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  2. Andrew Carnegie - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Carnegie (English: / k ɑːr ˈ n ɛ ɡ i / kar-NEG-ee, Scots: [kɑrˈnɛːɡi]; [2] [3] [note 1] November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. [5]

  3. Charles M. Schwab - Wikipedia

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    In 1911, Bethlehem Steel formed a company soccer team known as Bethlehem Steel F.C. Three years later, in 1914, Schwab took the team professional. [10] [11] Until its demise in 1930, the team won eight league championships, six American Cups, and five National Challenge Cups. It was considered among the greatest soccer teams in U.S. history.

  4. List of military engagements of World War I - Wikipedia

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    The early French initiative, to capture territory lost to the Germans in the 1870–1871 Franco-Prussian War, which France started, was played out in a series of frontier battles between the Germans and the French, known collectively as the Battle of the Frontiers.

  5. Dale Carnegie - Wikipedia

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    Dale Carnegie (/ ˈ k ɑːr n ɪ ɡ i / KAR-nig-ee; [1] spelled Carnagey until c. 1922; November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955) was an American writer and teacher of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills.

  6. World War I - Wikipedia

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    World War I [b] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

  7. History of the steel industry (1850–1970) - Wikipedia

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    The Carnegie Boys: The Lieutenants of Andrew Carnegie that Changed America (McFarland, 2012). Seely, Bruce E., ed The Iron and Steel Industry in the 20th Century (1994) (Encyclopedia of American Business History and Biography) Temin, Peter. Iron and Steel in Nineteenth-Century America, An Economic Inquiry (1964) Wall, Joseph Frazier. Andrew ...

  8. Carnegie Hero Fund - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Carnegie. The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, also known as Carnegie Hero Fund, was established to recognize persons who perform extraordinary acts of heroism in civilian life in the United States and Canada, and to provide financial assistance for those disabled and the dependents of those killed saving or attempting to save others.

  9. Carnegie Steel Company - Wikipedia

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    Carnegie alone estimated that 40% was returned on the investment, i.e., a profit of $40,000 from a $100,000 investment in the mill. [3] The profits made by the Edgar Thomson Steel Works were substantial enough to let Carnegie and his partners, including Henry Clay Frick, his cousin George Lauder, and Henry Phipps Jr., buy