Word: houston
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...Africanized "killer" bees, sighted for the first time on U.S. soil last year near Bakersfield, Calif., probably hitchhiked there from Latin America aboard a ship laden with oil- drilling equipment. Asian tiger mosquitoes, carriers of dengue, a viral infection that causes chills, headache and muscle pains, were intercepted near Houston last year. They have since migrated to at least six Southeastern states...
...Washington Redskins (1965-77), who on Tuesday became the first professional athlete to disclose publicly that he has AIDS. "I want people to know what I've been through, and how terrible this disease is," Smith told the Washington Post from his hospital bed in Silver Spring, Md. In Houston, officials proudly announced the opening of a private 150-bed hospital, the first devoted solely to AIDS patients. And in New York City, only mild rumblings greeted the news that six students with AIDS or AIDS-related diseases will start school on Sept. 8. "We accept that children with AIDS...
Parked on the shoulder of Interstate 45 between Houston and the Galveston beaches, the white GMC Blazer appears to be a disabled car, until beach-bound speeders approach. Then they're captured -- in a flash. A combination cameraradar-computer unit snaps the car's license number and the driver's frequently startled face, as well as the date, time, speed and location. Since May, some 1,200 drivers have been nailed by the high-tech Doppler radar system.The film is developed, the license plate number matched to the car owner, and then the offenders are notified by mail. Only clearly...
Washington's grandees, sensing the approach of civil war, had one last fling in 1859, and it was in the Willard. Among the 1,800 guests: Sam Houston, Jefferson Davis, Stephen Douglas, William Seward. They raised glass after sparkling glass of champagne as the night -- and peace -- ebbed. It was claimed that this was the last time North and South met on friendly ground. On the day Jefferson Davis was sworn in as President of the Confederacy, delegates from 21 of the 34 states gathered quietly in Willard Hall to try to avert disaster. They failed...
...From Houston comes the clear voice of Alcestis Oberg, space author: "I protest the graying of NASA, the aging of thought, the middle-aged acquiescence to discouraging circumstances, the paralysis of spirit and the stagnation of vision." We should join this courageous woman...