Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Detroit 118, Cleveland...
...recalls Electronics Teacher John McCollum, "as something of a loner. He always had a different way of looking at things." Solitude may, however, have bred ambition. McCollum was stunned to learn that the young loner, needing parts for class projects, picked up the phone and called Burroughs collect in Detroit and Bill Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, over in Palo Alto...
...knack. In 1966 Cypriot Garo Yepremian's brother wrote to tell him about the land of milk and honey, and the soccer-style pioneer, Hungarian Pete Gogolak. Garo, a humble tiemaker, left home immediately to be a famous tie breaker. "The next thing I knew, I was a Detroit Lion," recalls Yepremian, who would serve four N.F.L. teams. "The first game I ever saw was in Baltimore against the Colts. I kicked off." Before the game, Yepremian's teammates dressed him in his pads. He stands 5 ft. 7 in. "After I kicked the ball, I stood...
That does not encourage big spending. It even discourages buying by employed people who are nervous over the safety of their jobs, or who have just been rehired after a period of layoff. Said a shopper in a Kmart in Detroit: "I'm making $4 an hour less in a new job, and I won't be spending as much...
Philadelphia 7. Detroit...