Word: houstonize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...band Oasis, Johnny Depp and Kate Moss. But faced with slow sales of the 700 tickets (at $500 apiece), organizers shifted gears. "We're now promoting the event as a trip for those wanting a New Year's with a spiritual and family orientation," says coordinator Karina Suwandi. Houston socialite Lynn Wyatt canceled a trip to the Pyramids, planned four years ago, in favor of a get-together at the family ranch in South Texas. "Four years ago, going to the cradle of civilization seemed like the right thing to do," Wyatt says. "Now we want more tranquillity...
...someplace else. It's not a last resort. Yes, it's for trailer trash and teenage urban desperadoes, out of options and desperate for a job and some health insurance for families they'd started way too early. But it's also for 18-year-old troublemakers from Houston looking for a head start on a career as a chef, and for 20-year-old Peace Corps types looking for a way into a traveling brand of journalism...
...another hit Tuesday when the American Highway Users Alliance released its list of the 18 worst traffic bottlenecks in the country. The most horrifying place to be stuck during rush hour? The infamous intersection of Interstate 405 and I-10 in Los Angeles, followed by hot spots in Houston, Seattle, Boston and the Washington/Maryland beltway...
...large part of Bush's attitude about knowledge comes from a combative anti-intellectualism he developed as a Texas-bred Bush attending Ivy League schools back East. Ever since George W. left Houston to follow in his father's footsteps at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., he has viewed with deep suspicion and disdain the world of elite Northeastern academia and the people who populate it. Bush was one of the most popular students in his class at Yale. He mixed easily with the rich and the well bred, but, according to classmates, he developed an intense dislike...
...largest auto insurer, has been testing an optional pay-as-you-go system in Texas, using black boxes to track drivers' activity, including when and where they are going, via satellite. Monthly invoices are based on actual usage--the less you drive, the less you pay--and so far, Houston drivers have saved an average of 25% on their premiums. Progressive plans to launch the program in other states in the near future. Privacy advocates are concerned that despite safeguards, the information could by used against a driver in criminal and civil lawsuits...