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    Pussi Riot. Who are they?

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    Pussi Riot Who are they? Eccentric teenagers who wanted to become famous by their amoral behavior‚ glorified protestants against the totalitarian regime of Putin who successfully managed to attract attention of whole European society to the problems of dictation in Russia or Putin’s action against opposition? The minds split. One group of people believes that behavior of this girls was well-planned anti-Putin’s action‚ which should attract attention by its scandalousness. If it is‚ we can surely

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    Causes of the Swing Riots

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    Causes of the Swing Riots Economic factors played an important role in the Swing riots. The industrial revolution was also taking place at this time‚ and machinery often replaced men on the farms‚ as it was a more economically efficient way of farming. A government policy of enclosure was implemented‚ which greatly upset traditional‚ rural societies. Tenant farmers would now only employ labourers to do short term work on the farms‚ for jobs such as hedging or ditching. There was now a surplus

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    92' L.A. Riots

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    together was the worst riot in U.S. history. March 3‚ 1991 Rodney King was pulled over for reckless driving and while being arrested was beaten by police in order to put him in custody. It was said at the time that he was under a pain-numbing drug such as PCP. He was shocked twice by 50‚000 volt tasers which is enough power

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    On February 10th I watched the Detroit Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven’s Fourth and Fifth symphonies at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. Even though the musicians were in Michigan‚ I had the full experience right inside my dorm room. The webcast was a really interesting experience that I enjoyed. I think I may have even appreciated it more than the real thing. Although you cannot replace getting dressed up and going to a concert‚ I liked this webcast because the different camera angles provided

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    Detroit had been in decline since it was rocked by race riots in 1967. Since then‚ there has been a real drop-off in investment and economic development in the city. Like a lot of other cities in the American northeast and Midwest‚ it was badly affected when factories moved south or out of the country‚ but was harder hit because it was a one-industry city. Most big cities have more than one industry‚ but Detroit’s economy was completely centered on the automobile. When the Recession hit‚ Detroit

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    k teen boy by a white officer started a large  outbreak of riots in Ferguson. Escalating riots are becoming out of hand and are bringing about  serious consequences; buildings are being burned down‚ lives are being ruined‚ and even deaths  have resulted from these riots. The riots in Ferguson are a major injustice because the city of  Ferguson will never fully recover from the tragic aftermath.   Evidence from the past proves that riots like these seen in Ferguson will have devastating

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    McNair Scholars Research Journal Volume 4 | Issue 1 Article 4 1-26-2012 Governmental Fragmentation in Metropolitan Detroit Kristal D. Davis Eastern Michigan University‚ kdavis48@emich.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://commons.emich.edu/mcnair Recommended Citation Davis‚ Kristal D. (2012) "Governmental Fragmentation in Metropolitan Detroit‚" McNair Scholars Research Journal: Vol. 4: Iss. 1‚ Article 4. Available at: http://commons.emich.edu/mcnair/vol4/iss1/4 This Article is brought

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    story of a hockey game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings you would have to describe exactly happened. VS. “The Leafs were so lucky on Saturday. The superb and skillful Wings players were beaten by the lucky‚ cheating Leafs players. The referee was totally biased. He allowed five goals that were all offside. I have never seen so much luck and cheating.” This story of a hockey game was written by a Detroit Red Wings fan when her team had lost 5-0! The writer

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    Wriston Corporation: The Detroit Plant Summary: Richard Sullivan‚ recently appointed vice president in the Heavy Equipment Division (HED) of the Automotive Supplier Group of the Wriston Manufacturing Corporation‚ scrutinized one more time the P&L forecast for the Detroit plant – part of the lengthy report on the future of the plant which had been prepared by a task force Sullivan had appointed six months earlier. He saw three major alternatives: close the plant as soon as possible and transfer its

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    Haymarket Square Riot

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    Haymarket Square Riot May 1 or May Day‚ is an international holiday which commemorates an event that happened in the United States. Demonstrations and celebrations are held all over the world. The United States does not recognize this as a holiday‚ yet this day changed the course of history and working conditions around the world. The three main labor organizations present in the United States at the time sought an eight-hour work day and called for several strikes to achieve this goal. Of

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