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nounlargest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
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nouna gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
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- scarface United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)
- capone United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)
- hutchins United States educator who was president of the University of Chicago (1899-1977)
- al capone United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)
- industrial workers of the world a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I
- sears tower a skyscraper built in Chicago in 1974; 1454 feet tall
- alphonse capone United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)
- iww a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I
- university of chicago a university in Chicago, Illinois
- butterfly effect the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago