Word: houstonize
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Carey intends to use her new independence to move her career beyond music, as Whitney Houston and Brandy have done. She has hired Hollywood manager Sandy Gallin to help her break into film and television and has begun taking acting classes...
Like Ehrenreich, I want to "retire to the bathroom and retch" when I see the mysterious and the galactic reduced to trashy baubles. ERVIN S. STOCKWELL Houston...
...revolutionary change in how women are viewed. A woman's status has been elevated from appendage of a husband to full U.S. citizenship, socially and occupationally. The 20th century should be called the Century of the Woman. Please give this some thought when compiling your list. ALICE SAVAY WEBB Houston...
...hawking Budweiser on a Website. Nowadays 66% of families watch television at mealtimes, 54% of children have a set in their bedroom and the average family has the TV on seven hours a day, or nearly half of a household's waking hours. Allison Smith, a substitute teacher in Houston with two daughters, 5 and 6, says, "I grew up in the Brady Bunch era, and my parents didn't worry about how much TV I watched, and I watched a lot. TV was just not an issue. Today there is so much sex and violence, you have to monitor...
...charlatans or proponents of "junk" theories. In 1993, however, the Supreme Court ruled in Daubert v. Merrell Dow that judges should act as gatekeepers, assessing the validity of the experts who take their stand. "Before Daubert, judges were unwilling to prevent testifying," says Joseph Sanders, a University of Houston law professor. "Now they're more willing to exclude experts." The results are dramatic, even pivotal, in cases involving breast implants. Last year Judge Robert Jones of Oregon used the findings of his own panel of scientists to exclude the plaintiffs' evidence in some 70 cases brought against implant makers. Federal...