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Some illustrative events took place in the Windy City soon after a young Harvard Law School graduate arrived there little more than a decade ago.
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Since the low Chicago fares can't be combined with other cities on the same ticket, people outside the Windy City can find separately a cheap ticket to Chicago and build their own connection to save big bucks.
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The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) has shut its doors in response to a different sort of climate change--one producing a cold political Northern that blew into the Windy City from the Great Plains and beyond on Nov. 2.
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The California Zephyr was launched in 1949 to lure the latter, taking them on a 2, 500-mile journey between the Windy City and the Californian coast in three days.
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The Windy City's Cubs and White Sox were a combined 30-42, a .417 winning percentage, and last in their respective divisions Monday afternoon.
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Chicago, the NHL's top-seeded team, will renew a rivalry against seventh-seeded Detroit on Wednesday night in the Windy City.
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By 9 p.m. a truck carrying the correct polymer rolled off the loading dock and headed for the Windy City.
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Other Windy City players that have made headlines in recent months include (though not in as infamous a fashion as Groupon) mobile marketing firm Vibe Media, food delivery and restaurant finder company GrubHub, online trading platform optionMONSTER (home of tradeMONSTER) and personnel management software company SilkRoad.
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The Windy City lost 500 people to gun violence in 2012 alone and neither the police nor city hall have a single idea on how to stop it.
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Where Pi breaks ground is its reinterpretation of deep dish, with a lot of cornmeal added to the crust, less buttery than the Chicago version, and much more coherent, so that you can pick up a slice and eat it fairly neatly with your hands, rather than the fork and knife casserole version of the Windy City.
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