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    This conspiracy is part of the American public transportation history: the idea General Motors company conspired to destroy the streetcar systems in the United States cities to increase the sales of the automobiles produced by the company. Evidence for The market saturation led GM to lost $65 million, that those who desired cars already owned them, and the only way to increase GM's sales and restore its profitability was by eliminating its principal rival: electric railways. General Motors tried…

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    This case study begins with, Tiger Woods being in a car accident at 2:25 a.m. where he ran his Cadillac Escalade into a fire hydrant and a neighbor’s tree. The police were called to the scene of the crime and he was found lying on the ground with his wife who had broken into the cars back window and got Tiger out. Woods was treated for minor wounds and was released. As news broke of the accident Woods remained silent. By end of day, TMZ had already published a story using unnamed and…

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    Dreamgirls Research Paper

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    as one of the most popular genres for the younger generations in America, it became popular with the young white population in part by white artists singing black artist’s original rock n roll songs. This is shown in dream girls when Jimmy Early’s Cadillac song is used by a young white musician and it becomes a…

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    Detroit thru 1701-1760 In the beggning Detroits main idea for it was to make a stronghold in it since the river would help defend a stronghold and also help with trade. The man who was going to carry out this plan was , Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, to do this he convinced his father King Louis' Minister of Marine, of the postives of making a settlement here. Even though this started in 1697 to help stop the British from moving west ward the plan was not achived till July 24, 1701 as there where…

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    brief time ago, a friend, now brought to final form, without fanfare. No crowded room, no huddled mourners, only a friend left behind. A rap upon the door announces the arrival of a morbid conclusion to this tragic evening, a long black hearse, A Cadillac, points for style. At the helm a man, weary and sleepy eyed. Somber, respectful gentleman, avoiding eye contact, so as not to acknowledge watering eyes, trembling exhausted voice, directing him to the dimly lit bedroom. Lingering in the…

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    family, and neighbors. In public the McCandless are always try look like this perfect happy couple, but in private they are far from happy. The parents like having the finer things in life. For example, there was a flashback on when the parents got a Cadillac. The spent the whole time bragging about how much money they have, and how they can afford to by something that was worth so much money. This shows us that being wealth went to Chris’s parents head, causing them to want the finer things in…

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    Klu Klux Klan Essay

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    In a time of unrest, people like Bob Jones preyed on people who were struggling and lost. The film, Klansville USA, lays out the history and progression of the Klu Klux Klan in North Carolina, but it also touches on the makings of a KKK member. The typical components of someone who became a member of the KKK are also common in the creation of other radical group’s followers. This concept of someone taking advantage of others and manipulating them to think a certain way, has happened throughout…

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    Mamet uses ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ not as a way of representing the infecting nature of corporate America as many would believe but to portray the underlying anxieties and fears of Americans at that time which, as it can be seen, had a greater destructive effect on employees ethics and morals than just simply the career they had chosen. It is this motive of exposing these demons that fuels Mamet’s play which demonstrates to the audience all the ways in which America was, at that time, contrived…

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    General Motors was founded on September 16, 1908 in Flint, Michigan, quickly developing into an industrial powerhouse in the United States, and more recently becoming one of the largest car and truck manufactures in the world. The beginning of General Motors Corporation can be traced back to 1892, when R.E. Olds collected all of his savings to convert his father's naval and industrial engine factory into the Olds Motor Vehicle Company to build horseless carriages. In 1895 the first car was…

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    were just simple, dull birds, became an iconic symbol of luxury, class, and success. Price uses the example of the iconic star, Elves Presley, to show that even famous people were adapting to the pink flamingo trend. Instead of buying a red or blue Cadillac, the pink color was more appealing to Presley because bright pink had been “the hottest color of the decade.” Flamingos, which had been known by few, made its way into American lives thanks to a renowned gangster. From there, the bird carried…

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