Word: houstons
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Fitch previously sold shirts that read “Two Wongs can make it white” and displayed a stereotypical caricature of two “Wong Brothers” running a laundry service. AsianWeek.com reported how Shaquille O’Neal cracked racial jokes, repeatedly singled out Houston Rockets player Yao Ming for mockery and even threats of violence, and told a reporter to “Tell Yao Ming, ‘ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.’” The media, including The Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated and the Associated Press...
...just a month, no matter what they ate. "If even a fraction of what we found in mice relates to human biology, then we are cautiously optimistic that there may be a new way to think about reversing obesity," says Renata Pasqualini of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Promising research to be sure, but don't cancel your gym membership yet. --By David Bjerklie
...where the research is encouraged. Now Stanford and Harvard hope to raise at least $100 million each for new stem-cell institutes. The universities of Wisconsin and Minnesota are expanding their labs, and in March an anonymous donor gave $25 million to the University of Texas to boost its Houston program...
SENTENCED. LEA FASTOW, 42, wife of former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow; to a year in prison; in Houston. The heiress to a grocery and real estate fortune pleaded guilty to helping her husband hide income from questionable financial transactions, which contributed to Enron's collapse...
...League Player of the Year candidate, a senior from Houston, scattered six hits—two of which were on bunts, and not one was for extra bases—throwing an overwhelming majority of pitches for strikes...