SUMMARY Phar-Mor‚ the discount drug store that had enjoyed a decade of phenomenal financial success. It started with 15 stores and grew to over 310 stores in thirty two states from 1982 to 1992 it sales grew to $3 billion. At first Phar-Mor was seen as a major prospect in the retail market. The president‚ founder‚ and COO of Phar-Mor was Mickey Monus‚ who became quite extravagant with his money as Phar-Mor grew. The key to the company’s success was a power buying a phrase coined by Mr. Monus‚ it
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Phar-Mor‚ Inc. Key Facts • Started in 1982 with 1 store. Up to 310 stores in 1992 with sales of $3 billion • Retail drug store- highly competitive‚ deep discounts • Mickey Monus‚ president and COO‚ found guilty of embezzling $10 million in 1995 • Monus had an extravagant life style • Sentenced to 20 years in prison • Monus and Patrick Finn his CFO • Manipulated I.S. accounts (understate cost of goods sold and overstated inventory) for 6 years • Inventory
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Sir Thomas More by William Roper. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 1990. Warnicke‚ Retha M. Wicked Women of Tudor England: Queens‚ Aristocrats‚ Commoners. New York: Palgrave Macmillan‚ 2012. Print. While much is known about Sir Thomas More and his accomplishments‚ less is known pertaining to his wives and their stories. A lot of what is known and accepted has come from various biographers of Sir Thomas More’s life‚ as well as different letters and writings from More and his various
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Sir Thomas More and Utopia One of my favorite movies of all time is Ever After: A Cinderella Story. It is a 1998 film adaption of the fairy tale Cinderella and stars Drew Barrymore as the lead female character named Danielle de Barbarac. Danielle’s mother dies very early in her life and as a result Danielle and her father are very close. Her father remarries a baroness with two daughters. Shortly after‚ her father dies of a heart attack. Danielle now has very few possessions to call her own: a beautiful
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Thaveesha Udugama April 2017 Thomas More Essay Sir Thomas More was a figure in the English renaissance. The Catholic Church made him into a Saint; and his book Utopia was celebrated by communists for many reasons. Thomas More uses the made up world of Utopia to discuss the real issues in his own society in England. More felt like privacy‚ religion‚ private property‚ wealth and status weren’t things that were important in making a society whole or great. Thomas More talks through the character of Hythloday
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these writers and philosophers was Hannah More‚ eighteenth-century playwright and poet; More dabbled in many fields throughout her life. She also visited France during the Revolution‚ producing poetry and essays regarding France and its players of the Revolution that are still read today. One of her more recognized contributions to English Literature is her poem regarding sensibility: “Sensibility: A Poetic Epistle to the Hon. Mrs. Boscawen” (Hannah More)‚ in which she praises the attribute and those
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Assignment 1: Phar-Mor Inc By: Rich Allen SID: 250421110 Date: July 18th‚ 2013 Prof: M. TeKare 1a). A company would want to hire a member of its external audit for a number of reasons. The external auditor would have extensive knowledge of how the company works due to analyzing statements and performing many audit procedures and tests on the company and therefore would reduce time in order to become effective as an employee. The company would know the former auditor personally and have
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Unit 2 Paper: A Modern Day Sir Thomas More After reading Utopia‚ I realized problems in today’s society itself. Hythloday compared and contrasted concepts of government between Utopia and European countries all throughout the book. The perfect Utopian society included all‚ but not limited to: rational thought‚ communal property‚ no love of gold‚ no class distinction‚ little to no crime‚ no poverty‚ religious tolerance‚ and little inclination to war. Many of these concepts are completely
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TRAGIC HERO: SIR THOMAS MORE Tragedy is a theme that is shown throughout the play A Man for All Seasons‚ Sir Thomas More is the man that this tragedy is shown in. The story of Sir Thomas More is one of which a man must choose between what his king wants and his own morals. More’s tragic hero ways are shown when he goes against his king and sticks with his Catholic ways‚ by doing this More faces many obstacles and criticism to do what he feels is right and in the end he becomes a martyr for his beliefs
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Thomas More was one of those people. Saint Thomas was a lawyer‚ author‚ and a statesman. Born in 1478‚ More served under King Henry VIII. He became Undersheriff of the City of London‚ Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer‚ Master of Requests‚ High Steward of Oxford and Cambridge‚ Lord Chancellor of the Realm‚ and Speaker of the House of Commons. He is known for writing the fiction Utopia in 1516 and his brave death in 1535. Saint Thomas had many attributes that people strive for today. Thomas More was known
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