McLean v. Arkansas

was offered a variety store called Ben Franklin in Newport, Arkansas. When the lease came up, the lease was not renewed. He then opened up a Walton’s Five and Dime store. Sam was very successful at selling high volume and low cost merchandise. His strategy was to have “The lowest Prices Anytime, Anywhere.” (Our History, 2016) The store is now a Walmart museum. In 1962, the Walton brothers opened up a new business in Rogers, Arkansas. The store was Walmart, the first of many stores to…

Introduction Piggly Wiggly has been known to many as the hometown grocery store since its debut in Tennessee back in 1916 (Piggly Wiggly, 2011). Clarence Saunders, the founder of Piggly Wiggly, developed a grocery store that was considered to be self sufficient and was considered the “first” for many of the things that patrons consider norms at any given grocery store now days. What patrons want the most from their shopping experience, though, isn’t the idea of supporting the small town grocer…

Introduction This documentary shows that the organizational groups involved in the ethical dilemma of wal-mart are mostly small retail shops and businesses. These organizations could not battle with wal-mart; thus, most of them had to close down. Many citizens who worked in these businesses had to lose their employment since the businesses could not meet the competition standards of wal-mart. Even though, wal-mart led to the closure of many small businesses it has also offered jobs to many…

of over 20 billion dollars and his success still lives on today. Sam Walton lived through the depression and still grew up to be one of the richest men of his time. Sam Walton was born in 1918. He lived with his parents on a farm in Kingfisher, Arkansas until 1923. Then his father decided that he wasn’t making enough money to support the family. The family then moved to Orlando, Florida. They continued to move around a lot from one small town to the next. Sam managed to become Florida’s…

Will Rogers, the youngest of eight children, was born on November 4th, 1879 at Rogers Ranch located in Oolagah, Indian Territory (BIOGRAPHY). Will Rogers was a descendant of Clement Vann Rogers and Mary Schrimsher, who were both partly Cherokee (BIOGRAPHY). From a young age, Will Rogers grew up on his family ranch working with cattle and immediately learned to ride and lasso. He quickly realized his natural talent with a rope and eventually ended up in the Guinness Book of World Records for…

Insects are the reason our bodies actually decompose. They are drawn to the stench of cadaverine and putrescine once your body starts producing it. As stated before, when an individual dies, their body starts to decay about 4 minutes after their heart stops beating and their cells are deprived of oxygen. Insects, such as blowflies, seek out damp orifices to lay their eggs in. After the bloat stage of decomposition the body becomes open to its surroundings and insect activity tends to increase…

Ogbera, Gabriel ENG 103 First Draft Instructor Michael Dusek The Millennials: A Response Essay Much has been written about millennials in recent times by different people with different views. But of all the comments about the millennials, those of experts Joel Stein, Jean Twenge and Chelsea Clinton stand out. While Jean Twenge labeled millennials as lazy, selfish, self-absorbed, selfish, entitled, narcissistic, fame-obsessed, and…

In other words, what have I learned through my education? Have I been trained in one special area or have I gained an education not only in one area, but also in learning about myself and who I am? According to Webster’s dictionary, education is defined by the development and training of one’s mind, character, and skills, as by instruction, study, or example and the knowledge and skill resulting from such instruction and training. By this definition, one might argue that being educated means…

that make up the surrounding watershed. Can the government and local conservation groups protect this beautiful ecosystem, and if so, how do they protect this watershed and encourage economic activity at the same time? The Buffalo River in Northwest Arkansas was designated as Americas first national river in 1972. It is one of the few remaining undammed rivers in the lower 48…

To live in a time and place where people are divided into two different groups and are not treated equal to one another, must have been a very difficult thing to process when your group isn’t the better half. When this time was a time when people truly believed that segregation was the best option to follow to the view that it was much safer for them and their loved ones must have been a very difficult time for the all the African Americans whose rights were denied to them and their loved ones…