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  2. Elevator paradox - Wikipedia

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    The elevator paradox is a paradox first noted by Marvin Stern and George Gamow, physicists who had offices on different floors of a multi-story building. Gamow, who had an office near the bottom of the building noticed that the first elevator to stop at his floor was most often going down, while Stern, who had an office near the top, noticed that the first elevator to stop at his floor was ...

  3. Celia Rivenbark: Going up? Not this stranded vacationer - AOL

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    Fun fact: A home elevator is apparently different from a department store elevator. There are two doors to open: One is like an accordian curtain and the other is a normal door you use to enter ...

  4. 1221 Avenue of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    After entering an express elevator serving floors 39–50 at approximately 11:00 p.m. Friday on October 15, 1999, Nicholas White, a Business Week employee whose office was in the building, became trapped in an elevator after a brief power dip caused it to stop between the 13th and 14th floors. White was not rescued until approximately 4:00 p.m ...

  5. Elevator - Wikipedia

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    A residential elevator with integrated hoistway construction and machine-room-less design. A residential elevator or home lift is often permitted to be of lower cost and complexity than full commercial elevators. They may have unique design characteristics suited for home furnishings, such as hinged wooden shaft-access doors rather than the ...

  6. 50 Unnervingly Creepy Things Kids Have Done That Could Have ...

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    The elevator stops and this guy and his daughter get in and press the button for their floor. As the door closes and the impulse of motion is felt, the daughter, probably around 10 years old, rips ...

  7. 435 Convent Avenue - Wikipedia

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    This house, located at 435 Convent avenue, corner 149th street, is being sold by S. J. Cottman of 2303 Seventh avenue, on the cooperative plan to colored tenants. The house is a six-story elevator structure with every modern convience [sic] and contains a six, a seven, an eight and a nine-room apartment on each floor.

  8. Jennifer Garner Gets Stuck in Elevator for Over an Hour at ...

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    The actress took to Instagram on Saturday to document her experience getting stuck in an elevator at the San Diego Convention Center, and seemed in high spirits as she shared a series of videos ...

  9. List of elevator accidents - Wikipedia

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    An office building elevator started moving while an employee was holding the door with his leg. [62] [63] Tel Aviv, Israel: 1 0 2014-09-14 An elevator began moving at the moment an architecture student began to board, pinning him between the elevator floor and ceiling of the floor he was departing. [64] Xiamen, China: 1 0 2023-08-01