In October, the solar-tower developers signed a power purchase agreement for the first La Paz facility.

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German company TimberTower celebrated the installation of the world's first wooden wind turbine tower in Hanover, and for the annual Glow Festival, Eindhoven unveiled an impressive glowing dome made from 30, 000 LEDs.

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Sega decided to release its new game "Yoot's Tower" for the Macintosh version first.

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The New York structure is the first tower Mr Libeskind has designed, having until now been most renowned for designing the Jewish Museum in Berlin.

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Annual sales of LPs in the U.S. had dipped below 1 million for the first time in a decade, and record giant Tower had just gone out of business.

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This enormous strain is one reason why a 10-storey tower with three men in the base was only managed for the first time in 1998.

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