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Recent content by Sisyphus

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    The end of America's love affair with cars

    True: Detroit makes a lot of fuel efficient cars, but are they innovative? Do they actively work to counteract many of the negative opinions that Americans harbor towards American made cars. Do they excite people, as you pointed out earlier? I think that if American automakers had focused...
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    The end of America's love affair with cars

    I think that the American love of affair with cars ended when our love affair with SUVs and trucks began. This is why Detroit has failed: very few people want to buy gas-guzzling monsters anymore. If the big three had practiced some foresight a few years back (similar to the way that Toyota...
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    Need some recommendations

    If you enjoyed Animal Farm, you might try 1984. I agree with Beer Good's statements above; if you have read Camus and Sartre (and understood them) you could easily read Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky will be your best bet if you are trying to gain some insight on humanity. You might try Notes...
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    David Sedaris

    Check out When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Easily one of his funniest works.
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    Favorite Quotes

    "The end is nothing; the road is all." -Willa Cather
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    Looking for a poet/poem

    That is it! Thank you, Libra, for the help!
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    Looking for a poet/poem

    Hello All, I am looking for a poem called "Seventeen," though I can't recall the name of the poet or the publication (or anthology) that it was printed in. I read it a couple years back for a poetry class, but, unfortunately, can’t recall any of the particulars other than its name, and, of...
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