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Ax - Poker (gambling) and Chicago School (sh)


Ax - Poker (gambling)


The percentage of a pot kept by the Management to pay expenses; usually called drop.

Chicago School (sh)




Group of architects and engineers who in the 1890s exploited the twin developments of structural steel framing and the electrified elevator, paving the way for the ubiquitous modern-day skyscraper.

Their work earned Chicago a reputation as the "birthplace of modern architecture." Among the school's members were Louis Sullivan, Daniel Burnham, and John Wellborn Root (1850-91).