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Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta)

Goldman Sachs Tower

Aon Center (Chicago)

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Seattle, WA

Jersey City, New Jersey

	Washington [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The population of the state is 626,932, as of 2000.
		Interstate 82Interstate 82 is an interstate highway in the northwestern United States.
		Interstate 90Interstate 90 is the longest interstate highway in the United States.
	www.wikimirror.com /Washington (13113 words)

	Woolworth Building - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Parkes Cadman during its opening ceremony, and was the tallest building in the world until the construction of the Chrysler Building in 1930.
		The building's tower, flush with the main frontage on Broadway, is raised on a block base that has a narrow interior court for light.
		The building was owned by the company for 85 years, until 1998, when Venator Group (formerly the F.W. Woolworth Company) sold it to the Witkoff Group for $155 million.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Woolworth_Building (459 words)

	New York [Definition]
		As in all fifty states, the head of the executive branchUnder the doctrine of the separation of powers, the executive is the branch of a government charged with implementing, or executing, the law.
		The state ranks 45th in land area (24,923km²), and its population (608,827) ranks as the second smallest of the fifty states.
		The state's official nickname is "The Golden State", which may refer either to the discovery of gold in California in 1848 and the subsequent gold rush, or to the golden brown color of much of the state during the summer.
	www.wikimirror.com /New_York (13981 words)

	Goldman Sachs Tower (30 Hudson Street) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Goldman Sachs Tower (30 Hudson Street), in Jersey City, New Jersey, is the tallest building in New Jersey.
		It has 42 floors and is 238 m (781 feet) tall.
		The building is an office tower, and is one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goldman_Sachs_Tower_(30_Hudson_Street) (236 words)

	Tallest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		List of the world's tallest structures This is a list of the all the world's tallest structures, past and present of any...
		United States tallest structures The height of structures in the United States has historically been poorly documented.
		World's tallest structures For many millennia the record holder for World's tallest structure was clear cut.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/tallest.html (143 words)

	Georgia. Who is Georgia? What is Georgia? Where is Georgia? Definition of Georgia. Meaning of Georgia.
		Georgia, state of the United States with a population of 8'186'453 (in 2000).
		Georgia, Vermont, United States, a town with a population of 4,375 (in 2000).
		Referenced By 50 Tallest buildings in the U.S. A Hacker History
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Georgia (93 words)

	Subject Bibliography: Buildings, Landmarks and Historic Sites (140) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		United States Code, 2000 Edition, Containing the General and Permanent Laws of the United States, In Force on January 2, 2001, Volume 19, Title 38, Veterans' Benefits to Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.BOOK.
		Describes the Capitol building of the United States between 1790 and 1800 in Philadelphia.
		Buildings depicted are located in: New Bedford, Massachusetts; Portland, Oregon; St. Louis, Missouri; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Savannah, Georgia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Francisco, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York, New York; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Washington, DC.
	bookstore.gpo.gov /sb/sb-140.html (3135 words)

	Contents of III. AMAR AND SOVEREIGNTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Considering that the Civil War was fought in large part because of disagreements over the sovereignty of the states and their proper role in a federalist system, it might be expected that, by the end of the twentieth century, American political and legal theorists would have developed a concise and cogent theory of sovereignty.
		If three-fourths of the states can abolish the federal government, then the federal government cannot be the supreme and ultimate constitutional power in the United States, since it exists at the pleasure of three-fourths of the states.
		Notions such as “state sovereignty” are often used to justify the claim that the actions of a state trump the actions of the federal government.
	www.law.upenn.edu /journals/conlaw/issues/vol2/num3/king/node5_ct.html (1544 words)

	ICAO Accommodations: A Page of History
		On 11 September 1944, the United States extended an invitation to fifty-three governments and two Ministers in Washington (Danish and Thai) for an international civil aviation conference to be convened in the United States on 1 November 1944.
		The award-winning 27-storey building (including a five level base structure) was designed by a firm led by Montreal's Architect André Vecsi; ICAO initially occupied fifteen floors of the building, as well as the whole conference complex adjacent to it to the rear.
		Contributions from Contracting States, typical of their arts and natural treasurers, were sought for the furnishing and decoration of the new building, which was officially inaugurated on 3 October 1975.
	www.icao.int /icao/en/premises_history.htm (1918 words)

	VOA News - SCIENCE REPORT- September 27, 2001: Planning for Safer Buildings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Building experts say it is possible to build a skyscraper that would survive such an attack.
		The building experts say the most important consideration is to slow the destruction caused by the fires.
		The two tallest buildings in the world are the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.
	www.voanews.com /specialenglish/Archive/a-2001-09-26-2-1.cfm (461 words)

	ArtsJournal Ideas: Daily Arts News
		For example: "The idea of a tall building has existed since architecture’s beginnings and came to fruition in the Gothic era with the race towards the tallest nave and spire, and again in the United States during the early 20th century.
		It is unlikely that rational argument will ever deter clients and architects from pursuing goals like the tallest buildings, goals that are deeply lodged in mental landscapes and reinforced by various media over decades or centuries.
		Fifty years after the discovery of DNA, one of the co-discoverers says he believes that "low intelligence is an inherited disorder and that molecular biologists have a duty to devise gene therapies or screening tests to tackle stupidity." New Scientist 02/28/03
	www.artsjournal.com /ideas/20030301archive.shtml (2268 words)

	Chicago's Ego
		And across the state in Pittsburgh buildings are still limited to the top of the US Steel building, forever keeping the city in the grimy steel age.
		As later skyscrapers were built, and some older ones remodeled, the buildings lost their ornament and it could be assumed that instead of being monuments to industry, the new buildings were in fact being built for a practical economic reason (even if they were often in part publicly financed in the name of economic development).
		Other "tallest" buildings in Shanghai and Hong Kong, some delayed because of the economic crisis, are waiting approval or completion as many more attempt to reveal the dimensions of emerging cultures and companies to the world.
	www.newcolonist.com /chicago_ego.html (1667 words)

	Miscellaneous Anthrax-related articles
		Brown, the state laboratory director, said the shipment was expected to arrive at the CDC on Saturday, but was delayed in Memphis by inclement weather.
		State governments had to try and consolidate efforts with the federal government to ensure that the disease was not spread.
		State governments would also be able to control the availability and distribution of medicines and vaccines and would be permitted to collect specimens from and perform tests on living persons.
	www.anthraxinvestigation.com /misc1.html (17417 words)

	World's Tallest Buildings
		A building differs from a tower in that the former is considered to be a structure that is designed for residential, business, or manufacturing purposes.
		Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Lehigh University, 2005.
		The height of a building is measured from the sidewalk level of the main entrance to the structural top of the building.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0001338.html (700 words)

	Pledge
		New Jersey's state seal was designed by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere and presented in May, 1777, to the Legislature, which was then meeting in the Indian King Tavern in Haddonfield.
		Today fifty stars signal from my union, one for each of the fifty sovereign states in the greatest constitutional republic the world has ever known.
		God grant that I may spend eternity in my land, "Land of the free and home of the brave", and that I shall ever be known as "Old Glory", the flag of the United States of America.
	ftp.genlyon.addr.com /pledge.htm (1737 words)

	Russia and the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The people of the United States must be smarter than their "leaders" and force a change in U.S. attitude toward Russia, away from stand-by-and-see-what-happens to engage, inspire, educate, and integrate Russia into the West, where it belongs.
		The United States has its own problems with corruption, of course, but they are trivial as against the bulk of the world, and we may be able to have a crucial impact in this area.
		The United States should regard this temporary condition as an opportunity to get high quality immigrants who are used to cold weather and who would be eager to settle in areas of the United States that have been progressively depopulated (at least in relative terms) by internal migration to the Sunbelt.
	members.aol.com /XPUS2/Russia.html (6030 words)

	Beyond a memorial, what kinds of civic amenities should be included on the WTC site?
		I think they should build the area up again with a memorial and the towers back where they should be standing tall and proud and showing that they make knock it down but they can not us from building it back.
		We should build a tower that is of our time with the most cutting edge ideas and technology we have available to us in the twenty first century.
		Have the buildings visually "cradle" the steel that was taken down within the center of the buildings.
	www.pps.org /downtownnyc/rec-page?rec_page_id=93 (8426 words)

	Articles - Bank of America Plaza (Dallas) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Standing at a structural height of 281 meters (921 feet), it is also the third tallest building in Texas and the 18th tallest building in the United States.
		The building's structure is accented at night by green argon lighting that outlines all of the building's edges (see picture below).
		It was one of the first buildings in the United States to receive the Energy Star award for electrical efficiency.
	www.poncier.com /articles/Bank_of_America_Plaza_(Dallas) (206 words)

	St. Joseph Messenger: History [2]
		By 1825 over 100 periodicals were being published in the United States; 75% of them were religious and half of those were anti-Catholic.
		Many of these anti-Catholic publications stated that Catholics were not patriotic but owed their allegiance solely to the Pope and therefore could never be true Americans.
		The nativist presence under the leadership of Lyman Beecher in Cincinnati prompted the bishop of that city to erect a new cathedral which became the tallest building west of the Allegheny River at the time.
	www.aquinas-multimedia.com /stjoseph/knownothings.html (775 words)

	Vaal Triangle Info Encylopedia - Fifty_tallest_buildings_in_the_USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The United States is home to many of the world's tallest skyscrapers.
		Here is a list of the country's 50 tallest structures based on their official height.
		However a planned tower in Chicago known as the Fordham Spire will be taller than the proposed Freedom Tower in both occupied floor and antenna height.
	www.vaaltriangleinfo.co.za /wiki/index.php?title=Fifty_tallest_buildings_in_the_USA (185 words)

	BASE Jumping - BASE is an acronym for Building, Antennae, Span and Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Defending their sport against criticism that it's too dangerous, parachutists took turns leaping off the world's tallest buildings yesterday at the start of a rare tournament of extreme skydiving.
		But most were ecstatic simply to be in an event that some other countries might not have approved.
		Their brand of skydiving is called base jumping - leaping from bridges, buildings, mountains and the like - and can put aficionados in conflict with authorities in many nations who try to stop them, fearing liability in case of death or injury.
	www.blincmagazine.com /cms/article_347.shtml (296 words)

	ArchitectureWeek New Books Listing
		Building Simply describes a creative process that does justice to the nature of the materials used to create unique projects through an economy of means and resources.
		The book is divided into sections on materials, building components, building types, case studies, and a catalog of components, all drawn to a common scale, providing everything the professional or the student might need to transform their designs into built projects.
		It includes basics of building science explaining why buildings fail and how they can be made more durable through design; details from real projects — successful and unsuccessful — in a variety of climates; and checklists you can use on your own projects.
	www.architectureweek.com /new_books.html (11759 words)

	VOA News - AMERICAN MOSAIC – September 21, 2001: Special on Terrorist Attack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Later, experts said the passengers on this flight may have fought with the terrorists and caused the crash, or caused the terrorists to crash the plane.
		They once were the tallest buildings in the world.
		The two buildings survived when they were hit by the large passenger aircraft traveling at about three-hundred kilometers an hour.
	www.voanews.com /specialenglish/Archive/a-2001-09-20-1-1.cfm (1141 words)

	Preservation Online: Archives
		Asia's Tallest Mountains or History's Bloodiest Battles, Ten Worst Movies of the Year or Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover—if it's a roster, I'll read it.
		Maintained by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), this compilation aims to be the ultimate global honor roll of cultural and natural sites of "outstanding universal value." For a hardcore building watcher and armchair traveler like me, this is the A-list that trumps all other A-lists.
		Finally, 100 percent owner consent to the nomination is required, a hurdle that is practically insurmountable in a historic district with hundreds of properties.
	www.nationaltrust.org /Magazine/archives/arc_mag/ma03backpage.htm (669 words)

	Recent news releases from PR Web the free press release newswire.
		Many of these oil tanks were installed at the time the buildings were built in the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's and they are much larger than doors, stairs and hallways connecting their location to the outside.
		As State Health Officer for the Washington State Department of Health, and a recently appointed member of the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality by Secretary Tommy Thompson, Dr. Hayes brings her experience and training as a pediatrician and public health leader to the C.H.E.F. Board Chair position.
		DPR Development a newcomer to the Home Building industry in an effort to find a "niche" market, is currently building a "one of a kind" Townhome project in Desert Hot Springs California.
	www.emediawire.com /recentnews/2004-09-20/0 (5177 words)

	ArtForum: Happiness: a Survival Guide for Art and Life - Tokyo
		Critic Pier Luigi Tazzi and Mori Museum director David Elliott have gathered some 150 works, spanning from antiquity to the present, for the institution's opening show in order to consider happiness under four headings: Arcadia, Nirvana, Desire, and Harmony.
		Visitors will be able to view works by over a hundred artists--including Constable, Monet, Warhol, and Murakami--on exhibit on the fifty-second and fifty-third floors of one of Tokyo's tallest buildings.
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	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0268/is_1_42/ai_108691796 (224 words)

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