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With one minute left in the game, the CRIMSON broke the stall when forward Jon "Mouth" Carlson said, "Boy, are you guys chicken." to Penn forward Jeff "Fiery" Rothbard, Angered, Rothbard fired a looping pass to the basket for "Skyscraper", but Dake went high in the air to intercept the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Crime' Rallies For 23-2 Victory | 2/23/1971 | See Source »

The Pennsylvanian tried a traditional strategy to win. Starting Mary "Skyscraper" Dash, 7' 5", at center, the Pennsylvanian won the tap and went into a stall, playing for the last shot.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Crime' Rallies For 23-2 Victory | 2/23/1971 | See Source »

In 1968, the 100-story John Hancock Center was opened, and at 1,127 ft. it ranked as the world's second tallest building, after Manhattan's 1,250-ft. Empire State Building. Early this year Standard Oil (Indiana) unfurled plans to put up a Chicago headquarters that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Construction: Reaching for the Skies | 8/10/1970 | See Source »

Some, mostly the defiant young, blow their noses on it, sleep in it, set it afire, or wear it to patch the seat of their trousers. In response, others wave it with defensive pride, crack skulls in its name, and fly it from their garbage trucks, police cars and skyscraper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who Owns the Stars and Stripes? | 7/6/1970 | See Source »

Skyscraper design soon lost any pretense of art for man's sake, and bowed only to art for business' sake. But the Met's exhibit confidently denies the obvious. After reminding us, without the least touch of irony, that "Skyscrapers are acknowledged to be the most striking American innovation in...

Author: By Richard E. Hyland, | Title: No Country for Old Men | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

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