Word: houstons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jersey, spent four months in the Lone Star state, interviewing people who were like his characters. He would write "In search of Emma" on the bathroom mirror of his house in Malibu, then spend a week watching and talking to teen-age girls in River Oaks, the section of Houston where Emma was supposed to have grown up. He would then return to Malibu, think and write about Emma, then take out the Magic Marker again and scribble "In search of Aurora." And off again he would be to Texas...
...stereotype that Asians are only able to think narrowly is based on one quotation from one engineering professor at Houston. This stereotype assumes that technical areas allow no leeway for creativity. But who is to say that synthesis of a new chemical compound is less creative than the synthesis of a new social science theory? In addition, Newsweek on Campus virtually disregards Asian humanities and social science concentrators. UCLA's Valerie Soe is displayed in a picture captioned "Exception: UCLA's Soe is 'lousy at math.'" The implication seems to be that Asian-American non-science majors are so rare...
...Houston 3, Angeles...
...Georgetown's conference companion and Jesuit colleague, a star player who flunked out of school last year was quietly re-enrolled in night classes and kept in the game. The stakes are considerable. For each member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's final four-Virginia, Kentucky, Houston and Georgetown-the payoff exceeded...
...Georgetown graduate on hand in Seattle last week called the ultimate 84-75 victory over Houston a "demonstration of our superior intellect." There are better players hi the N.B.A., but it is the fans' ability to suspend reason that sets off the college game. Students and alumni genuinely imagine that they have something in common with the people enlisted to play basketball for them, holding onto the spirit of a time when everyone matriculated together and a few went out for the team. Cynicism is not unknown, only suppressed. In some places, a lot of things are suppressed...