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Walk through Detroit's Hamtramck neighborhood on any given day and you'll smell the intoxicating aroma of Polish sausages and perogis wafting down the street. In nearby Greektown, flaming cheese lights up cheery restaurant windows, and in Dearborn, Middle Eastern bakeries entice with flaky desserts dripping in honey. These are everyday reminders that the Motor City boasts one of the most ethnically diverse populations in the country - thanks in large part to the U.S. automakers. Say what you will about the troubled corporate giants, but one accomplishment is undeniable: they gave countless immigrant families a sweet taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Auto Industry's Forgotten Legacy: Diversity | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...whim, we fail to equip them to handle the hardships, disappointments and struggles of adult life. And to treat youngsters as full-fledged adults from the age of two is to rob them of a true childhood experience, which is essential in producing a well-adjusted adult. ROBERT KOLINSKI Hamtramck, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 27, 2001 | 8/27/2001 | See Source »

STEPHEN HUME (R) District 15 (Parts of Detroit; Grosse Pointe; Hamtramck; River Rouge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: MICHIGAN | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...affair with a gangster named Jacob King, who is murdered in his Las Vegas casino. Then she disappears and doesn't surface until 40 years later, when she is discovered, a few dollars from dead broke, living in a run-down trailer park in Hamtramck, Michigan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Hollywood Babble-On | 8/29/1994 | See Source »

...appearances. Still, the numbers along his motorcade routes were often surprisingly small, thinned perhaps by fears of the crush and heavy security, or the it's-on-TV-anyway mentality; even on his visit to Detroit, only 30,000 turned out in the largely Polish community of Hamtramck. The Pontiff had made special contact for the first time with varied groups of U.S. Catholics -- Hispanics, American Indians, AIDS sufferers -- but his delivery was often wooden (English is not easy for him), and he was best on the few occasions when he could depart from ceremonial mechanics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: John Paul Draws The Line | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

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