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Deaths elsewhere
JORN UTZON, 90 Sydney Opera House architect Jorn Utzon, the Danish architect whose eye-catching, nautically inspired design for the Sydney Opera House in Australia overcame a series of controversies surrounding its budget and acoustics to become one of...Tags: Opera, Eero Saarinen, Music Theater, Australia (movie)
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Bowyer-Singleton creates fuller pictures from aerial views
Sentinel Staff WriterFor developers, land buyers, property investors, brokers and other industry professionals, the aerial views that free services such as Google Earth now provide are changing the way they do business. Seeing property and nearby homes, buildings, trees,...Tags: Stetson University, Condos and Houses, National Government, Rentals, Property
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Jorn Utzon, Sydney Opera House architect, dead at 90
Jorn Utzon, the Danish architect whose nautically inspired design for the Sydney Opera House in Australia overcame a series of controversies surrounding its budget and acoustics to become one of the most recognizable landmarks of the 20th century, helping...Tags: Opera, Eero Saarinen, Music Theater
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A Grand Entrance
We have built no national temple but the Capitol," U.S. Rep. Rufus Choate of Massachusetts said in 1833. "We consult no common oracle but the Constitution."
Now America's "temple" has a new front door, just in time for the millions of visitors expected...Tags: History, Heads of State, 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration, Thanksgiving, Religious Festivals
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Lifetime, no see
Neither man had a clue what to expect that morning last March as they stood toe-to-toe, 42 stories above the city.
The men were guarded yet friendly, as they sized each other up, trying to decide whether to shake hands or hug. After all, they were...Tags: Muhammad Ali, History, World War II, Anne Frank, Goodman Theatre
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A grand old home in River Forest gets a kitchen for today
Tribune reporterShe bore her pain openly: "It got to the point where I would walk downstairs in the morning and I would walk in the kitchen and I would just be very sad," says Traci Smith, wife, mother of two, working woman and avid home cook. She goes on: "It was...Tags: Kevin Smith, Dining and Drinking, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Renovation, Electrical Appliance
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Sydney Opera House lights dimmed to mourn architect's death
Associated Press WriterSYDNEY, Australia (AP) _ The distinctive white sails of the Sydney Opera House darkened Sunday night to mourn the death of Joern Utzon, the creative mind behind the globally known landmark. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd led praise for the Danish architect,...Tags: Opera, Music Theater, Kim Williams, Government
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Danish architect Joern Utzon, who designed the Sydney Opera House, dies at 90
Associated Press WriterCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) _ Joern Utzon, the Danish architect who designed the iconic Sydney Opera House, has died. He was 90. Utzon died from a heart attack in his sleep early Saturday, surrounded by family members in Denmark, his son, Kim Utzon, told...Tags: Alvar Aalto, Opera, Frank Lloyd Wright, Music Theater
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A very fine Italian house
Architecture CriticOne afternoon in the middle of September, I stepped off a train onto the rain-slicked streets of this sleepy, well-kept town 25 miles northwest of Venice. After dashing for three blocks through a howling, late-summer storm, I found myself face to face...Tags: Religious Texts, Thomas Jefferson, Jackson Pollock, Bible, Robert Venturi
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Trump in $40 million dispute with lender
Tribune staff reporterDeutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas has ratcheted up its battle with Donald Trump, claiming the hard-charging developer personally owes it $40 million after defaulting on a $640 million construction loan for Trump International Hotel & Tower. Friday,...Tags: Trump Tower, Sears Tower, Court Administration, Donald Trump, Sales
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Architect of Sydney Opera House
Associated PressCOPENHAGEN — Joern Utzon, the Danish architect who designed the iconic Sydney Opera House in Australia, has died. He was 90. Mr. Utzon died from a heart attack in his sleep Saturday, his son, Kim Utzon, told The Associated Press. "He had not...Tags: Opera, Frank Lloyd Wright, Music Theater
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'The Superorganism' by Bert Hölldobler and E. O. Wilson
The Superorganism
The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
Bert Hölldobler and E. O. Wilson
W.W. Norton: 522 pp., $55
Ants lack human consciousness. They don't make decisions, they respond to stimuli -- with a limited number of...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Anthropology, Employees, Robert Heinlein
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