Word: houstonize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suppose the main thing that we've learned from this experience is that the feelings we had about him--his talent, intellect, gift for friends, compassion--were shared by many other people," said his father, Michael, who is the dean of music at Rice University in Houston...
...Whitney Houston didn't want to sing on the sound track of Waiting to Exhale. But that was before singer-songwriter-producer Kenneth ("Babyface") Edmonds got to her. The way Houston recalls it, Edmonds told her, "I just want you to hear this one song. If you like it, you'll do it." It turned out he hadn't written any lyrics; all he had was a melody. "He started laughing," says Houston. And then he started playing the song on the piano. Houston joined in, improvising: "Count on me through thick and thin/ A friendship that will never...
...into the next century. The trouble was past, and even the bitterest fans could look forward to next season without trepidation. Apparently, no one told the owners. Owners of the Chicago White Sox and Cubs, Florida, Kansas City and Montreal are known to oppose the agreement, with Boston, Cleveland, Houston, Minnesota and Seattle seen as leaning against the deal. Eight votes against will doom the deal. And that means more of the status quo: no revenue sharing and no luxury tax, both measures aimed at restraining salaries and closing the gap between richer and poorer teams. And for next year...
...HOUSTON GORDON (D) SENATE CHALLENGER...
...strict conservative: he sponsored a bill that would have forced emergency-room doctors to turn in adult illegal immigrants who get compensation from the public purse. By his own admission, however, most of his time and his Judiciary Committee seat have been devoted to clearing the way for the Houston Oilers' proposed move to Nashville...