Engineered Systems, November 1st, 2000
The historic General Motors Building is getting transformed into a new office center for the State of Michigan, combining Roaring '20s grandeur with 21st-century hvac.
The year is 1922. Warren G. Harding becomes the first President of the United States to be heard on the radio. The movie of the year is D.W. Griffith's last epic, The Orphans of the Storm. Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia becomes the first woman to be seated in the United States Senate. The entrance to King Tut's tomb was discovered in Egypt by archaeologist Howard Carter. Prohibition of alcohol was in effect and the Roaring '20s...
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