Word: houstons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Texas oil patch may still be in a horrible slump, but the mood in Houston last weekend was anything but downbeat. As fireworks exploded overhead, city officials opened the $175 million George R. Brown Convention Center, an ultramodern red, white and blue facility with enough floor space to cover 20 football fields. The hall, the eighth largest U.S. convention center, can accommodate up to 35,000 conventioneers. It is expected to help revitalize Houston's economy by pumping $300 million into local businesses every year and creating up to 10,000 jobs in the area. Already, 18 conventions, including...
...city was determined to meet an Oct. 1 deadline after losing the 1988 Democratic National Convention to Atlanta last February amid doubts that Houston's center could be finished in time. By opening it early, Houston became the first American city in more than a decade to complete such a facility on time and under budget...
LAST MARCH I was in Kissimmee, Florida watching my beloved Boston Red Sox blow an early lead and lose a spring training game to the Houston Astros. Although I was upset by the way the Sox lost--on a late-inning home run hit off reliever Calvin Schiraldi--I left the stadium excited about the season ahead...
Texas Publisher William Dean Singleton snaps up papers in Houston and Denver. -- Dan Rather: he was an anchor away...
...Traver, Bruce van Voorst New York: Bonnie Angelo, Mary Cronin, Jennifer Hull, Thomas McCarroll, Jeanne McDowell, Raji Samghabadi Boston: Robert Ajemian, Joelle Attinger, Melissa Ludtke, Lawrence Malkin Chicago: Barbara Dolan, Lee Griggs, Harry Kelly, J. Madeleine Nash, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: B. Russell Leavitt Atlanta: Joseph J. Kane, Don Winbush Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: Cristina Garcia Los Angeles: Dan Goodgame, Jonathan Beaty, Elaine Dutka, Jon D. Hull, Michael Riley, James Willwerth, Denise Worrell San Francisco: Paul A. Witteman...