Word: houston
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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COTTON BOWL: Nebraska (10-1) vs. Houston (10-1)--Southwest Conference runner-up Texas may be ten times more exciting than conference champ Houston, but the Cougars get the job done. Nebraska is big, fast and strong, but they lost to Oklahoma. Houston 20, Nebraska...
...they don't have to be. Why not add some excitement to Christmas morning by putting a pair of his and her blimps under the tree? Neiman-Marcus, the exclusive and expensive Houston-based department store, is selling the duet of dirigibles at $50,000--each. Powered by 72-horsepower engines, the behemoths are 120 feet long and can fly at a top speed of 25 miles an hour...
...blimps and antennas are all very nice, but they are mere baubles compared with Houston-based rival Sakowitz's "ultimate gift" selections for this holiday season. Sakowitz is the store that in 1975 offered a bathtub full of diamonds for a cool $153 million. In 1974, they enticed Christmas shoppers with a Boeing 747 for $27 million, a 727 for $9.25 million and a 707 for $11 million...
Normally, Justin would sit and stare at his panoramic view of Edmonton, boomtown, the Houston of the North. Lately, however, he had become restless. He yearned for new vigor. The coat of snow over Edmonton made him listless...