Juan Trippe

Pan Am reopened its Pacific and Atlantic routes (Banning). In 1947, Pan Am became the “first airline to operate a scheduled round-the-world service” (“Family Tree: Pan Am”). However, “by the mid-1950s, major expansions were over” (Banning). In 1968, Trippe announced his retirement as president of the company. This signaled the beginning of the end. In the 1970s, there were major increases in worldwide fuel prices, and declining travel, followed by deregulation and huge increases in competition” (Banning)

Introduction From its very beginning, IKEA, the world’s largest furniture retailer, experienced much success (Loeb). Similarly, “Pan American World Airways, or ‘Pan Am,’ was the principal international air carrier of the United States for most of its lifetime” (Banning). However, when Pan Am went bankrupt in 1991, the company became known as one of the biggest failures in the industry. To examine why IKEA and Pan Am had such different outcomes despite their similar beginnings, one must start with

Are we held back by our memories? In his novel Pedro Parámo, Juan Rulfo questions the voices that fill the town, the voices that represent old souls’ past memories. Rulfo’s conception of our past is that it haunts us, forcing the characters to revisit their own pasts in order to find meaning and forgiveness. Specifically, the story explores the nature of memory and the past by recounting the stories of all the inhabitants who have died in the town Comála. Everyone in the town is dead. The characters

the government. Eva was concerned with the welfare of the public which motivated her to try and improve their everyday life. Juan Duarte, Eva’s father, had two families: one with his legitimate wife and another with his mistress, Juana Ibarguren. Born on May 7, 1919, María Eva was the fifth born child of Duarte’s mistress, Juana. It was public knowledge that Juan Duarte had two families. For a while, he tried to divide his time equally amongst the two families. Eventually, he left his mistress

Women in Films: User or Victim? Women in Films: User or Victim? Designed to prove that a woman can be anybody she desires to be, the legendary film, Evita, is now shown to millions of movie viewers. Alan Parker=s Evita is a reflection of the much-publicized images of two popular self-made heroines of different era, Evita and Madonna. The discussion of this essay will show us how these ladies got far and revered once by their followers. The life of Evita Peron is almost like a dramatization

The flight attendant announced on the speaker “You have now arrived at your final destination, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is 13:30 local time and the temperature is 28 degrees Celsius. Thank you for flying with us, and we hope to see you again”. We got up from our seats, took our luggage from the overhead compartment and exited the airport. A taxi brought us to our hotel in the center of San Juan where we were going to stay for three nights. We visited a little bit this charming city, and at night

Don Giovanni is the protagonist of one of the most famous Mozart's operas. Mozart’s protagonist is based of the Spanish tale’s character named Don Juan, a famous womanizer. According to Cambridge Dictionary, a hero is defined as “a person admire for bravery, great achievements, or good qualities,”[1] it can be said that Don Giovanni is brave, at his standards has some great achievements, and has some good qualities such as fearlessness, courage, and firm to his beliefs. One of the main reasons

In “She Walks in Beauty”, George Gordon (Lord Byron) was writing about a beautiful woman. In the poem, Byron used a lot of flowery words to emphasis her beauty and her innocence. Examples of lines referencing her beauty include “Which waves in every raven tress, / Or softly lightens o’er her face”, which describes how her black hair brushes against her face (Gordon, “She Walks” lines 9-10). Byron speaks of her innocence in the last line, “A heart whose love is innocent!” (18). This poem appears to

financial stability and was able to start a stable life. She later started her career in politics as one of the founders of the Argentine Radio Syndicate Eva Perón was one of the most influential women of Argentinian history because of her support to Juan Perón’s campaigning popularity, her impact in the Argentinian’s government

Don Juan, the Trickster of Seville, his name says it all. Don Juan is a charming, seductive, ladies man who thrives off of seducing women and will do anything and everything to do so. His love for romance and women and his lack of moral obligations make him a guy that parents warn their daughters about. Don Juan is the ultimate bad boy when it comes to love and getting what he wants. Not only is he a womanizer, but a true representation of the wages of sin. Don Juan lives his life as if he is untouchable