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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SPACE CENTER, Houston--Space shuttle Challenger Pilot Michael J. Smith exclaimed "Uh-oh!" at the moment the spacecraft exploded, and some of the crew apparently lived long enough to turn on emergency air packs, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NASA Crew Was Aware Of Problem | 7/29/1986 | See Source »

...recipients were predominantly creators: Contralto Marian Anderson, Filmmaker Frank Capra, Composer Aaron Copland, Painter Willem de Kooning, Choreographer Agnes de Mille, Actress Eva Le Gallienne, Folklorist Alan Lomax, Critic Lewis Mumford and Novelist Eudora Welty. But also on hand were some who gave generously to encourage such work: Houston Art Patron Dominique de Menil, Seymour Knox of Buffalo's Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Exxon Corp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Honoring the Unexpected | 7/28/1986 | See Source »

After the Houston Rockets lost the National Basketball Championship to the Boston Celtics, my fellow Texans and I felt a little green...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: A Houstoner Plots His Revenge | 7/22/1986 | See Source »

...simple. The Houston Astros are going to beat the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 World Series. After five years of being called the Houston Last-tros because of their poor finishes, the Astros are now contending for their second pennant...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: A Houstoner Plots His Revenge | 7/22/1986 | See Source »

...Astros-Red Sox series will parallel the Rockets--Celtics series. Except the Houston team will win this time...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: A Houstoner Plots His Revenge | 7/22/1986 | See Source »

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