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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Ottawa leader who led Native Americans in a revolt against the British in the Great Lakes region (1763–1766).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769)
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PONTIAC -- The No. 1 ranked Class 2A Saints showed depth, getting scoring from 10 different players in a 67-27 Corn Belt Conference win over host Pontiac on Monday.
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PONTIAC -- An overnight basement fire displaced a Pontiac family and claimed the life of a family cat.
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PONTIAC -- The No. 1 ranked Class 2A Saints showed depth, getting scoring from 10 different players in a 67-27 Corn Belt Conference win over host Pontiac on Monday.
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PONTIAC -- An overnight basement fire displaced a Pontiac family and claimed the life of a family cat.
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PONTIAC -- A steady rainfall Tuesday morning didn't stop hundreds of people from applying for jobs at the Interlake-Mecalux plant parking lot in Pontiac.
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PONTIAC -- A battery box underneath an Amtrak passenger train car caught fire Tuesday evening at the Pontiac depot.
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PONTIAC -- Ultralight airplanes leading 14 rare whooping cranes from Wisconsin to Florida bypassed a scheduled stop near Pontiac on Friday.
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"THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! maybe us pontiac residents can sleep a little better knowing that something is actually been done we need a HONEST person in the city of pontiac that knows what the heck they are doing and having something done is about. about time I can only apeak for myself here but I grew up in Pontiac and have had nothing but problems and knowing that we are having a good HONEST person that is going to change things around about timeway to go MR LEEB" dj wrote on Mar 20, 2009 1: 27 PM:
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Unemployment in Pontiac is 30% and the financial situation there is so dire that the police department is to be disbanded and public safety turned over to the county in order to save $2 million per year.
Barry D. Wood: The New Normal in Manufacturing and Housing Barry D. Wood 2010
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Unemployment in Pontiac is 30% and the financial situation there is so dire that the police department is to be disbanded and public safety turned over to the county in order to save $2 million per year.
Barry D. Wood: The New Normal in Manufacturing and Housing Barry D. Wood 2010
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