Word: houstons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Muhammad Ali Amateur Sports Club in Santa Monica, Calif., decided not to wait for the White House and announced its own boycott. The group, consisting of 32 athletes, agreed to the move after listening to an emotional speech by , Ali. At least half a dozen club members -including Sprinter Houston McTear and Hurdler Greg Foster-were considered top Olympic contenders...
...crop of soybeans and 60% of the year's wheat. The embargo is expected to reduce overall exports from the '79 grain crop by 8%. Most export grain travels by barge or railroad car to ships in New Orleans and the Texas Gulf ports. At Houston, Cargill Inc., one of the world's biggest grain exporters, receives up to 300 railroad cars of grain a day. The grain is transferred by a conveyor system to towering, 125-ft. elevators (capacity: 4 million bu.), then poured into ships from twelve spouts at the rate of 70,000 bu. an hour...
...Steelers are not invincible. Ask San Diego, Houston, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, and they'll tell you it can be done--with a superb defense, a deep threat and the ability to convert their mistakes into your touchdowns...
...Rams just might pull it off. They're hungry: after all those almosts they can taste the title. Plus, it's their last chance to do it as the L.A. Rams (next year they travel down the road to Anaheim). Pittsburgh's just a wee bit complacent--after all, Houston came within one instant replay of ambushing the champs...
They may be only the eighth-strongest team in the NFL, but it's the Rams playing Sunday; San Diego, Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia, Miami and New England aren't. Somehow, through all of the turmoil surrounding owner Carroll Rosenbloom's death, through all of the injuries and the sub-par games the team has survived to play another day. As Confucius would say, "That adds up to close game...