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McCormick Place (from the article "Chicago") ...the Coliseum, the International Amphitheater, and the Chicago Stadium have given way to the United ... McCormick Place West Exhibition Hall (from the article "building construction") ...deflection is reduced and the shells kept in compression by cables that run down from ... McCormick, Anne Elizabeth O'Hare English-born American journalist who gained a considerable reputation as a New York Times foreign correspondent ... McCormick, Cyrus Hall American industrialist and inventor who is generally credited with the development (from 1831) of the ... [3 Related Articles] McCormick, Joseph Medill (from the article "Simms, Ruth Hanna McCormick") ...political kingmaker Mark Hanna, and she often accompanied her father as he attended to business ... McCormick, Kelly (from the article "McCormick, Pat") McCormick retired from competition after the 1956 Games and opened a diving camp. Her daughter, ... 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