FACTOID #151: The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.
The Chicago Politicians were a team formed in 1986 by Arena Football League founder Jim Foster to play an initial "test game" in Rockford, Illinois versus the Rockford Metros. The test must have been deemed successful, as a four-team "demonstration season" was held the next year, and Arena Football has been played every year since. Some of the Politicians went on to play for the Chicago Bruisers and the other charter Arena teams, the Denver Dynamite, Pittsburgh Gladiators, and Washington Commandos. See also: 1985 in sports, 1987 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Geoff Bodine won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt CART Racing - Bobby Rahal Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Rahal Formula One Championship - France 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of... The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ... Jim Foster was the founder of the Arena Football League in 1987. ... Rockford is a city located in Winnebago County, Illinois. ... The Rockford Metros were an Arena Football team formed by Arena Football League founder Jim Foster for the purposes of playing a test game in Rockford, Illinois in the spring of 1986. ... Arena football is a sport invented by Jim Foster, a former executive of the United States Football League and the National Football League. ... Categories: Stub | Chicago sports | Defunct American football teams ... Categories: Sports stubs | Denver sports | Defunct American football teams ... The Tampa Bay Storm are a member franchise of the Arena Football League. ... Categories: Stub | Defunct American football teams | Washington, DC sports ...
Chicago's printing and publishing industry, second only to New York's, developed with companies such as R. Donnelley and Sons, which located near the downtown because of the demand for business information and the proliferation of commercial journals.
Chicago banks had expanded quickly after the Civil War; the city ranked second nationally in banking, manufacturing, wholesaling, and population by the end of the century.
Chicago businesses reeled during the Great Depression of the 1930s and then boomed because of World War II defense contracts, but the regional shift determined the long-term trend in economic growth and hence in population, and in 1990 Los Angeles surpassed Chicago as the second city in population and wholesaling.
Chicago's exposed location between the Great Plains and the Great Lakes—and the wind swirling amidst the city's early skyscrapers—lend credence to the literal application of this famous nickname dating from the late 1800s, but it is a favorite observation of tour guides and reference books that in fact Chicago's climate is not distinctively windy.
The power of the name lies in the metaphorical use “windy” for “talkative” or “boastful.” Chicagopoliticians early became famous for long-windedness, and the Midwestern metropolis's central location as a host city for political conventions helped cement the association of Chicago with loquacious politicians, thus underlying the nickname with double meaning.
Early uses of the term appear in Cleveland (1885) and Louisville (1886) newspapers, and the 1885 appearance of the label in a headline suggests the possibility that this was not its initial invocation.
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