Word: houstons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Acting Secretary of State Warren Christopher was wrong to forward Saudi complaints to PBS. A federal judge recognized his mistake when she ordered the Houston PBS station not to cancel the broadcast, saying that caving in to pressure would amount to political censorship by a state-owned station...
Montreal 3, Houston...
Gertrudis Abdel Khaliq Houston...
...week's end the families of 14 hostages gathered at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston for briefings by State Department officials. They watched old TV films of life inside the embassy; as each of several hostages appeared on the screen, the film was stopped so that his face could be carefully scrutinized by his relatives. They also heard Navy Captain Richard Stratton describe his experiences as a prisoner of war in Viet Nam for six years. At the conclusion of the meeting, the families issued a statement saying they "not only support the President's decision...
...Bush made effective use of a slick media campaign, including four well-received "Ask George Bush" telecasts, in which he fielded questions from live audiences and sought to spell out his differences from Reagan on key issues. In reality, those differences are few. A gentlemanly postprimary TV debate in Houston revealed almost no basic disagreements between the candidates apart from the proposed Kemp-Roth 30% tax cut, which Reagan supports and Bush opposes as foolhardy and inflationary...