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    The poems "Pontiac" and "My ’48 Pontiac" contained a numerous amount of fascinating parallels between each other. Each Poem involves a man who uses their Pontiac as a source‚ were they could reflect upon their issues. Alone with their car they could feel free to criticize. Unable to come to terms that some things change‚ these men find it hard to let go of what is close to them. In "Pontiac" the man decides to remain with his Pontiac‚ and ponder about the past rather than to face his wife. He

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    Pontiac Goes Bankrupt

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    Pontiac Goes Bankrupt Summary of: Pontiac goes out of business after 84 years Source: http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2010/11/pontiac-goes-out-of-business-after-84-years This article discusses a little of the history of GM and why it failed. Pontiac started in the Michigan city of Pontiac in the 1920s. It almost died three decades later but was revived by GM when the company linked the car to drag racing and it gained the muscle image. The ready to race GTO‚ with a powerful V8 engine‚ helped

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    Pontiac Native Americans

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    Ashley Alfisi Connection with the Great Spirit Pontiac was a Native American born to the Ottawa tribe and allied with the French. Being during this time the invasions of land by others was very popular; the thoughts of being conquered were always in the back of Native Americans minds. Once the British came and took over Pontiacs land in modern day Detroit‚ he decided to go on the conquest to look for this Great Spirit. “ How can you hope‚ encumbered as you are‚ to succeed in your design? Go

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    Detroit

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    EN-111 29 September 2014 Detroit Detroit Michigan is the largest example of a boomtown to date in America. Detroit was once a front runner in very respectable categories such as per capita income and automotive production‚ and at one time was one of the greatest cities in our country. The city took a turn for the worst when Japanese automakers figured out how to make a better car in cheaper fashion‚ and Detroit has been paying the price ever since. The city of Detroit in its heyday was a metropolis

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    Second Chance through Destruction “The 1967 Detroit riot marked a point in U.S. history at which racial tensions between African Americans and whites reached deadly proportions” (Greene & Gabbidon 195-196). Riots in Detroit have occurred before over issues such as race‚ economics‚ and justice. The first major riot in Detroit was in March 1863‚ caused by a trial of an African American man for rape‚ and was powered by the local press. After that‚ Detroit tried to avoid major civil violence for a long

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    Detroit Essay

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    Detroit‚ once the New York City of its time‚ nick named the “Motor City” as it contained one of the leading car manufacturing centers of the automobile industry. As a metropolis for the first half of the twentieth century‚ Post World War II‚ Detroit became an economic fortress and focal point in American History. Detroit’s economic stronghold placed the city in a position that was once beneficial. From the surging employment opportunities perpetuated by the booming automotive market to the development

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    Crime in Detroit

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    Crime in Detroit For many years Detroit‚ Michigan has been known as the murder capital of the world. Stats show that in 2012 Detroit had the highest rate of violent crimes over any other city in the United States. Crime around the city is not only committed by the residents but also by local police officials and government officials. These are the people that took a vow to serve and protect us. But we have to protect ourselves from them. There has been crimes of racism‚ take for instance in 1992

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    Detroit Lions

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    The Detroit lions have done better in their new season in the NFL‚ now that they don’t have Barry sanders in their team. Without the man that holds the 2nd highest rushing record in the league‚ the team of Detroit that has always started their season bad‚ has started with a 2-0 which hasn’t happened in a long time‚ which is outstanding for the team rating. This for me is way of the charts‚ because who would of thought that The "Lions" would do so well without the man Barry Sanders. I as convinced

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    Crime In Detroit

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    Detroit‚ also known as the Motor City‚ is located in Michigan‚ a midwestern state bordering the four Great Lakes. Detroit is the most populous city in the state of Michigan‚ and has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world. Detroit is home to Motown‚ an American hit record company created in 1959 by Berry Gordy Jr. The auto industry is also a major part of Detroit’s interesting history. Although Detroit’s crime rate has dropped‚ Detroit can’t shake the number one

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    The Bankruptcy of Detroit

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    the development strategy of business. The Bankruptcy of Detroit In year 2013‚ Detroit filed for Chapter 9‚ Title 11 of the United State Code‚ which is a chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The code is available exclusively to municipalities that assist debtors in the restructuring of debts. There is no doubt that debt exerts an indispensable role in the bankruptcy of Detroit. (“Chapter 9‚ Title 11‚ United States Code‚” 2014) Detroit government has an estimated debt about $ 18-20 billion

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