Major construction projects, including the Sears Tower ( now known as the Willis Tower, which in 1974 became the world's tallest building ), University of Illinois at Chicago, McCormick Place, and O ' Hare International Airport, were undertaken during Richard J. Daley's tenure.

The United States ' two tallest towers are both located in Chicago ; Willis Tower ( formerly Sears Tower, and the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere ), and Trump International Hotel and Tower.

Presently, the four tallest buildings in the city are Willis Tower ( formerly the Sears Tower, also a building with its own zip code ), Trump International Hotel and Tower, the Aon Center ( previously the Standard Oil Building ), and the John Hancock Center.

Willis Tower ( formerly named and still commonly referred to as Sears Tower ) is a 108-story, 1, 451-foot ( 442 m ) skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois.

The Willis Tower is the tallest building in the United States and the seventh-tallest freestanding structure in the world.

On July 16, 2009, the building was officially renamed the Willis Tower.

On August 13, 2012, United Airlines announced it will be moving its corporate headquarters from 77 West Wacker Drive to the Willis Tower.

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His breakthrough building was arguably the Willis Building in Ipswich in 1975 and he has since designed landmark structures such as Wembley Stadium and 30 St Mary Axe.

* Practical air conditioner designed by Willis Carrier in 1902

Henry M. Willis designed and built the popular East Williston Runabout Roadcart.

Most of Willis ’ attention seemed to be focused on localized area of the brain that were designed specifically to carry out certain functions – both voluntary and involuntary.

Another project, recently completed, was the Terminal, Rotunda, and Concourse C Enhancement Project ( TRACE ) and was designed by Bernardino / Willis Architects, P. C.

The building contains a notable rose window designed by Hugh Easton, a two manual Henry Willis II organ and is a popular venue for concerts.

The tower is designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, which also designed the Willis Tower ( formerly the Sears Tower ) in Chicago and the new One World Trade Center in New York City among numerous other famous high-rises.

The front cover designed by Peter Willis is a reference to the Emerald Tablet representing a male solar deity on the top and a female lunar deity on the bottom, similar to that of Larks Tongues in Aspic.

* The Willis Building ( Ipswich ), England, designed by Foster Associates, is completed.

The instrument includes several stops that were scaled and designed by Henry Vincent Willis IV of England as one of a few larger Wicks instruments installed throughout the United States in the 1930 ’ s and 1940 ’ s.

In 1945, a Native American student, Don Willis, designed Eaglebeak, a caricature of a fictitious Indian chieftain and the teams became the Terrors.

The sign was designed by Betty Willis at the request of Ted Rogich, a local salesman, who sold it to Clark County, Nevada.

However, the creature was originally intended to be a Tyrannosaurus designed for the canceled Willis O ' Brien film Creation ( 1931 ).

The Willis Building was designed by architect Norman Foster and developed by British Land.

: For the Willis Building in London, also designed by Norman Foster, see Willis Building ( London )

The Willis building in Ipswich, England ( originally the Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters ) is one of the earliest buildings designed by Norman Foster after establishing Foster Associates.

Freddy needed a job, having been detached from a rather dangerous career in real estate and skyscraper financing by Gerry, and it was up to Arthur Willis to provide him with one.

Probably Mr. Willis was influenced toward deeper involvement by familial loyalty and a concern for his grandchildren.

At the meeting, attended by Freddy, Richert, Herberet and the A-Z executive staff, with Mr. Willis presiding, William and Hamrick did indeed run the gantlet.

Translated by Willis Barnstone.

A Fire Upon the Deep won the Hugo Award in 1993 ( tied with Doomsday Book by Connie Willis ).

A Fire Upon the Deep shared the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Novel with Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis.

Browne Willis built a mansion in 1711, but this was pulled down by Thomas Harrison, who had acquired the property in 1793.

He was replaced in the second by the Christian Science Monitors former Moscow correspondent, David Willis.

However, after increasing demand of salary in their arbitration years and uncertainty of stadium situation, the Marlins pulled the trigger on dealing slugger Miguel Cabrera and southpaw Dontrelle Willis to the Detroit Tigers for outfielder Cameron Maybin, southpaw Andrew Miller, reliever Burke Badenhop among the six players received by Florida.

* Dontrelle Willis ( 2003 – 2007 ) — The " D-Train " was named the National League Rookie of the Year in 2003 and showcased his remarkable ( for a pitcher ) hitting ability by going 3-for-3 with a triple while scoring a run during Game 4 of the 2003 National League Division Series, which the Marlins won 7 – 6 over the San Francisco Giants to advance to the NL Championship Series.

The film had its roots in an earlier concept for a new King Kong feature developed by Willis O ' Brien, animator of the original stop-motion Kong.

Coleman became the most popular fixture of the show, enhanced by his character's catchphrase " What ' choo talkin ' ' bout, Willis?

* Other significant Lovecraft-related works are An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia by Joshi and David S. Schulz ; Lovecraft's Library: A Catalogue ( a meticulous listing of many of the books in Lovecraft's now scattered library ), by Joshi ; Lovecraft at Last, an account by Willis Conover of his teenage correspondence with Lovecraft ; Joshi's A Subtler Magick: The Writings and Philosophy of H. P. Lovecraft.

With able support from Dilley ( 56 ) and Chris Old ( 29 ), Botham hit out and by the close of play was 145 not out with Bob Willis hanging on at the other end on 1 not out.

After Botham took the first wicket, Willis skittled Australia out for just 111, finishing with figures of 8 for 43 – rated by Wisden as the 7th best bowling performance of all time.

The property used to be owned by Thomas C. MacCready in the late 19th century, and after three generations of family, Douglas, Lynn, and Willis MacCready donated the land to Michigan State University in 2001.

In 1917, Albert Einstein established the theoretical foundations for the laser and the maser in the paper Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung ( On the Quantum Theory of Radiation ); via a re-derivation of Max Planck ’ s law of radiation, conceptually based upon probability coefficients ( Einstein coefficients ) for the absorption, spontaneous emission, and stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation ; in 1928, Rudolf W. Ladenburg confirmed the existences of the phenomena of stimulated emission and negative absorption ; in 1939, Valentin A. Fabrikant predicted the use of stimulated emission to amplify “ short ” waves ; in 1947, Willis E. Lamb and R. C. Retherford found apparent stimulated emission in hydrogen spectra and effected the first demonstration of stimulated emission ; in 1950, Alfred Kastler ( Nobel Prize for Physics 1966 ) proposed the method of optical pumping, experimentally confirmed, two years later, by Brossel, Kastler, and Winter.

In 1939, Valentin A. Fabrikant predicted the use of stimulated emission to amplify " short " waves ; In 1947, Willis E. Lamb and R. C. Retherford found apparent stimulated emission in hydrogen spectra and effected the first demonstration of stimulated emission ; in 1950, Alfred Kastler ( Nobel Prize for Physics 1966 ) proposed the method of optical pumping, experimentally confirmed, two years later, by Brossel, Kastler, and Winter.

They held to a view — which Willis would later describe as " neo-Maoist "— that it would be possible to unite all or virtually all women, as a class, to confront this oppression by personally confronting men.

In the extreme, exemplified by The Feminists, the upshot, according to Ellen Willis, was " unworkable, mechanistic demands for an absolutely random division of labor, taking no account of differences in skill, experience, or even inclination ".

Willis then surprised many by deciding not to put his name forward for nomination, leaving Askin as the only contender.

The first, as for example proposed by the Royalist Sir Richard Willis to King Charles, was that by abandoning the garrisoning of all but the most strategic locations in ones own territory, far more troops would be available for the field armies and it was the field armies which would decide the conflict.