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...Benevolent Manufacturing State was the self-funded, full-employment, womb-to-tomb society - for autoworkers, auto executives, their families and their communities - that Henry Ford began in 1914 when he hiked the prevailing $3-a-day wage to $5. "Fordism" outraged capitalists; Ford viewed it as a way to make cars affordable to working people. His people. The industry sputtered during the Depression, an era that gave rise to the unions, but was revived by wartime production as Detroit's manufacturing capacity became a vital weapon in the Allies' arsenal. Detroit reshaped America, spurring a great migration from the South...
...self-proclaimed atheist in a more secular environment, Duncan says she is pleased to have people besides her agnostic father with whom to discuss her views on religion...
...number of buildings destroyed,” said the psychology professor. “The cost of semantics in this case happens to be $3.5 million per destructive event, according to the insurance policy.” Alec J. Kunkel ’12, a self-professed fan of Pinker, attended the seminar with the hope of getting his copy of the professor’s book autographed. “He has an ability to take immensely complex ideas and break them into grasp-able concepts that are comprehensible to everyone,” he said...
...emotional argument that the Kurds are using, but it's also grounded in regional self-interest - which is the Prime Minister's case against those who oppose him. Maliki has lambasted the Kurdish regional government for unilaterally signing oil deals with international companies and cutting Baghdad out of the loop, as well as opening representative offices overseas. He has also pushed back against the Kurds' attempts to extend their military presence into territory south of their regional border. "The central government thinks the Kurdish regional government behaves like a state, and the Kurds think Maliki wants to flex his muscles...
...drugs usually associated with Western decadence to stay awake and alert throughout their three-day killing spree? Britain's Telegraph newspaper suggests that they did, citing unidentified officials claiming physical evidence shows the assailants used cocaine and other stimulants to sustain their violent frenzy. And if the notion of self-anointed holy warriors on a coke binge sounds incongruous, the report also maintains that the killers imbibed the psychedelic drug LSD while fighting advancing security forces...