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Suicide, Terrorism, and the Looming Tower
Suicide, Terrorism, and the Looming Tower
As I wrote in an earlier article , I have been working my way through The Looming Tower for the second time. In my first post, we learned about how Islamic extremists had found a way around the Koran’s forbidding of killing innocents (and other Muslims). This time, we will examine how ...
Sears Tower Becomes Willis Tower Thursday
huffingtonpost.com — CHICAGO (AP) -- Known as the Sears Tower since it opened in 1973, the tallest building in... the United States is set to change its name to Willis Tower. The London-based insurance brokerage Willis Group Holdings will make the name change official Thursday with a ceremony at the downtown ... (more) Sears Tower Becomes Willis Tower Thursday
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