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Word: houston (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decide what to get Rover for his birthday? How about a fancy scent? Diana Borba, president of Snooty Scents in Houston, offers perfumed shampoo and coat conditioners that smell like popular people fragrances. Rover can use scents that are billed as similar to those of Giorgio, Obsession, Aramis and Polo. Borba advertises twin-packs of shampoo and conditioner, which retail for $9.95 to $12.95, with such lines as "If you like Obsession, your dog will love Snooty Scents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRODUCTS: Pooches Pick Up the Scent | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...entire Gulf Coast of Texas had been put on alert as Gilbert headed toward landfall. From Brownsville to Biloxi, Miss., people sought shelter from the storm, in many places clogging highways and emptying supermarket shelves. Houston, 50 miles inland, shuddered at the prospect of its glimmering skyscrapers swaying in the gale-force winds. About a quarter of the 60,000 residents of Galveston Island headed for higher ground, leaving boarded-up windows and fortified houses. In Brownsville, a dirt-poor border town of 110,000, those who could afford to fled inland. But since half the residents are below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Was No Breeze | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

President Reagan, asked upon arrival in Houston whether he was pleased by the passage of the bill, smiled and said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Passes Strict Anti-Drug Bill | 9/23/1988 | See Source »

Garrison is a Black who overcame long odds to get where she is today. She grew up on the wrong side of Houston, learning her tennis at dangerous Riverside Park, the wrong place for a young teen to learn anything...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Drowning Out the Old Racist Rancor | 9/22/1988 | See Source »

With their first debate just five days away, Dukakis campaigned in Houston and Bowling Green, Ky., while Bush made a brief campaign hop to Bloomfield, N.J., to visit the Annin Flag Company...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis Unveils Health Insurance Plan | 9/21/1988 | See Source »

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