas he made the unpopular...
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...the theme in my brother sam is dead My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier is based on the revolutionary war. In the book the meeker family is in a middle of the war Tim is faced with a lot of challenges, his brother sam goes to war and won't come home tell the war is over father doesn't approve of Sam's decision because father is a loyalist. one of the major theme is that war is ugly and it changes people dramatically. In the book Sam comes how and says “We’ve beaten the British in Massachusetts.” (2) Father doesn't like the idea of Sam going to war and gets angry with him and said “ ...dont come back tell your dressed like my son, not as a stranger” (22) After Sam left he went to Tom Warrups and stayed...
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