Word: houstons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...packed women's games at U.T., where the level of enthusiasm has to have contributed to the fact that the Lady Longhorns are 111 games between conference losses. In San Antonio, the old Chaparrals are alive and well as the Spurs. Once among the N.B.A.'s most apathetic regions, Houston has cheered the Rockets so lustily that in 28 home games they have been moved to win 26. Perhaps the most promising player in the league resides in Houston, the heir to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, that beautiful Nigerian Akeem Olajuwon...
...UCLA and the University of Houston filled the Astrodome for a basketball game, just about the only pretext that weary barn has anymore for calling itself "the eighth wonder of the world." That was more than ten times the Cougars' customary audience, and so what figured to be a mystery for the ages was: Where did Texas find 52,000 basketball fans? But now the question is: How did it become the basketball capital of the world...
...only devastated many oilmen there but also their suppliers and much of the real estate industry. Says Thurow: "When the oil industry goes down, the whole infrastructure starts to fall in value." The evidence is abundant. The accounting firm of Price Waterhouse reported last week that the number of Houston businesses declaring bankruptcy rose 33% last year...
...those hopes died after 60 minutes of play in front of over 5000 partisan spectators in Houston Field House, as RPI stormed past the icemen...
...ECAC playoffs were held today, the Crimson would host eighth-place St. Lawrence (14-12 overall, 8-10 ECAC). RPI would battle Colgate at Troy's Houston Field House, Vermont would visit Yale (16-8 overall, 12-6 ECAC), and Cornell would take on Clarkson (12-10-3 overall, 9-6-3 ECAC) in Ithaca...