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Sears Tower

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Sears Tower
365 words, approx. 1 pages
skyscraper office building in Chicago, Illinois, among the world's tallest buildings. The Sears Tower opened to tenants in 1973, though construction was not actually completed until 1974. Built for Sears, Roebuck and Company, the structure reaches 110...
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Sears Tower Summary
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The Sears Tower looms over downtown Chicago, an unmistakable symbol of the city's pride in its heritage as the birthplace of a uniquely American concept, the modern skyscraper. Built in 1974 to a height of 1,468 feet, the Sears Tower succeeded...
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Sears Tower
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Skyscraper office building in Chicago. With 110 floors and a height of 1,450 ft (442 m), it became the world's tallest building at its completion in 1974. Its architect, Fazlur Khan (1928–1982), designed it as a bundled-tube (&see; skyscraper)...
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Sears Tower Information
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The Sears Tower is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. It has been the tallest building in the United States since 1973, surpassing the World Trade Center, which itself had surpassed the Empire State Building only a year earlier. Commissioned by Sears,...


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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sears a tower of power
05/10/2003: 353 words, approx. 1 pages
Sears a tower of power Associated Press Saturday, May 10, 2003 Todd Sears hit his first career homer and drove in four runs Friday night as the Minnesota Twins roughed up Pedro Martinez and the Boston Red Sox in a 5-0...
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The Economist (US)
A tall tale. (the Sears Tower)
08/05/1989: 616 words, approx. 2 pages
A tall tale SEARS, ROEBUCK, America's biggest retail chain, has not been doing well. Stagnating sales, falling profits, a not altogether profitable diversion into financial services--all are signs of a retail group that has been losing out to brasher newcomers. Last autumn...
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AP News
Man denies Sears Tower allegations
12/14/2006: 282 words, approx. 1 pages
A man accused of planning to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and several federal buildings said he was never going to stage a terrorist attack, a statement released Wednesday said.Narseal Batiste made the claims in a 25-page statement that his wife hand-delivered to WFOR-CBS4, reporter...
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AP News
Man denies planning Sears Tower attack
12/14/2006: 282 words, approx. 1 pages
A man accused of planning to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and several federal buildings said he was never going to stage a terrorist attack, a statement released Wednesday said.Narseal Batiste made the claims in a 25-page statement that his wife hand-delivered to WFOR-CBS4, reporter...
 


 

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