Word: houston
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...chlorine and often dirty. Not so, says this month's issue of Consumer Reports magazine, which rates Los Angeles' drinking water as "excellent" and says it is for the most part "flawless or nearly flawless." In a test of 50 bottled waters as well as tap water from Chicago, Houston, New Orleans, New York and San Francisco, Los Angeles' H2O ranked with New York's as the best in the urban league and rated better than much of the bottled water that is downed by the city's residents...
...other eager cities have been working hard to upstage it. A Democratic Convention can bring at least 30,000 people and more than $25 million to a city -- plus priceless prestige and publicity. Until late this month, when the winner will be selected, Atlanta, Kansas City, Houston, New Orleans, Washington and New York City will be polishing themselves to theme- park perfection...
...Calif., fired off the recipe to The Mayors' Cookbook (Acropolis Books; $14.95), a collection of more than 300 city leaders' favorite dishes. The contents are not only eclectic but reflect a politically prudent regional loyalty: Ed Koch of New York City advocates pasta primavera and Kathryn Whitmire of Houston sings the merits of huevos con chorizo (eggs with sausage). But gourmets may balk when it comes to the Lone Star broccoli casserole, the preferred dish of Mayor Jerry V. Debo III of Grand Prairie, Texas. The ingredients: two boxes of frozen broccoli, one can of cream of celery soup...
...Boyce, Dean Brelis, Sandra Burton, Mary Cronin, Thomas McCarroll, Raji Samghabadi Boston: Robert Ajemian, Joelle Attinger, Melissa Ludtke, Lawrence Malkin Chicago: Jack E. White, Barbara Dolan, Lee Griggs, Harry Kelly, J. Madeleine Nash, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: William J. Mitchell Atlanta: Joseph J. Kane, B. Russell Leavitt, Don Winbush Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: Marcia Gauger Los Angeles: Dan Goodgame, Jonathan Beaty, Elaine Dutka, Jon D. Hull, Edwin M. Reingold, Michael Riley, Denise Worrell San Francisco: Paul A. Witteman, Cristina Garcia...
Texans were heartened by the mergers, which need Federal Reserve Board approval. Paul Horvitz, a professor at the University of Houston, called the deals a "vote of confidence in the Texas economy." Still, their success is not assured. Said Mark Alpert, a banking analyst at Bear, Stearns, a New York City investment firm: "Nobody really knows where the bottom of the Texas slump might...