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	Williams Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Williams Tower, (formerly the Transco Tower), is a skyscraper located in the Uptown District of Houston.
		At 64 stories and 909 feet (275 m), the Williams Tower is the tallest building in Houston outside of the Downtown area.
		In a greenspace adjacent to the Williams Tower is another Houston landmark, the Williams Waterwall.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Williams_Tower (386 words)

	Williams Tower - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		At 64 stories and 901 feet (275 m), the Williams Tower is the tallest building in Houston outside of the Downtown area.
		The bottom 32 floors are occupied by Williams, and the top 32 are occupied by a variety of local firms.
		Increasing its visibility during the night-time hours, the tower has a beacon of light that sweeps the sky over the Galleria area.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Williams_Tower (337 words)

	Encyclopedia: Williams Tower
		Williams Waterwall is a multi-story sculptural fountain which sits at the south end of Williams Park in Houstons Galleria/Uptown district.
		The J.P. Morgan Chase Tower in Downtown Houston is actually the tallest in Houston, yet the Williams Tower is the tallest building in Houston that is outside of Downtown Houston.
		It has also been disputed that the Williams Tower is the tallest building in the world outside of a central business district.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Williams-Tower (583 words)

	Latest News Release
		Williams, which merged with Transco Energy Company in 1995, is one of the nation’s largest-volume transporters of natural gas in North America.
		Williams Gas Pipeline is one of the nation’s largest-volume transporters of natural gas, delivering approximately 16 percent of the natural gas consumed in the United States.
		Williams, through its subsidiaries, provides a full range of traditional and leading-edge energy and communications services and is one of the nation's largest-volume transporters of natural gas.
	www.williams.com /newsmedia/newsreleases/rel354.html (688 words)

	CNN/SI - College Football - Williams' reign at Grambling gets off to rocky start - Tuesday August 25, 1998 05:20 PM
		When Williams' name surfaced as a replacement, his once warm relationship with his old coach cooled, and when Williams took over the two men did not speak.
		Then Williams was forced to work in a bare office in a trailer behind the athletic building when Robinson did not move out of his office until mid-August.
		Williams passed for 8,411 yards and 93 touchdowns as a Grambling quarterback from 1974-77.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/college/news/1998/08/25/grambling_williams (1046 words)

	Williams Tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Williams Tower is perceived by some as the tallest building in Houston, as there are no other skyscrapers of the tower'sstature in the area.
		The Houston Chase Tower in Downtown Houston is actually the tallest in Houston, yet the Williams Toweris the tallest building in Houston that is outside of Downtown Houston.
		It has also been disputed that the Williams Tower is thetallest building in the world outside of a centralbusiness district.
	www.therfcc.org /williams-tower-100222.html (128 words)

	Real Estate [Williams.com] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Williams Center's location is convenient for both tenants and visitors, as it's easily accessible from all parts of Tulsa and surrounding areas.
		The Williams Center Tower is the crown jewel of Tulsa's skyline.
		For convenience, it is connected to the tower to the east and the Crown Plaza to the south via an enclosed pedestrian walkway.
	www.williams.com /realestate/index.asp (405 words)

	Tower Of Power - Dinosaur Tracks - Read This (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Tower has seen its ups and downs, critical acclaim and ire, record sales and stiffs, and survived the life on the road that defines the music business.
		Tower's five-piece horn section gives the group 125-plus decibels of power, and hence the big band comparisons, but it is the unique groove laid down by the rhythm section that defines a funk that is part Sly, part Cameo, and part Spiders.
		The first Columbia effort by Tower saw a new lead singer in the form of Edward McGee, and Garibaldi exited briefly (as he was again unable to deal with the party-hardy atmosphere) and was replaced on the recording by Ronnie Beck.
	www.rhinohandmade.com /rhip/7703/readthis.mgi2 (8455 words)

	Architecture of the Williams Tower - Houston, Texas, United States of America
		The Williams Tower rises 64 stories over the Galleria Area and has become an icon of the city.
		The structure at the bottom of the tower isn't a lobby, it's a fountain.
		The Williams Tower is actually constructed as two 32-story buildings stacked on top of each other.
	www.glasssteelandstone.com /US/TX/HoustonWilliamsTower.html (683 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Williams Tower
		Williams Tower, formerly the Transco Tower, Houston, 1983.
		While Williams Tower is one of Houston's nicest office buildings, Citgo is used to being in suburban areas.
		Williams' Transco Pipeline division and other operations are still located in Williams Tower, though occupying far less space.
	architecture.surfwax.com /files/Williams_Tower.html (1099 words)

	Williams Gateway
		The water tower at Williams Gateway retains the Air Force Base's "Warrior" logo.
		Williams Air Force Base, as it was named in January 1948, graduated more student pilots and instructors than any other base in the country, supplying 25 percent of the Air Force's pilots.
		In 1994 under the cooperation of the state and the jurisdictions surrounding the base (Mesa, Gilbert, Queen Creek and the Gila River Indian Community), the base was reopened as a civilian facility and renamed Williams Gateway Airport.
	www.doney.net /aroundaz/williamsgateway.htm (240 words)

	Williams, JSU tower over Alabama A&M - The Clarion-Ledger
		A&M, seemingly intimidated by Williams' looming presence, missed its first nine shots, committed nine turnovers and trailed 18-0 before scoring its first basket at the 11-minute mark of the first half.
		When Williams took a breather moments later, it was 19-2.
		Williams, who came in averaging 18.4 points, 10.7 rebounds and nation-leading 5.1 blocks, was named the SWAC's newcomer and defensive player of the year Tuesday.
	www.clarionledger.com /news/0303/12/tjsu02.html (571 words)

	math lessons - Williams Tower
		The Williams Tower, formerly the Transco Tower, is a building designed by architect Philip Johnson located in the Uptown District of Houston.
		At 64 stories and 901 feet, the Williams Tower is the tallest building in Houston that is outside of the Downtown area.
		Increasing its visibility during the night-time hours, the tower has a beacon of light that sweeps the night sky over the Galleria area.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Williams_Tower (222 words)

	What Is This Hou Scraper? - Houston Architecture Info Forum
		Clase tower was originally going to be 85 floors, but with Hobby airport and the FAA, they decided it would be better to just stop at 75.
		Clase tower was originally going to be 85 floors, but with Hobby airport and the FAA, they decided it would be better to just stop at 75. Just imagine though if it were 10 floors higher.
		The Texas Commerce Tower (Chase Tower, JP Morgan Chase Tower) was originally suppose to be 60 floors.
	www.houstonarchitecture.info /haif/index.php?showtopic=819 (1607 words)

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		And Williams was busy making a note in the incident log to show both the protected airspace penetration and the gear-problem.
		But Williams was too busy watching the second plane-the one that had entered the airspace without permission.
		In every case, pilots with heavy foreign accents were able to come within striking distance of the control tower without arousing any suspicion and plunged their ships, loaded with explosives, into buildings, airplanes, and fuel storage tanks.
	www2.xlibris.com /bookstore/book_excerpt.asp?bookid=871 (2064 words)

	The John Williams Web Pages
		John Williams and Yo-Yo Ma are tentatively scheduled to appear on the The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, February 6, performing a selection from Memoirs of a Geisha.
		On August 27 Williams conducted the Boston Pops in Film Night at Tanglewood, his only appearance this summer at the Boston Symphony's summer home (other than a brief contribution to the annual Tanglewood on Parade event).
		On December 5, 2004 John Williams was honored as one of the 2004 honorees of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., along with singer Elton John, soprano Joan Sutherland, actors and producers Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, and actor and director Warren Beatty.
	www.johnwilliams.org (587 words)

	GazetteOnline - Two charged with draining Williams' water tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		WILLIAMS, IA - Two men, one a candidate for mayor of this small central Iowa town, have been charged with draining the town's water tower as a prank.
		Dennis Dale Frayne, 51, and Terry Dean Anderson, 29, both of Williams, are both charged with first-degree criminal mischief, a felony.
		Court records show that Frayne and Anderson drained the city's water tower overnight on Aug. 17-18 by opening the town's fire hydrants, causing the city to be without water for four to five hours.
	www.gazetteonline.com /2005/09/29/Home/News/tower.htm (246 words)

	Brother tells story. Story by David Gonzalez. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Williams Tower fall may not have been suicide
		LEAD-IN BY HOST: Mainstream news reports of a University of Houston student's death after falling from the Williams Tower last December emphasized the role mental illness played in his decision to climb the building.
		This letter was found last December in Houston, after Ryan, an experienced rock climber, decided to climb the Williams tower in order to demonstrate his opposition to the war against Iraq.
	www.kpft.org /news/022103story3.html (519 words)

	Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum - Man dies in jump from Houston skyscraper
		Sources close to the investigation told KHOU-TV the note dealt with opposition to the opression of Muslims and contained wording to the effect that the man was opposed to the United States entering a Vietnam-like conflict.
		Witness Pat McGarey, a tower worker, said the man was yelling or singing and periodically waved his hands before taking an extended pause.
		The Art Deco-inspired skyscraper was formerly known as the Transco Tower was built in 1983 and is known for the floodlight beacon at it's top.
	forum.dallasmetropolis.com /showthread.php?t=45 (509 words)

	Pro Wrestling Insider - Pro Wrestling News Inside & Out
		Williams is Irish whipped into the turnbuckle and then Sabin with an Irish whip of Styles that culminates with a Phenomenal clothesline in the corner on Williams.
		Williams climbs the cables, and he hits a rana on Sabin while he is on Styles’s shoulders.
		Williams escapes and has Sabin set up for an inverted DDT, but Styles with springboard moonsault into an inverted DDT on Williams while Williams holds on to Sabin for an inverted DDT of his own.
	www.pwinsider.com /ViewArticle.asp?id=13076&p=1 (2266 words)

	Architecture of Chase Tower - Houston, Texas, United States of America
		It was the tallest building west of the Mississippi until the Library Tower was built in Los Angeles.
		The Chase Tower was originally designed to be 80-stories, but the Federal Aviation Administration felt the extra five floors would be a hazard to air traffic out of Hobby Airport.
		I Agree with susan motley,chase tower is plain but very tall and beutiful.Houston Is a big city so it needs tall,and big buildings like the chaxe tower.
	www.glasssteelandstone.com /US/TX/HoustonChaseTower.html (410 words)

	GVA - GVA Williams Scales Tower 49®
		An elegant office tower designed by renowned architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and completed in 1984, it is conveniently located between Grand Central Terminal and the Plaza District.
		“Tower 49® has no significant vacancies until 2012, however, there are potential leasing opportunities for smaller space users seeking to enhance their corporate image by leasing at this stellar trophy property,” Bakst said.
		Tower 49® features a center core, and a column-free floor plate with windows on all sides, allowing for maximum design flexibility.
	www.gvawilliams.com /x661.xml (420 words)

	Global Architecture Encyclopedia - Glass Steel and Stone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Originally, it was in the running with the Freedom Tower in New York, however, the Burj Dubai has the advantage of actually having begun construction while the New York project has been bogged down in political and sentimental interests.
		Just how tall the tower will be remains to be seen.
		In the 1970's it was the Sears Tower and the Aon Ce...
	www.houstonarchitecture.info /ShowBuilding.php?ID=233 (389 words)

	USGS Carbon Cycle Research-Greenhouse Gases
		Wind, temperature, humidity, and CO concentration sensing instruments on tower in Williams Lake.
		Although lakes occupy only a small fraction of Earth's surface area, study of the CO exchange between them and the atmosphere is needed to better define the carbon cycle and to improve our understanding of air-water gas transfer over much larger water bodies such as oceans.
		Williams Lake (part of the USGS's Interdisciplinary Research Initiative in the Mississippi River headwaters area of north-central Minnesota) was selected for a 3 year (1992-4) study of air-water CO exchange.
	geochange.er.usgs.gov /pub/carbon/ghg (1326 words)

	Texas 2000 Air Quality Study and Back-Trajectories for Williams Tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		PNNL was heavily involved in the boundary layer meteorology studies, the aircraft studies, and in establishing a monitoring site from the 62nd floor of the Williams Tower on the west side of Houston.
		Sampling from the Williams Tower took place 24 hours a day, 7 days a week between August 13 and September 13, 2000, with 20 instruments from 6 research organizations participating.
		Trajectories from the Williams Tower are shown in this QuickTime movie (version dated March 4, 2002) that lets a user step through constant-altitude back-trajectories that start from the Williams Tower.
	www.pnl.gov /atmos_sciences/Texas2000.html (532 words)

	PI90 - TulsaPartners.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The ceremony caps a three-day ‘Disaster Alley’ preparedness expo Williams is hosting in the tower’s ground-level lobby June 19-21.
		Williams asked to bring the exhibit downtown to educate employees about disaster survival and prevention products and skills.
		Williams is one of 350 partners who are working through Tulsa Project Impact to create a disaster-resistant community.
	www.tulsapartners.org /archive/pi90.htm (391 words)

	All About Skyscrapers; Williams Tower
		Williams Tower functions as two 32-floor towers stacked on top of each other, complete with separate lobbies, elevators, and garages.
		South of the building is a 3-acre park with a large fountain called the "Waterwall" (aka Transco Fountain), designed by the building's architects with Richard Fitzgerald and Partners.
		Construction took only 16 months, a remarkably short time for a tower of such height.
	www.allaboutskyscrapers.com /williams_tower.htm (130 words)

	Williams Hosts Tulsa Launch Celebration on Jan. 17 for Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon
		The kick-off ceremonies, located at Williams Café on the lower level of the Williams Tower, will include remarks from a representative for Mayor Susan Savage, marathon officials, local running clubs, Williams employees and Howard Janzen, Williams Communications president and registered runner for the marathon.
		"Williams is committed to supporting the communities we serve," said Janzen.
		As an Elite-level sponsor, Williams is encouraging its employees in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and across the United States to volunteer and run in the Marathon.
	www.wiltel.com /overview/content/pressreleases/2001/01-15.htm (383 words)

	Williams Tower and Water Wall - Real Estate - Houston, TX, 77056-6131 - Citysearch
		This towering landmark dominates the Galleria skyline and its glistening Wate...
		His creation, a striking, neo-Deco tower of power, penetrates the urban sprawl with a soaring, 64-story upward thrust.
		Capping the tower is a 7,000-watt revolving light that cuts through the humid night sky like a searchlight beam in Gotham City.
	houston.citysearch.com /profile/9903669/houston_tx/williams_tower_and_water_wall.html (431 words)

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