WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of tallest buildings in New York City - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings...

    The tallest building in New York is One World Trade Center, which rises 1,776 feet (541 m). [2] [3] [4] The 104-story [A] skyscraper also stands as the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the seventh-tallest building in the world. [2] [3] At 1,550 feet (472 m), Central Park Tower is the ...

  3. Great Lakes Compact - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Compact

    The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact is a legally binding interstate compact among the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The compact details how the states manage the use of the Great Lakes Basin 's water supply and builds on the 1985 Great Lakes ...

  4. Interstate compact - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_compact

    Description. Most early interstate compacts resolved boundary disputes, but since the early 20th century, compacts have increasingly been used as a tool of state cooperation and mutual recognition on infrastructure, services and professional licensing, often to ease administrative barriers and reduce costs and litigation.

  5. ALM (company) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALM_(company)

    ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media) is a media company headquartered in the Socony–Mobil Building in Manhattan, [2] and is a provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal, insurance, and commercial real estate sectors. [3] The company was started in 1979 by Steven Brill to publish The American Lawyer .

  6. Missouri Compromise - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise (also known as the Compromise of 1820) was a federal legislation of the United States that balanced desires of northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery in the country with those of southern states to expand it. It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and declared a policy of prohibiting ...

  7. National Rifle Association - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association

    The National Rifle Association of America ( NRA) is a gun rights advocacy group based in the United States. [3] [4] [b] Founded in 1871 to advance rifle marksmanship, the modern NRA has become a prominent gun rights lobbying organization while continuing to teach firearm safety and competency. The organization also publishes several magazines ...

  8. Salem Media Group - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_Media_Group

    U.S. Revenue. $262.78 million (2018) [1] Number of employees. 1,173 (2019) Website. salemmedia .com. Salem Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SALM; formerly Salem Communications Corporation) is an American radio broadcaster, internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher based in Irving, Texas, targeting audiences interested in Christian ...

  9. Outfront Media - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outfront_Media

    Outfront Media, Inc. Outfront Media, Inc. is one of the largest outdoor media companies. It operates in markets including the United States and Canada. [3] The Americas division is led by chief executive officer Jeremy Male. [4] Outfront Media operates both billboards and transit displays.