Word: houston
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...where the case against McVeigh seems gold-plated, other defendants are sentenced to death on the basis of flimsy evidence, jury whim, prosecutorial misconduct or the luck of the draw. Stephen Bright, director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, says that in three capital cases in Houston recently defense lawyers were observed to be sleeping during the trial. All three convictions were upheld on appeal, and one of the defendants has been executed...
...hiring and promotion policies, most notably based on a 1991 finding for $17.6 million to a California woman passed over for promotion in favor of a male colleague, as well as a 1995 reprimand by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs for unfair employment practices at Texaco's Houston facility. The company's shareholders have had ample time to realize that there is something shady about Texaco's practices, yet they have chosen to do nothing. Divestment is never a decision to be made lightly, but the evidence has become overwhelming that Texaco is malignant in its actions...
...attempts to redress the problem by requiring state universities to automatically admit students in the top 10% of their high school classes and allowing the universities to consider "a variety of other factors" in assessing the top 15% to 25%. Some schools, such as the state-owned University of Houston law school, encourage applicants to write about their family background as a way around the requirement that the application contain no "race" box to check...
...Brown, winner of the league's citizenship award. Near the end of the game, Ward backed into Brown, almost upending him. Brown then hooked an arm around Ward's waist, flipped him as if he were a cheerleader and threw him to the floor. Knicks Patrick Ewing, Allan Houston, Larry Johnson and John Starks left their bench, a lesser N.B.A. no-no. The N.B.A. gave a record five Knicks a one-game suspension. Miami's Brown was suspended for two games; Ward...
...HOUSTON: Russia's space program was dealt another blow as a Zenit-2 booster rocket carrying a military satellite exploded and crashed after liftoff from Kazakstan. The explosion was caused by an emergency shutdown of the rocket's first stage engines 48 seconds after launch, Russian Space Agency officials said. No injuries were reported. It was the twenty-eighth launch and seventh failure of a Zenit-2 since 1985. For Russia, the disaster is the latest in a string of setbacks, which have included fires on-board Mir and delays in the construction of critical components for the international space...