Word: houston
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decade of stepped-up antidrug efforts has already left its mark on American law and life. Powerful state and federal forfeiture laws permit the confiscation before trial of virtually any kind of property remotely involved in or "intended for use" in drug transactions. Drug-sniffing dogs search hallways in Houston public schools. Public housing officials in some cities have evicted the families of suspected drug users. Already, 43% of all businesses with 1,000 employees or more have drug-testing programs...
...hungry." Sen. Ted Kennedy said, "Mickey Leland died as he lived, on a mission of mercy and hope for victims of poverty, injustice, racism and hunger. Wherever suffering people existed on our planet, Mickey Leland wanted to be there to help. He represented not only the people of Houston, but the best in America and all humanity...
...antidrug strategy, to be announced formally on Sept. 5, will propose federal grants of $200 million to state and local police agencies for reclaiming crack-infested neighborhoods. Federal law-enforcement efforts would focus on the hubs of the drug-importation and -wholesaling industry: Miami, Los Angeles, New York City, Houston and the U.S.-Mexican border...
...Dick Thompson, Nancy Traver New York: Joelle Attinger, Janice C. Simpson, Richard Behar, Eugene Linden, Thomas McCarroll, Naushad S. Mehta, Priscilla Painton, Raji Samghabadi, Martha Smilgis Boston: Robert Ajemian, Sam Allis, Melissa Ludtke Chicago: Gavin Scott, Barbara Dolan, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: S.C. Gwynne Atlanta: Joseph J. Kane, Don Winbush Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: James Carney Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Jonathan Beaty, Scott Brown, Elaine Dutka, Cristina Garcia, Jeanne McDowell, Sylvester Monroe, James Willwerth San Francisco: Paul A. Witteman...
That news stirred hailstorms of outrage. Friendship? What kind of macho was that? "Wimpy!" cried Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ann Richards, showing that she's one of the boys. The Houston city council signed a resolution urging the commission to reconsider, the Houston Post received more than 1,200 irate letters, and the fax machine in the Houston office of Highway Commissioner Wayne Duddleston spat out hundreds of furious protests. Said the befuddled Duddleston: "I had no idea the furor this would cause. I thought the plate was attractive, certainly colorful and highly readable, and that it would promote tourism...