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The Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, is the world headquarters of General Motors.. The history of General Motors (GM), one of the world's largest car and truck manufacturers, dates back more than a century and involves a vast scope of industrial activity around the world, mostly focused on motorized transportation and the engineering and manufacturing that make it possible.
Boeing on Friday replaced the head of its troubled defense and space business, which has struggled with money-losing government contracts and embarrassing setbacks involving its Starliner space ...
Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9, 1959) [1] is an American retired professional wrestler, podcaster and actor, currently signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is also known for his tenures with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Nash first gained exposure in the professional wrestling industry by ...
Rhodesia (/ roʊˈdiːʒə / ⓘ roh-DEE-zhə, / roʊˈdiːʃə / roh-DEE-shə; [2] Shona: Rodizha), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, [3][4] was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979. During this fourteen-year period, Rhodesia served as the de facto successor state to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia ...
The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film [2] directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. The film stars an ensemble cast including Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane ...
The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy is the second oldest of the five U.S. service academies and it educates midshipmen for service in the officer corps ...
Estonia was a member of the League of Nations from 22 September 1921, and became a member of the United Nations on 17 September 1991. [ 219 ][ 220 ] Since restoration of independence Estonia has pursued close relations with the Western countries, and has been member of NATO and the European Union since 2004. [ 220 ]
The hypothesis of dark matter has an elaborate history. [18] [19] In the appendices of the book Baltimore lectures on molecular dynamics and the wave theory of light where the main text was based on a series of lectures given in 1884, [18] Lord Kelvin discussed the potential number of stars around the Sun from the observed velocity dispersion of the stars near the Sun, assuming that the Sun ...