Warren G. Harding
Harding emerged as a compromise candidate between the conservative and progressive wings of the party, and he clinched his nomination on the tenth ballot of the 1920 Republican National Convention. ... Harding all but ignored Cox in the race and essentially campaigned against Wilson by calling for a "return to normalcy".
They believed that the north would very easily squash the confederates and thought it might be an amusing show.
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Technically, continuous improvement is an operations concept developed in Japan, although of course it quickly spread to other countries and economies since it provides for more efficiency.