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...World War II, turning it into Europe's biggest steel producer. But now Duisburg is a shadow of the boomtown it once was. A light smell of sulphur still fills the air, recalling times when steel mills lined the edge of the city. But today, many mills have shut down. Last year, the number of steelworkers in Germany plunged to 78,000 - nearly half of whom live in Duisburg - from 297,000 in 1960. Unemployment runs at 18%, well above the national average of 11.8%. The spd blames ruthless capitalists; party chairman Franz Müntefering accused foreign investors...
...voters with no formal party ties. Union membership is also dwindling. IG Metall, the metalworkers' union, has lost around 25% of its members in the past decade. In Duisburg, the last big test came in 1987, when steelmaker Krupp (which has since merged with former rival Thyssen) decided to shut down its plant in the Rheinhausen section of the city. For almost six months, steelworkers - joined by local students, miners, shopkeepers and police officers - demonstrated to save the plant. The workers lost and Krupp sold the plant to China...
...shut out the biggest game of the year,” said Schuyler Mann, Herrmann’s receiver. “He just came out and bulldogged...
...Herrmann] was out there and he was struggling worse than I was,” Haviland said. “He shut them out over nine innings. He has the experience to realize that when you don’t have your best stuff you’ve got to throw strikes, get ahead, and let our defense make the plays...
...Officers responded to Hauser Hall because of a report alleging there was a suspicious burning smell in the building. The HUPD officers discovered the source of the odor—a computer—and proceeded to shut...