Then they realized people would have to fly without the reassuring blur of propellers turning and dropped the jet engine like a hot potato.

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The governor's decision represents a turning point for a city that was once the industrial capital of America and an engine of its growth.

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Although we have a long way to go before we can put this recession behind us, the gears of our economic engine do appear to slowly -- to be slowly turning once again.

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