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Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (أَبُو ظَبِي) is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Active fault
An active fault is a fault that is likely to become the source of another earthquake sometime in the future.
African American newspapers
African American newspapers (also known as the Black press or Black newspapers) are news publications in the United States serving African American communities.
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African Americans
African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
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Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, the divine, or the supernatural is either unknowable in principle or currently unknown in fact.
Air conditioning
Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling the humidity of internal air.
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Airline hub
An airline hub or hub airport is an airport used by one or more airlines to concentrate passenger traffic and flight operations.
Airports Council International
Airports Council International (ACI) is an organization of airport authorities aimed at uniting industry practices for airport standards.
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Allen's Landing
Allen's Landing is the officially recognized birthplace of the city of Houston, Texas, United States, the largest city in Texas and the fourth largest in the United States.
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Alley Theatre
Alley Theatre is a Tony Award-winning theatre company in Houston, Texas.
AMA Supercross Championship
The AMA Supercross Championship (commercially known as Monster Energy AMA Supercross) is an American motorcycle racing series.
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American Baptist Association
The American Baptist Association (ABA) is an Independent Baptist Christian denomination in the United States.
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American Baptist Churches USA
The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is a Baptist Christian denomination established in 1907 as the Northern Baptist Convention, and named the American Baptist Convention from 1950 to 1972.
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American Bar Association
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students; it is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States.
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American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.
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American City Business Journals
American City Business Journals, Inc. (ACBJ) is an American newspaper publisher based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
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American Community Survey
The American Community Survey (ACS) is an annual demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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American Lung Association
The American Lung Association is a voluntary health organization whose mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research.
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AmericanStyle
AmericanStyle was a quarterly cultural tourism magazine published by the Rosen Group from 1994 till 2012.
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.
Amtrak Thruway
Amtrak Thruway is a system of through-ticketed transportation services to connect passengers with areas not served by Amtrak trains.
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Annise Parker
Annise Danette Parker (born May 17, 1956) is an American politician who served as the 61st Mayor of Houston, Texas, from 2010 until 2016.
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Houston)
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral is the spiritual home of the largest Eastern Orthodox parish in Houston, Texas.
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Anti-discrimination law
Anti-discrimination law or non-discrimination law refers to legislation designed to prevent discrimination against particular groups of people; these groups are often referred to as protected groups or protected classes.
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Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA), often referred to in North America as simply the Antiochian Archdiocese, is the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch in the United States and Canada.
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APA Corporation
APA Corporation is the holding company for Apache Corporation, an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration.
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Apparent temperature
Apparent temperature, also known as "feels like", is the temperature equivalent perceived by humans, caused by the combined effects of air temperature, relative humidity and wind speed.
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April 2016 North American storm complex
The April 2016 North American storm complex was a major storm system that resulted from an upper-level low in the United States stalling and producing record-breaking rain in and around Houston, Texas, resulting in severe flooding, as well as a major snowstorm in the Rocky Mountains.
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Area codes 713, 281, 832, and 346
Area codes 713, 281, 832, and 346 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) forming an overlay complex for Houston, Texas and its environs.
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Arterial road
An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below freeways/motorways on the road hierarchy in terms of traffic flow and speed.
Artist collective
An artist collective or art group or artist group is an initiative that is the result of a group of artists working together, usually under their own management, towards shared aims.
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Aseismic creep
In geology, aseismic creep or fault creep is measurable surface displacement along a fault in the absence of notable earthquakes.
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Asian Americans
Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of those immigrants).
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Association of Religion Data Archives
The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) is a free source of online information related to American and international religion.
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Astrodome
The NRG Astrodome, formerly and also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, was the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium, located in Houston, Texas, United States.
Atakapa
The Atakapa Sturtevant, 659 or Atacapa were an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, who spoke the Atakapa language and historically lived along the Gulf of Mexico in what is now Texas and Louisiana.
Atheism
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities.
Atlanta
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Augustus Chapman Allen
Augustus Chapman Allen (July 4, 1806 – January 11, 1864), along with his younger brother, John Kirby Allen, founded the City of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Houston and Austin, Texas are capitals of former nations, cities in Texas and county seats in Texas.
Aylo
Aylo (formerly MindGeek) is a Canadian multinational pornographic conglomerate owned by Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners.
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Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes Company is an American energy company based in Houston, Texas.
Baku
Baku (Bakı) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region.
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BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Houston
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir of Houston, Texas is a traditional Hindu temple built by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha.
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Basra
Basra (al-Baṣrah) is a city in southern Iraq.
Battle of Galveston
The Battle of Galveston was a naval and land battle of the American Civil War, when Confederate forces under Major Gen.
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Battle of San Jacinto
The Battle of San Jacinto (Batalla de San Jacinto), fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day La Porte and Deer Park, Texas, was the final and decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Houston and battle of San Jacinto are sam Houston.
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Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is a medical school and research center in Houston, Texas, within the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest medical center.
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Bayou
In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area.
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, located in the River Oaks community in Houston, Texas, United States, is a facility of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) that houses a collection of decorative art, paintings and furniture.
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Bayou City Art Festival
The Bayou City Art Festival (formerly the Westheimer Colony Art Festival) is an arts festival held biannually by the Art Colony Association in Houston, Texas.
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Bayou Music Center
The Bayou Music Center (originally known as the Aerial Theater) is an indoor theater owned by Live Nation and located in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Bayou Place
Bayou Place is a 130,000 square foot entertainment complex that houses multiple theaters, bars, and restaurants located in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States.
Baytown, Texas
Baytown is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within Harris and Chambers counties. Houston and Baytown, Texas are cities in Texas and populated coastal places in Texas.
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Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Houston and Beaumont, Texas are cities in Texas, county seats in Texas and populated coastal places in Texas.
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Bellaire Boulevard
Bellaire Boulevard (also known as Holcombe, and as 百利大道 Bǎilì Dàdào in Chinese and Đại Lộ Sàigòn in Vietnamese) is an arterial road in western Houston, Texas, United States.
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Ben Taub Hospital
Ben Taub Hospital is a public hospital located in Houston, Texas within the Texas Medical Center.
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Bible Belt
The term Bible Belt refers to a region of the Southern United States and the Midwestern state of Missouri (which also has significant Southern influence), where Christian Protestanism exerts a strong social and cultural influence.
Bicycle-sharing system
A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost.
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Big Thicket
The Big Thicket is the name given to a somewhat imprecise region of a heavily forested area of Southeast Texas in the United States.
Black mecca
A black mecca, in the United States, is a city to which African Americans, particularly singles, professionals, and middle-class families, are drawn to live, due to some or all of the following factors.
Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction.
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Brays Bayou
Brays Bayou is a slow-moving river in Harris County, Texas.
Brazoria County, Texas
Brazoria County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. Houston and Brazoria County, Texas are 1836 establishments in the Republic of Texas and populated places established in 1836.
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Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution, often stylized as Brookings, is an American think tank that conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics (and tax policy), metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, global economy, and economic development.
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Brown Shipbuilding
The Brown Shipbuilding Company was founded in Houston, Texas, in 1942 as a subsidiary of Brown and Root (now KBR) by brothers Herman and George R. Brown to build ships for the U.S. Navy during World War II.
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Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Buffalo Bayou
Buffalo Bayou is a slow-moving body of water which flows through Houston in Harris County, Texas.
Buffalo Bayou Park
Buffalo Bayou Park is a 2.3 mile long municipal park located along the banks of the Buffalo Bayou near Downtown Houston, Texas.
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Bun B
Bernard James Freeman (born March 19, 1973), known professionally as Bun B, is an American rapper.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the United States Department of Transportation, is a government office that compiles, analyzes, and publishes information on the nation's transportation systems across various modes; and strives to improve the DOT's statistical programs through research and the development of guidelines for data collection and analysis.
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Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit (BRT), also referred to as a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability, and other quality features than a conventional bus system.
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ByteDance
ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Haidian, Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands.
Byzantine Fresco Chapel
The Byzantine Fresco Chapel is a part of the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, near the University of St. Thomas.
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Calpine
Calpine Corporation is the largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources in the United States, with operations in competitive power markets.
Campus of Rice University
The campus of Rice University is located on a heavily wooded plot of land on South Main Street in the Museum District of Houston, Texas.
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Cannabis (drug)
Cannabis, also known as marijuana or weed, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant.
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Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
Car dependency
Car dependency refers to a phenomenon in urban planning wherein existing and planned infrastructure prioritizes the use of automobiles over other modes of transportation, such as public transit, bicycles, and walking.
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Caribbean
The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.
Carpool
Carpooling is the sharing of car journeys so that more than one person travels in a car, and prevents the need for others to have to drive to a location themselves.
Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham (Houston)
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas, is a Catholic church that serves as the cathedral of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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César Pelli
César Pelli (October 12, 1926 – July 19, 2019) was an Argentine-American architect who designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks.
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
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CenterPoint Energy
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is an American utility company based in Houston, Texas, that provides electric and natural gas utility to customers in several markets in the American states of Indiana, Ohio, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Texas.
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Central Time Zone
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.
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Cheniere Energy
Cheniere Energy, Inc. is an American liquefied natural gas (LNG) company headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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Chiba (city)
is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Children's Museum of Houston
Children's Museum Houston (CMH) is a nonprofit children's museum in the Museum District of Houston, Texas.
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Chinatown, Houston
Chinatown is a community in Southwest Houston, Texas, United States.
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Chinese Americans
Chinese Americans are Americans of Chinese ancestry.
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Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada.
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Christian churches and churches of Christ
The group of churches known as the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ is a fellowship of congregations within the Restoration Movement (also known as the Stone-Campbell Movement and the Reformation of the 19th Century) that have no formal denominational affiliation with other congregations, but still share many characteristics of belief and worship.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center
NASA's Christopher C. Kraft Jr.
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Churches of Christ
The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world.
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City commission government
City commission government is a form of local government in the United States.
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Cleveland, Texas
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Greater Houston metropolitan area and Liberty County. Houston and Cleveland, Texas are cities in Texas.
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Clutch City
Clutch City is a nickname given to the city of Houston, Texas after the city's National Basketball Association (NBA) club, the Houston Rockets.
Clyde Drexler
Clyde Austin Drexler (born June 22, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player who currently works as the commissioner of the Big3 3-on-3 basketball league.
Clymer Wright
Clymer Lewis Wright Jr. (July 24, 1932 – January 24, 2011) was a Texas conservative political activist and journalist.
CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
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Co-cathedral
A co-cathedral is a cathedral church which shares the function of being a bishop's seat, or cathedra, with another cathedral, often in another city (usually a former see, anchor city of the metropolitan area or the civil capital).
Cocaine
Cocaine (from, from, ultimately from Quechua: kúka) is a tropane alkaloid that acts as a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.
Commercial aviation
Commercial aviation is the part of civil aviation that involves operating aircraft for remuneration or hire, as opposed to private aviation.
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Community Impact Newspaper
Community Impact is a news organization founded and privately owned by John and Jennifer Garrett, who respectively serve as its current Chief Executive Officer and Chief Facility Management Officer.
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Comptroller
A comptroller (pronounced either the same as controller or as) is a management-level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization.
Congregation Beth Israel (Houston)
Congregation Beth Israel is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 5600 North Braeswood Boulevard, in Houston, Texas, in the United States.
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Congregation Beth Yeshurun (Houston)
Congregation Beth Yeshurun is a Conservative synagogue at 4525 Beechnut Street, Houston, Texas, in the United States.
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Congress of the Republic of Texas
The Congress of the Republic of Texas was the national legislature of the Republic of Texas established by the Constitution of the Republic of Texas in 1836. Houston and Congress of the Republic of Texas are 1836 establishments in the Republic of Texas.
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ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips Company is an American multinational corporation engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and production.
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Conservative Judaism
Conservative Judaism, also known as Masorti Judaism (translit), is a Jewish religious movement that regards the authority of Jewish law and tradition as emanating primarily from the assent of the people through the generations, more than from divine revelation.
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Consolidated city-county
In United States local government, a consolidated city-county (also known as either a city-parish or a consolidated government in Louisiana, depending on the locality, or a unified municipality, unified home rule borough, or city and borough, from Alaska Municipal League in Alaska) is formed when one or more cities and their surrounding county (parish in Louisiana, borough in Alaska) merge into one unified jurisdiction.
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Consolidation (geology)
In geology, consolidation is used in several senses.
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is a not-for-profit institution in the Museum District, Houston, Texas, founded in 1948, dedicated to presenting contemporary art to the public.
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Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines (simply known as Continental) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1934 until it merged with United Airlines in 2012.
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Coptic Orthodox Church
The Coptic Orthodox Church (lit), also known as the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt.
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Cost of living
The cost of living is the cost of maintaining a certain standard of living for an individual or a household.
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County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.
Crown Castle
Crown Castle Inc. is a real estate investment trust and provider of shared communications infrastructure in the United States headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Cuban Americans
Cuban Americans (cubanoestadounidenses or cubanoamericanos) are Americans who immigrated from or are descended from immigrants from Cuba, regardless of racial or ethnic origin.
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Cybersoft
Cybersoft Technologies, Inc. is a software company that makes software for School Nutrition or Food Service departments in K-12 school districts in the United States.
Cypress, Texas
Cypress is an unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas, United States, located completely inside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston.
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D Magazine
D Magazine is a monthly magazine covering Dallas–Fort Worth.
Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. Houston and Dallas are cities in Texas and county seats in Texas.
Dallas Fuel
Dallas Fuel is an American professional ''Overwatch'' team based in Dallas, Texas.
Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States, encompassing 11 counties.
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Dayton, Texas
Dayton is a city in Liberty County, Texas, United States. Houston and Dayton, Texas are cities in Texas.
Dean Corll
Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 – August 8, 1973) was an American serial killer and sex offender who abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered a minimum of twenty-eight teenage boys and young men between 1970 and 1973 in Houston and Pasadena, Texas.
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
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Demographics of Houston
In the U.S. state of Texas, Houston is the largest city by both population and area.
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Denver
Denver is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.
Derecho
A derecho (from derecho, 'straight') is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system.
Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child was an American musical girl group whose final lineup comprised Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams.
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Discovery Green
Discovery Green is an public urban park in Downtown Houston, Texas, bounded by La Branch Street to the west, McKinney Street to the north, Avenida de las Americas to the east, and Lamar Street to the south.
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DJ Screw
Robert Earl Davis Jr. (July 20, 1971 – November 16, 2000), better known by his stage name DJ Screw, was an American hip hop DJ based in Houston, Texas, and best known as the creator of the chopped and screwed DJ technique.
Don Toliver
Caleb Zackery "Don" Toliver (born June 12, 1994) is an American singer and rapper.
Downtown Aquarium (Houston)
Downtown Aquarium is a for profit aquarium and restaurant located in Houston, Texas, United States, that was developed from two Houston landmarks: Fire Station No.
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Downtown Houston
Downtown is the largest central business district in the city of Houston and the largest in the state of Texas, located near the geographic center of the metropolitan area at the confluence of Interstate 10, Interstate 45, and Interstate 69.
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Dravidian architecture
Dravidian architecture, or the Southern Indian temple style, is an architectural idiom in Hindu temple architecture that emerged from Southern India, reaching its final form by the sixteenth century.
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East End, Houston
East End Houston, managed by the East End District (EED), is a district in eastern Houston, Texas, United States, located between the eastern edge of downtown to the Port of Houston and South to Hobby Airport.
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East Texas
East Texas is a broadly defined cultural, geographic, and ecological region in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas that comprises most of 41 counties.
Eastern Catholic Churches
The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (sui iuris) particular churches of the Catholic Church, in full communion with the Pope in Rome.
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Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.
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Economy of Houston
The economy of Houston is based primarily on the energy industry, particularly oil.
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Edge city
An edge city is a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional downtown or central business district, in what had previously been a suburban residential or rural area.
Eighth Wonder of the World
Eighth Wonder of the World is an unofficial title sometimes given to new buildings, structures, projects, designs or even people that are deemed to be comparable to the seven Wonders of the World.
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Ellington Airport (Texas)
Ellington Airport is a public and military use airport in Harris County, Texas, United States.
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Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base
Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base is a joint installation shared by various active component and reserve component military units, as well as aircraft flight operations of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the aegis of the nearby Johnson Space Center.
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Emergency management
Emergency management (also disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters.
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Enron
Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas.
Enron scandal
The Enron scandal was an accounting scandal involving Enron Corporation, an American energy company based in Houston, Texas.
Enterprise Products
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is an American midstream natural gas and crude oil pipeline company with headquarters in Houston, Texas.
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EOG Resources
EOG Resources, Inc. is an American energy company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration.
Esports
Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games.
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
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Ethnic enclave
In sociology, an ethnic enclave is a geographic area with high ethnic concentration, characteristic cultural identity, and economic activity.
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Ethnic groups in South Asia
Ethnic groups in South Asia are ethnolinguistic groupings within the diverse populations of South Asia, including the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
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Ethnic groups in the Middle East
Ethnic groups in the Middle East are ethnolinguistic groupings in the "transcontinental" region that is commonly a geopolitical term designating the intercontinental region comprising West Asia (including Cyprus) without the South Caucasus, and also comprising Egypt in North Africa.
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Expansion team
An expansion team is a new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area.
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Extraterritorial jurisdiction
Extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) is the legal ability of a government to exercise authority beyond its normal boundaries.
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ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil Corporation (commonly shortened to Exxon) is an American multinational oil and gas corporation and the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil.
Farm to Market Road 1960
Farm to Market Road 1960 (FM 1960) is a farm-to-market road in the U.S. state of Texas, maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation.
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Fault (geology)
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.
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Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.
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Federal Information Processing Standards
The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.
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Fertitta Center
The Fertitta Center, formerly known as Hofheinz Pavilion, is a 7,100-seat multi-purpose arena on the University of Houston campus in Houston.
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Filipino Americans
Filipino Americans (Mga Pilipinong Amerikano) are Americans of Filipino ancestry.
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FlightAware
FlightAware is an American multi-national technology company that provides real-time, historical, and predictive flight tracking data and products.
Flood
A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry.
Folk art
Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture.
Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority
The Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority (FBCTRA), also called the Fort Bend Grand Parkway Toll Road Authority (FBGPTRA), operates three toll roads in Fort Bend County and is headquartered at 1 Fluor Daniel Dr in Sugar Land in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Fort Bend County, Texas
Fort Bend County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road
The Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road is the Fort Bend County portion of a controlled-access toll road connecting Sienna in eastern Fort Bend County to US 90A in southwestern Harris County.
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Fortune (magazine)
Fortune (stylized in all caps) is an American global business magazine headquartered in New York City.
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Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years.
Fourth Ward, Houston
Fourth Ward is one of the historic six wards of Houston, Texas, United States.
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Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by the Fox Entertainment division of Fox Corporation, headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan.
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Fox Weather
Fox Weather is a digital broadcast television network and streaming channel operated by Fox Corporation which launched on October 25, 2021 to provide weather forecasts and information for the United States.
Frontage road
A frontage road (also known as an access road, outer road, service road, feeder road, or parallel road) is a local road running parallel to a higher-speed, limited-access road.
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship
The Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship (FGBCF) or Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International (FGBCFI) is a predominantly African-American, Charismatic Baptist denomination established by Bishop Paul Sylvester Morton—a Gospel singer and former National Baptist pastor.
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Fulshear, Texas
Fulshear is a city in northwestern Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, and is located on the western edge of the metropolitan area. Houston and Fulshear, Texas are cities in Texas.
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Galveston Bay
Galveston Bay is a bay in the western Gulf of Mexico along the upper coast of Texas.
Galveston, Texas
Galveston is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. Houston and Galveston, Texas are capitals of former nations, cities in Texas, county seats in Texas, former state capitals in the United States, populated coastal places in Texas and port cities and towns in Texas.
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Gasoline
Gasoline or petrol is a petrochemical product characterized as a transparent, yellowish, and flammable liquid normally used as a fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines.
Gay bar
A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+) clientele; the term gay is used as a broadly inclusive concept for LGBTQ+ communities.
Gentrification
Gentrification is the process of changing the character of a neighborhood through the influx of more affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment.
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Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.
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George Bush Intercontinental Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport is an international airport in Houston, Texas, United States, serving the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
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Georgia Historical Society
The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is a statewide historical society in Georgia.
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Gerald D. Hines
Gerald Douglas Hines (August 15, 1925August 23, 2020) was an American real estate developer based in Houston.
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Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park
The Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park, formerly the Williams Waterwall and the Transco Waterwall, is a multi-story sculptural fountain that sits opposite the south face of Williams Tower in the Uptown District of Houston.
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Geto Boys
Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) was an American hip hop group originally formed in Houston, Texas.
Global city
A global city, also known as a power city, world city, alpha city, or world center, is a city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network. The concept originates from geography and urban studies, based on the thesis that globalization has created a hierarchy of strategic geographic locations with varying degrees of influence over finance, trade, and culture worldwide.
Globalization and World Cities Research Network
The Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) is a think tank that studies the relationships between world cities in the context of globalization.
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GoDaddy
GoDaddy Inc. is an American publicly traded Internet domain registry, domain registrar and web hosting company headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, and incorporated in Delaware.
Google News Archive
Google News Archive is an extension of Google News providing free access to scanned archives of newspapers and links to other newspaper archives on the web, both free and paid.
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Grampian
Grampian (Roinn a' Mhonaidh) was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
Grand Prix of Houston
The Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston Presented by the Greater Houston Honda Dealers was an annual auto race on the IndyCar Series circuit.
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Greater Houston
Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas.
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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOArch; Ελληνική Ορθόδοξη Αρχιεπισκοπή Αμερικής), headquartered in New York City, is an eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
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Greenspoint, Houston
Greater Greenspoint, also referred to as the North Houston District, is a business district and a suburban neighborhood in northern Harris County, Texas, United States, located mostly within the city limits of Houston.
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Greenway Plaza
Greenway Plaza is a business district located along Interstate 69 (U.S. Highway 59) within the Interstate 610 loop in southwestern Houston, Texas, west of Downtown and east of Uptown.
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Group 1 Automotive
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. is an international Fortune 300 automotive retailer with automotive dealerships and collision centers in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Guayaquil
Guayaquil (Wayakil), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port.
Gulf Coast of the United States
The Gulf Coast of the United States, also known as the Gulf South or the South Coast, is the coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent.
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Hakeem Olajuwon
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born January 21, 1963), nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player.
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Halite
Halite, commonly known as rock salt, is a type of salt, the mineral (natural) form of sodium chloride (NaCl).
Halliburton
Halliburton Company is an American multinational corporation and the world's second largest oil service company which is responsible for most of the world's largest fracking operations.
Handbook of Texas
The Handbook of Texas is a comprehensive encyclopedia of geography, history, and historical persons of Texas, United States, published by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA).
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Hardy Toll Road
The Hardy Toll Road is a controlled-access toll road in the Greater Houston area of the U.S. state of Texas, maintained by the Harris County Toll Road Authority.
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Harris County Toll Road Authority
The Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA, pronounced "HECK-trah") maintains and operates a toll road system in the Greater Houston area of Texas, United States.
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Harris County, Texas
Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas; as of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, making it the most populous county in Texas and the third-most populous county in the United States.
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Harris Health System
The Harris Health System, previously the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD), is a governmental entity with taxing authority that owns and operates three hospitals and numerous clinics throughout Harris County, Texas, United States, including the city of Houston.
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Hearst Communications
Hearst Communications, Inc. (often referred to simply as Hearst and formerly known as Hearst Corporation) is an American multinational mass media and business information conglomerate based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
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Hermann Park
Hermann Park is a urban park in Houston, Texas, situated at the southern end of the Museum District.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) is an American multinational information technology company based in Spring, Texas.
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High-occupancy vehicle lane
A high-occupancy vehicle lane (also known as an HOV lane, carpool lane, diamond lane, 2+ lane, and transit lane or T2 or T3 lanes) is a restricted traffic lane reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles with a driver and at least one passenger, including carpools, vanpools, and transit buses.
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Hindu temple
A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Koil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers.
Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Hindus
Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.
Hispanic and Latino Americans
Hispanic and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos y latinos; Estadunidenses hispânicos e latinos) are Americans of full or partial Spanish and/or Latin American background, culture, or family origin.
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Historically black colleges and universities
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving African Americans.
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Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts is a theater in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Holocaust Museum Houston
The Holocaust Museum Houston is located in Houston's Museum District, in Texas.
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Home rule in the United States
Home rule in the United States relates to the authority of a constituent part of a U.S. state to exercise powers of governance; i.e.: whether such powers must be specifically delegated to it by the state (typically by legislative action) or are generally implicitly allowed unless specifically denied by state-level action.
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HostGator
HostGator is a Houston-based provider of shared, reseller, virtual private server, and dedicated web hosting with an additional presence in Austin, Texas.
Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center
Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZHU) is located at George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 16600 JFK Boulevard, Houston, Texas, United States 77032.
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Houston Airport System
Houston Airport System (HAS) is a department of the City of Houston, Texas, United States that manages city airports.
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Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
The Houston Arboretum and Nature Center (155 acres) is a non-profit arboretum and nature center located in Memorial Park at 4501 Woodway Drive, Houston, Texas.
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Houston Art Car Parade
The Houston Art Car Parade is an annual event in Houston, Texas, featuring a display of all types of rolling art.
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Houston Astros
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston.
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Houston Auto Show
The Houston Auto Show is an annual, 5 day long auto show that takes place in January at NRG Park.
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Houston Ballet
Houston Ballet, operated by Houston Ballet Foundation, is a professional ballet company based in Houston, Texas.
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Houston Bcycle
Houston BCycle was a bicycle sharing system, owned and operated by Houston Bike Share, a non-profit organization that administers bike sharing for the City of Houston.
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Houston Christian University
Houston Christian University (HCU), formerly Houston Baptist University (HBU), is a private Baptist university in Houston, Texas.
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Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Houston City Council
The Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Houston Community College
Houston Community College (HCC), also known as Houston Community College System (HCCS), is a community college system that operates community colleges in Houston, Missouri City, Greater Katy, and Stafford in Texas.
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Houston Cougars
The Houston Cougars are the athletic teams representing the University of Houston.
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Houston Dash
The Houston Dash is a professional women's soccer team based in Houston, Texas and joined the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the 2014 season.
Houston Dynamo FC
Houston Dynamo FC is an American professional soccer club based in Houston.
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Houston Energy Corridor
The Energy Corridor is a business district in Houston, Texas, located on the west side of the metropolitan area between Beltway 8 and the Grand Parkway.
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Houston Forward Times
The Houston Forward Times (FT) is a weekly newspaper headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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Houston Gay Pride Parade
The Houston Gay Pride Parade (or often called the Houston Pride Parade) is the major feature of a gay pride festival held annually since 1979.
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Houston Grand Opera
Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is an American opera company located in Houston, Texas.
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Houston Independent School District
The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is the largest public school system in Texas, and the eighth-largest in the United States.
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Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, also called RodeoHouston or abbreviated HLSR, is the largest livestock exhibition and rodeo in the world.
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Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston Methodist Hospital is the flagship quaternary care hospital of Houston Methodist academic medical center.
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Houston Metro
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (stylized as METRO) is a major public transportation agency based in Houston, Texas, United States.
Houston Museum District
The Houston Museum District is an association of 19 museums, galleries, cultural centers and community organizations located in Houston, Texas, dedicated to promoting art, science, history and culture.
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Houston Museum of Natural Science
The Houston Museum of Natural Science (abbreviated as HMNS) is a natural history museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Houston Oilers
The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in Houston, Texas from its founding in 1960 to 1996.
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Houston Open
The Texas Children's Houston Open is a professional golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, played in March.
Houston Outlaws
The Houston Outlaws were an American professional ''Overwatch'' esports team based in Houston, Texas.
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Houston Post
The Houston Post was a newspaper that had its headquarters in Houston, Texas, United States.
Houston Press
The Houston Press is an online newspaper published in Houston, Texas, United States.
Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston.
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Houston Roughnecks (2020)
The Houston Roughnecks were a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas.
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Houston SaberCats
The Houston SaberCats are an American professional rugby union team based in Houston, Texas.
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Houston Ship Channel
The Houston Ship Channel, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Port of Houston, one of the busiest seaports in the world.
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Houston station (Texas)
Houston station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Houston, Texas.
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Houston Symphony
The Houston Symphony is an American orchestra based in Houston, Texas.
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Houston Texans
The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston.
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Houston Theater District
The Houston Theater District, a 17-block area in the heart of Downtown Houston, Texas, United States, is home to Houston's nine professional performing arts organizations, the Bayou Place entertainment complex, restaurants, movies, plazas, and parks.
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Houston tunnel system
The Houston tunnel system is a network of subterranean, climate-controlled, pedestrian walkways that links 95 full city blocks below Houston's downtown streets.
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Houston Zoo
The Houston Zoo is a zoological park located within Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States.
Huelva
Huelva is a municipality of Spain and the capital of the province of Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.
Humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.
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Humidity
Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air.
Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey was a devastating Category 4 hurricane that made landfall on Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more than 100 deaths.
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Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area.
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Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita was the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico and the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded.
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I. M. Pei
Ieoh Ming Pei – website of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners (April 26, 1917 – May 16, 2019) was a Chinese-American architect.
Illegal immigration to the United States
Foreign nationals, known as aliens, violate US immigration laws by entering the United States unlawfully, or by lawfully entering but then remaining after the expiration of their visas, parole or temporary protected status.
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Ima Hogg
Ima Hogg (July 10, 1882 – August 19, 1975), known as "The First Lady of Texas", was an American society leader, philanthropist, mental health advocate, patron and collector of the arts, and one of the most respected women in Texas during the 20th century.
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart–Celler Act and more recently as the 1965 Immigration Act, is a landmark federal law passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Indian Americans
Indian Americans are people with ancestry from India who are citizens of the United States.
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Indonesians
Indonesians (Indonesian: orang Indonesia) are citizens or people who are identified with the country of Indonesia, regardless of their ethnic or religious background.
IndyCar
IndyCar, LLC (stylized as INDYCAR), is an auto racing sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.
IndyCar Series
The IndyCar Series, currently known as the NTT IndyCar Series under sponsorship, is the highest class of American open-wheel car racing in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices of various sanctioning bodies since 1920 after two initial attempts in 1905 and 1916.
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International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.
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Interstate 10 in Texas
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States.
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Interstate 45
Interstate 45 (I-45) is a major Interstate Highway located entirely within the U.S. state of Texas.
Interstate 610 (Texas)
Interstate 610 (I-610) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that forms a loop around the inner city sector of the city of Houston, Texas.
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Interstate 69 in Texas
Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway that is in the process of being built in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Interstate Highway System
The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, or the Eisenhower Interstate System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States.
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Ion Television
Ion Television (currently known on-air as simply Ion) is an American broadcast television network and FAST television channel owned by the Scripps Networks subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company.
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
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Irreligion
Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Islamic Society of Greater Houston
The Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH) is a system of mosques in Greater Houston.
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Istanbul
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. Houston and Istanbul are capitals of former nations.
James Sanders Holman
James Sanders Holman (February 7, 1804 – December 8, 1867) was a soldier, entrepreneur, and the first mayor of Houston.
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Japanese Americans
are Americans of Japanese ancestry.
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Jewish Federations of North America
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), formerly the United Jewish Communities (UJC), is an American Jewish umbrella organization for the Jewish Federations system, representing over 350 independent Jewish communities across North America that raise and distribute over $2 billion annually, including through planned giving and endowment programs, to support social welfare, social services and educational needs.
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Jews
The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.
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Joel Osteen
Joel Scott Osteen (born March 5, 1963) is an American pastor, televangelist, businessman, and author based in Houston, Texas, United States.
John B. Magruder
John Bankhead Magruder (May 1, 1807 – February 18, 1871) often referred to as "Prince John Magruder", was an American and Confederate military officer.
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John Burgee
John Burgee (born August 28, 1933) is an American architect noted for his contributions to Postmodern architecture.
John Kirby Allen
John Kirby Allen (1810 – August 15, 1838), was a co-founder of the city of Houston and a former member of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives.
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John Whitmire
John Harris Whitmire (born August 13, 1949) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd mayor of Houston, the most populous city in Texas, since 2024.
Johnson Space Center
The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) is NASA's center for human spaceflight in Houston, Texas (originally named the Manned Spacecraft Center), where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted.
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Jones Hall
The Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts (commonly known as Jones Hall) is a performance venue in Houston, Texas, and the permanent home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Society for the Performing Arts.
JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston)
The JPMorgan Chase Tower, formerly Texas Commerce Tower, is a,, 75-story skyscraper at 600 Travis Street in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States.
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Judaism
Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.
Karachi
Karachi (کراچی) is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh.
Karankawa people
The Karankawa were an Indigenous people concentrated in southern Texas along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, largely in the lower Colorado River and Brazos River valleys.
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Katy, Texas
Katy is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Houston and Katy, Texas are cities in Texas.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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KBR (company)
KBR, Inc. (formerly Kellogg Brown & Root) is a U.S. based company operating in fields of science, technology and engineering.
KBXX
KBXX (97.9 FM) is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas.
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Kenny Smith
Kenneth Smith (born March 8, 1965), nicknamed "the Jet" is an American sports commentator and former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
KFTH-DT
KFTH-DT (channel 67) is a television station licensed to Alvin, Texas, United States, serving as the Houston-area outlet for the Spanish-language network UniMás.
KHOU
KHOU (channel 11) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, affiliated with CBS.
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KIAH
KIAH (channel 39) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, serving as the local outlet for The CW Television Network.
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Kilowatt-hour
A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a non-SI unit of energy equal to 3.6 megajoules (MJ) in SI units which is the energy delivered by one kilowatt of power for one hour.
KILT (AM)
KILT ("SportsRadio 610") is a commercial AM radio station in Houston, Texas.
KILT-FM
KILT-FM (100.3 MHz "The Bull 100.3") is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas.
Kinder Morgan
Kinder Morgan, Inc. is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America.
Kirko Bangz
Kirk Jerel Randle (born August 20, 1989), better known by his stage name Kirko Bangz, is an American rapper known for his 2011 single "Drank in My Cup", which peaked at number 28 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
KKBQ
KKBQ (92.9 FM), branded as "93Q Country", is a commercial radio station with a country music format.
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KKHH
KKHH (95.7 FM "95.7 The Spot") is a radio station in Houston, Texas.
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KMJQ
KMJQ (102.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas.
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KODA
KODA (99.1 FM, "Sunny 99.1") is an American commercial adult contemporary-formatted radio station in Houston, Texas.
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Korean Americans
Korean Americans are Americans who are of full or partial Korean ethnic descent.
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KPFT
KPFT (90.1 FM) is a listener-sponsored community radio station in Houston, Texas, which began broadcasting March 1, 1970 as the fourth station in the Pacifica radio family.
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KPRC-TV
KPRC-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Graham Media Group.
KPXB-TV
KPXB-TV (channel 49) is a television station licensed to Conroe, Texas, United States, serving as the Houston area outlet for the Ion Television network.
KRIV (TV)
KRIV (channel 26) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, serving as the market's Fox network outlet.
KROI
KROI (92.1 FM) is a radio station serving the Greater Houston market.
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KTMD
KTMD (channel 47) is a television station licensed to Galveston, Texas, United States, serving as the Houston area outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo.
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KTRH
KTRH is a commercial radio station licensed to Houston, Texas.
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KTRK-TV
KTRK-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, serving as the market's ABC outlet.
KTXH
KTXH (channel 20), branded on-air as My20 Vision, is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, serving as the local outlet for the MyNetworkTV programming service.
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KUHF
KUHF (88.7 FM) (branded as News 88.7) is a public radio station serving Greater Houston metropolitan area.
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KUHT
KUHT (channel 8) is a PBS member television station in Houston, Texas, United States.
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KXLN-DT
KXLN-DT (channel 45) is a television station licensed to Rosenberg, Texas, United States, serving as the Houston-area outlet for the Spanish-language network Univision.
KYAZ
KYAZ (channel 51) is a television station licensed to Katy, Texas, United States, serving as the Houston area outlet for the classic television network MeTV.
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La Voz de Houston
La Voz de Houston (Spanish: "The Voice of Houston") is a Spanish-language weekly newspaper distributed by the Houston Chronicle, and a subsidiary of the Houston Chronicle.
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Lake Conroe
Lake Conroe is a lake in Montgomery County, Texas, United States.
Lake Houston
Lake Houston is a reservoir on the San Jacinto River, 15 miles (24 km) northeast of downtown Houston, Texas, United States.
Lake Livingston
Lake Livingston is a reservoir located in Piney Woods in Houston, Madison, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity and Walker counties in east Texas, United States.
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Lakewood Church
Lakewood Church is a non-denominational evangelical Christian megachurch located in Houston, Texas.
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Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark
The Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark is a public skatepark in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Lee College
Lee College is a public community college in Baytown, Texas.
Lee P. Brown
Lee Patrick Brown (born October 4, 1937) is an American politician, criminologist and businessman; in 1997 he was the first African-American to be elected mayor of Houston, Texas.
Leipzig
Leipzig (Upper Saxon: Leibz'sch) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony.
LGBT community
The LGBT community (also known as the LGBTQ+ community, LGBTQIA+ community, GLBT community, or queer community) is a loosely defined grouping of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals united by a common culture and social movements.
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Liberal arts education
Liberal arts education (from Latin 'free' and 'art or principled practice') is the traditional academic course in Western higher education.
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Light rail
Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit using rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from heavy rapid transit.
Limited-access road
A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway, expressway, and partial controlled-access highway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which has many or most characteristics of a controlled-access highway (also known as a freeway or motorway), including limited or no access to adjacent property, some degree of separation of opposing traffic flow, use of grade separated interchanges to some extent, prohibition of slow modes of transport, such as bicycles, horse-drawn vehicles or ridden horses, or self-propelled agricultural machines; and very few or no intersecting cross-streets or level crossings.
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List of counties in Texas
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state.
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List of ethnic groups of Africa
The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each ethnicity generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture.
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List of Hindu temples in the United States
This is a list of notable Hindu temples, centers, and ashrams in the United States.
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List of Houston Independent School District schools
This is a list of schools operated by the Houston Independent School District.
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List of largest cities west of the Mississippi River
This is a list of the largest cities west of the Mississippi River.
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List of largest shopping malls in the United States
This is a list of shopping malls in the United States and its territories that have at least 2,000,000 total square feet of retail space (gross leasable area).
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List of mayors of Houston
The following is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas.
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List of MLS Cup finals
The MLS Cup is the annual championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-level men's soccer league for the United States and Canada.
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List of municipalities in Texas
Texas is a state located in the Southern United States. Houston and List of municipalities in Texas are cities in Texas.
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List of natural disasters in the United States
This list of United States natural disasters is a list of notable natural disasters that occurred in the United States after 1816.
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List of NBA champions
The NBA Finals is the championship series for the National Basketball Association (NBA) held at the conclusion of its postseason.
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List of North American cities by population
For the majority of cities in North America (including the Caribbean), the most recent official population census results, estimates or short-term projections date to 2020, with some dating 2022 at the latest.
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List of people from Houston
This is a list of people who were born, were raised, or have lived in Houston, Texas.
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List of school districts in Houston
The following is a complete list of school districts serving the city limits of Houston, Texas.
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List of tallest buildings
This is a list of the tallest buildings.
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List of tallest buildings in the United States
The world's first skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885.
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List of Texas metropolitan areas
The following is a complete list of 25 metropolitan areas in Texas, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
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List of U.S. cities with large Black populations
This list of U.S. cities by black population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of black residents over 30% in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is black or African American.
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List of U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations
This list of U.S. cities by American Hispanic and Latino population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of Hispanic and Latino residents over 30% in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is either Hispanic or Latino.
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List of uninhabited regions
The list of uninhabited regions includes a number of places around the globe.
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List of United States cities by area
This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2023 land area.
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List of United States cities by population
This is a list of the most populous incorporated places of the United States.
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List of United States urban areas
This is a list of urban areas in the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau, ordered according to their 2020 census populations.
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Lone Star College System
Lone Star College (LSC) is a public community college system serving the northern portions of the Greater Houston, Texas, area.
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Long Point–Eureka Heights fault system
The Long Point–Eureka Heights fault system is a system of geologic faults in Houston, Texas.
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Longview, Texas
Longview is a city in, and county seat of, Gregg County, Texas, United States. Houston and Longview, Texas are cities in Texas and county seats in Texas.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles (Condado de Los Ángeles), and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,861,224 residents estimated in 2022.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Louisiana
Louisiana (Louisiane; Luisiana; Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States.
Luanda
Luanda (/luˈændə, -ˈɑːn-/, Portuguese) is the capital and largest city of Angola.
Mahatma Gandhi District, Houston
The Mahatma Gandhi District (popularly known as Hillcroft or occasionally Little India) is an ethnic enclave in Houston, Texas, United States, named after Mahatma Gandhi, consisting predominantly of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and shops and having a large South Asian population.
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Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.
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Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual professional baseball game sanctioned by Major League Baseball (MLB) and contested between the all-stars from the American League (AL) and National League (NL).
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Major League Rugby
Major League Rugby (MLR) is a professional rugby union competition for clubs in North America.
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Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States.
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Majority minority in the United States
In the United States of America, majority-minority area or minority-majority area is a term describing a U.S. state or jurisdiction whose population is composed of less than 50% non-Hispanic whites.
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Managed lane
A managed lane is a type of highway lane that is operated with a management scheme, such as lane use restrictions or variable tolling, to optimize traffic flow, vehicle throughput, or both.
Marriage of Billie Ert and Antonio Molina
The marriage of Billie Ert and Antonio Molina took place on October 5, 1972, in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Marsh
In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.
Mayor–council government
A mayor–council government is a system of local government in which a mayor who is directly elected by the voters acts as chief executive, while a separately elected city council constitutes the legislative body.
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McGovern Medical School
The John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School, located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, is the graduate medical school associated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston).
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (colloquially MD Anderson Cancer Center) is a comprehensive cancer center in Houston, Texas.
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MDMA
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy (tablet form), and molly or mandy (crystal form), is a potent empathogen–entactogen with stimulant and minor psychedelic properties.
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Medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, professional school, or forms a part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians.
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Megachurch
A megachurch is a church with a very large membership that also offers a variety of educational and social activities.
Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Jovon Ruth Pete (born February 15, 1995), known professionally as Megan Thee Stallion, is an American rapper.
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Memorial City, Houston
Memorial City is a commercial district in the Memorial area of Houston, Texas, United States.
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Memorial Drive (Houston)
Memorial Drive is an arterial road in the western half of Houston, Texas, United States.
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Memorial Hermann Life Flight
Memorial Hermann Life Flight is a hospital-based air medical transport service in Houston, Texas.
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Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center
Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center is a nationally ranked hospital at the Texas Medical Center.
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Memorial Park, Houston
Memorial Park, a municipal park in Houston, Texas, is one of the largest urban parks in the United States.
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Menil Collection
The Menil Collection, located in Houston, Texas, refers either to a museum that houses the art collection of founders John de Menil and Dominique de Menil, or to the collection itself of paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs and rare books.
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Menninger Foundation
The Menninger Foundation was founded in 1919 by the Menninger family in Topeka, Kansas.
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Meritage Homes Corporation
Meritage Homes Corporation is a publicly traded American real estate development company that constructs a variety of single-family detached homes across the United States.
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Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine (contracted from) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug and less commonly as a second-line treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obesity.
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Metropolitan statistical area
In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the region.
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METRORail Green Line
The Green Line is a METRORail light rail/streetcar line operated by METRO in Houston, Texas, serving the East End area.
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METRORail Purple Line
The Purple Line is a METRORail light rail/streetcar route operated by METRO in Houston, Texas, United States, serving Southeast Houston.
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METRORail Red Line
The Red Line is one of three light rail routes on the METRORail network operated by METRO in Houston, Texas.
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METRORapid Silver Line
The METRORapid Silver Line is a bus rapid transit line in Houston, Texas operated by METRO.
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METRORapid University Line
The University Line is a planned bus rapid transit route that would be operated by Metro in Houston, Texas, United States.
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MeTV
MeTV, an acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television, is an American broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting.
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Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans (mexicano-estadounidenses, mexico-americanos, or estadounidenses de origen mexicano) are Americans of Mexican heritage.
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Mexico–United States border
The Mexico–United States border (frontera Estados Unidos–México) is an international border separating Mexico and the United States, extending from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Gulf of Mexico in the east.
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Miami
Miami, officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.
Midtown, Houston
Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown.
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Mike Jones (rapper)
Michael Allen Jones (born November 18, 1981)Giglio, Mike.
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Minute Maid Park
Minute Maid Park, nicknamed "The Juice Box", is a retractable roof stadium in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the primary river and second-longest river of the largest drainage basin in the United States.
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MLS Cup 2006
MLS Cup 2006 was the 11th edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), and took place on November 12, 2006.
MLS Cup 2007
MLS Cup 2007 was the 12th edition of the MLS Cup, the post-season championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the United States.
Mont Belvieu, Texas
Mont Belvieu is a city in Chambers County in the U.S. state of Texas. Houston and Mont Belvieu, Texas are cities in Texas.
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Montgomery County, Texas
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Moon rock
Moon rock or lunar rock is rock originating from Earth's Moon.
Multiracial Americans
Multiracial Americans or mixed-race Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of two or more races. The term may also include Americans of mixed-race ancestry who self-identify with just one group culturally and socially (cf. the one-drop rule). In the 2020 United States census, 33.8 million individuals or 10.2% of the population, self-identified as multiracial.
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Municipal corporation
Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.
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Murder of Paul Broussard
Paul Broussard (1964–1991), a 27-year-old Houston-area banker and Texas A&M alumnus, died after a gay bashing incident outside a Houston nightclub in the early hours of July 4, 1991.
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Murdoch University
Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas.
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Muslims
Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV (stylized as myNetworkTV; unofficially abbreviated MyTV, MyNet, MNT or MNTV, and sometimes referred to as My Network) is an American commercial broadcast television syndication service and former television network owned by Fox Corporation, operated by its Fox Television Stations division, and distributed through the syndication structure of Fox First Run.
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
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National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc.
The National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc., (NBCA Intl or NBCA) more commonly known as the National Baptist Convention of America or sometimes the Boyd Convention, is a Christian denomination based in the United States.
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National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
The National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., more commonly known as the National Baptist Convention (NBC USA or NBC), is a Baptist Christian denomination headquartered at the Baptist World Center in Nashville, Tennessee and affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance.
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National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).
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National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
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National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey, LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada.
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National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
The National Missionary Baptist Convention of America (NMBCA) is a Baptist Christian denomination.
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National Women's Soccer League
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system (alongside the USL Super League).
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Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.
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NBA All-Star Game
The National Basketball Association All-Star Game is a basketball exhibition game hosted every February by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and showcases 24 of the league's star players.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
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NBC News
NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.
Neartown Houston
Montrose is an area located in west-central Houston, Texas, United States and is one of the city's major cultural areas.
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New Caney, Texas
New Caney is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Texas, United States, located within the metropolitan area.
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New Great Migration
The New Great Migration is the demographic change from 1970 to the present, which is a reversal of the previous 60-year trend of black migration within the United States.
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New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or the Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Houston and New Orleans are former state capitals in the United States.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. Houston and New York City are former state capitals in the United States.
Newsweek
Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.
Nice
Nice (Niçard: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, Mistralian norm,; Nizza; Nissa; Νίκαια; Nicaea) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France.
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Nicknames of Houston
There are many nicknames for the city of Houston, the largest city in Texas and fourth-largest city in the United States.
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Non-Hispanic whites
Non-Hispanic Whites or Non-Latino Whites are White Americans classified by the United States census as "white" and not Hispanic.
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Non-partisan democracy
Nonpartisan democracy (also no-party democracy) is a system of representative government or organization such that universal and periodic elections take place without reference to political parties.
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Nondenominational Christianity
Nondenominational Christianity (or non-denominational Christianity) consists of churches, and individual Christians, which typically distance themselves from the confessionalism or creedalism of other Christian communities by not formally aligning with a specific Christian denomination.
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North Texas
North Texas is a term used primarily by residents of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex generally consider North Texas to include the area south of Oklahoma, east of Abilene, west of Paris, and north of Hillsboro.
Northern United States
The Northern United States, commonly referred to as the American North, the Northern States, or simply the North, is a geographical and historical region of the United States.
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Northline, Houston
Northline is a community district located in North Houston, Texas near I-45.
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NOV Inc.
NOV Inc., formerly National Oilwell Varco, is an American multinational corporation based in Houston, Texas.
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
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NRG Arena
The NRG Arena (formerly the Astroarena and Reliant Arena), is a 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) sports center in NRG Park, in Houston, Texas, USA.
NRG Park
NRG Park, formerly Reliant Park and Astrodomain, is a complex in Houston, named after the energy company NRG Energy.
NRG Stadium
NRG Stadium (previously known as Reliant Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Houston, Texas, United States.
O'Hare International Airport
Chicago O'Hare International Airport is a major international airport serving Chicago, Illinois, United States, located on the city's Northwest Side, approximately northwest of the Loop business district.
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Occidental Petroleum
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (often abbreviated Oxy in reference to its ticker symbol and logo) is an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration in the United States and the Middle East as well as petrochemical manufacturing in the United States, Canada, and Chile.
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Office
An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform administrative work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization.
Optometry
Optometry is a specialized health care profession that involves examining the eyes and related structures for defects or abnormalities.
Oriental Orthodox Churches
The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 50 million members worldwide.
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Otis Thorpe
Otis Henry Thorpe (born August 5, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player who played for several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Outreach (magazine)
Outreach is an evangelical magazine based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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OutSmart
OutSmart Magazine, or simply OutSmart, is a monthly publication serving Houston's LGBT community since 1994.
Overwatch League
The Overwatch League (OWL) was a professional esports league for the video game Overwatch, produced by its developer, Blizzard Entertainment.
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Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry, an owned-and-operated station (frequently abbreviated as an O&O) usually refers to a television or radio station owned by the network with which it is associated.
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Ozone
Ozone (or trioxygen) is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula.
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the Pacific Islands.
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Pacifica Foundation
Pacifica Foundation is an American non-profit organization that owns five independently operated, non-commercial, listener-supported radio stations known for their progressive/liberal political orientation.
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Pakistani Americans
Pakistani Americans (پاکستانی امریکی) are citizens of the United States who have full or partial ancestry from Pakistan, or more simply, Pakistanis in America.
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Paratransit
Paratransit (the term used in North America) or Intermediate Public Transport (also known by other names such as community transport (UK)), is a type of transportation services that supplement fixed-route mass transit by providing individualized rides without fixed routes or timetables.
Park and ride
A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system (rapid transit, light rail, or commuter rail), or carpool for the remainder of the journey.
Pasadena, Texas
Pasadena is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Harris County. Houston and Pasadena, Texas are cities in Texas and populated coastal places in Texas.
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Paul Wall
Paul Michael Slayton (born March 11, 1981), better known by his stage name Paul Wall, is an American rapper and DJ.
PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.
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Pearland, Texas
Pearland is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Brazoria County, with portions extending into Fort Bend and Harris counties. Houston and Pearland, Texas are cities in Texas.
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Permeability (materials science)
Permeability in fluid mechanics, materials science and Earth sciences (commonly symbolized as k) is a measure of the ability of a porous material (often, a rock or an unconsolidated material) to allow fluids to pass through it.
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Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter
The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter (Ordinariatus Personalis Cathedrae Sancti Petri) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or personal ordinariate of the Catholic Church for Anglican converts in the United States and Canada.
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Perth
Perth (Boorloo) is the capital city of Western Australia.
Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.
Petroleum industry
The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products.
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Petroleum reservoir
A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations.
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Pew Research Center
The Pew Research Center (also simply known as Pew) is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world.
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Pharmacy school
The basic requirement for pharmacists to be considered for registration is often an undergraduate or postgraduate pharmacy degree from a recognized university.
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Philip Johnson
Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture.
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Phillips 66
The Phillips 66 Company is an American multinational energy company headquartered in Westchase, Houston, Texas.
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020.
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Plains All American Pipeline
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. is a master limited partnership engaged in pipeline transport, marketing, and storage of liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum in the United States and Canada.
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Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Jan Paweł II; Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła,; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.
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Popemobile
The popemobile is a specially designed motor vehicle used by the Pope during public appearances.
Port of Houston
The Port of Houston is one of the world's largest ports and serves the metropolitan area of Houston, Texas.
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Porter, Texas
Porter is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County in Southeastern Texas, United States, within the metropolitan area.
Post office box
A post office box (commonly abbreviated as P.O. box, or also known as a postal box) is a uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office.
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Postmodern architecture
Postmodern architecture is a style or movement which emerged in the late 1950s as a reaction against the austerity, formality, and lack of variety of modern architecture, particularly in the international style advocated by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock.
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Poverty in the United States
In the United States, poverty has both social and political implications.
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Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU or PV) is a public historically black land-grant university in Prairie View, Texas.
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President of the Republic of Texas
The president of the Republic of Texas (Presidente de la República de Tejas) was the head of state and head of government while Texas was an independent republic between 1836 and 1845.
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Pride parade
A pride parade (also known as pride event, pride festival, pride march, or pride protest) is an event celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) social and self-acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pride.
Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
Public Religion Research Institute
The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) is an American nonprofit, nonpartisan research and education organization that conducts public opinion polls on a variety of topics, specializing in the quantitative and qualitative study of political issues as they relate to religious values.
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Public transport
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.
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Puerto Ricans
Puerto Ricans (Puertorriqueños), most commonly known as '''Boricuas''', but also occasionally referred to as Borinqueños, Borincanos, or Puertorros, are an ethnic group native to the Caribbean archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, and a nation identified with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico through ancestry, culture, or history.
Quanta Services
Quanta Services is an American corporation that provides infrastructure services for electric power, pipeline, industrial and communications industries.
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Rail transport
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.
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Reform Judaism
Reform Judaism, also known as Liberal Judaism or Progressive Judaism, is a major Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of Judaism, the superiority of its ethical aspects to its ceremonial ones, and belief in a continuous revelation which is closely intertwined with human reason and not limited to the Theophany at Mount Sinai.
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Republic of Texas
The Republic of Texas (República de Tejas), or simply Texas, was a breakaway state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. Houston and Republic of Texas are 1836 establishments in the Republic of Texas.
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Republican Party of Texas
The Republican Party of Texas (RPT) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in the state of Texas.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
Rice Owls
The Rice Owls are the sports teams representing Rice University in college sports.
Rice Stadium (Rice University)
Rice Stadium is an American football stadium located on the Rice University campus in Houston, Texas.
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Rice University
Rice University, formally William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Richmond, Texas
Richmond is a suburb of Houston and the county seat of Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. Houston and Richmond, Texas are cities in Texas and county seats in Texas.
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Right of way
A right of way (also right-of-way) is a transportation corridor along which people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so.
Ring road
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city or country.
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston
The Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston (Latin: Archidiœcesis Galvestoniensis–Houstoniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction—an archdiocese—of the Catholic Church in the United States.
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Rothko Chapel
The Rothko Chapel is a non-denominational chapel in Houston, Texas, founded by John and Dominique de Menil.
Rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.
Rust Belt
The Rust Belt, formerly the Steel Belt, is a region of the Northeastern, Midwestern United States, and the very northern parts of the Southern United States.
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, also known in the United States as the Byzantine Catholic Church, is a sui iuris (autonomous) Eastern Catholic church based in Eastern Europe and North America.
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SaberCats Stadium
SaberCats Stadium is a rugby union stadium in Houston, Texas, United States as part of Houston Sports Park and is the home of the Houston SaberCats of Major League Rugby.
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Salt dome
A salt dome is a type of structural dome formed when salt (or other evaporite minerals) intrudes into overlying rocks in a process known as diapirism.
Sam Houston
Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution.
Sam Houston Monument
The Sam Houston Monument is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Sam Houston by Enrico Cerracchio, installed at the northwest corner of Houston's Hermann Park, in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Sam Houston Park
Sam Houston Park is an urban park located in downtown Houston, Texas, United States, dedicated to the buildings and culture of Houston's past. Houston and Sam Houston Park are sam Houston.
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Sam Houston Race Park
Sam Houston Race Park is a horse racing track located in unincorporated northwest Houston, Texas, United States.
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Same-sex marriage in the United States
The availability of legally recognized same-sex marriage in the United States expanded from one state (Massachusetts) in 2004 to all fifty states in 2015 through various court rulings, state legislation, and direct popular votes.
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San Jacinto College
San Jacinto College is a public community college in the Greater Houston area, with its campuses in Pasadena and Houston, Texas.
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Sanctuary city
A sanctuary city is a municipality that limits or denies its cooperation with the national government in enforcing immigration law.
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Second Baptist Church Houston
Second Baptist Church Houston is a Baptist multi-site megachurch based in Houston, Texas, US.
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Sediment
Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.
Serial killer
A serial killer (also called a serial murderer) is a person who murders two or more people,An offender can be anyone.
Sesquicentennial Park
Sesquicentennial Park is an urban park in downtown Houston, Texas.
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Sharpstown, Houston
Sharpstown is a master-planned community in the Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown), Southwest Houston, Texas.
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Shell Energy Stadium
Shell Energy Stadium is an American multi-purpose stadium located in Houston, Texas that is home to Houston Dynamo FC, a Major League Soccer club and the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League and was the first soccer specific stadium built in a major metropolitan downtown city.
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Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a city and special economic zone on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong to the south, Dongguan to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, and Macau to the southwest.
Shriners College Classic
The Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic is an annual six-team college baseball tournament held in Houston and hosted by the Astros Foundation.
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Sienna, Texas
Sienna, formerly known as Sienna Plantation, is a census-designated place and master-planned community located in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.
Sikhism
Sikhism, also known as Sikhi (ਸਿੱਖੀ,, from translit), is a monotheistic religion and philosophy, that originated in the Punjab region of India around the end of the 15th century CE.
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Sister Cities International
Sister Cities International (SCI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) with the goal of facilitating partnerships between communities within the United States and other countries by establishing sister cities. Sister cities are agreements of mutual support formally recognized by the civic leaders of those cities.
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Skatepark
A skatepark, or skate park, is a purpose-built recreational environment made for skateboarding, BMX, scootering, and aggressive inline skating.
Slavery in the United States
The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South.
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Slim Thug
Stayve Jerome Thomas (born September 8, 1980), better known by his stage name Slim Thug, is an American rapper.
Soccer-specific stadium
Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada to refer to a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multi-purpose stadium which is for a variety of sports.
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South India
South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.
South Park Mexican
Carlos Coy (born October 5, 1970), known professionally as SPM (an initialism for South Park Mexican), is an American rapper and convicted sex offender.
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South Texas College of Law Houston
South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL or South Texas) is a private law school in Houston, Texas.
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Southeast Texas
Southeast Texas is a cultural and geographic region in the U.S. state of Texas, bordering Southwest Louisiana and its greater Acadiana region to the east.
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Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists (GCB), is a Baptist Christian denomination based in the United States.
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Southern hip hop
Southern hip hop, also known as Southern rap, South Coast hip hop, or dirty south, is a blanket term for a regional genre of American hip hop music that emerged in the Southern United States, especially in Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Florida—often titled “The Big 5,” five states which constitute the "Southern Network" in rap music.
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Southern United States
The Southern United States, sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States.
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Southside Place, Texas
Southside Place is a city in west central Harris County, Texas, United States. Houston and Southside Place, Texas are cities in Texas.
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Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines Co. is a major airline in the United States that operates on a low-cost carrier model.
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Space Center Houston
Space Center Houston is a science museum that serves as the official visitor center of NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program.
Spindletop
Spindletop is an oil field located in the southern portion of Beaumont, Texas, in the United States.
Spoke–hub distribution paradigm
The spoke–hub distribution paradigm (also known as the hub-and-spoke system) is a form of transport topology optimization in which traffic planners organize routes as a series of "spokes" that connect outlying points to a central "hub".
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Spring, Texas
Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Harris County, Texas, United States, part of the metropolitan area.
Sri Meenakshi Temple (Pearland, Texas)
The Sri Meenakshi Temple (also called the Sri Meenakshi Devasthanam) is a Hindu temple located in Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas, in the Houston metropolitan area.
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Stafford, Texas
Stafford is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, in the metropolitan area. Houston and Stafford, Texas are cities in Texas.
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Station Museum of Contemporary Art
The Station Museum of Contemporary Art was a private museum owned and run by James and Ann Harithas devoted to contemporary art located at 1502 Alabama Street in the Third Ward of Houston, Texas, United States.
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Stavanger
Stavanger (US usually) is a city and municipality in Norway.
Street hierarchy
The street hierarchy is an urban planning technique for laying out road networks that exclude automobile through-traffic from developed areas.
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Streetcar suburb
A streetcar suburb is a residential community whose growth and development was strongly shaped by the use of streetcar lines as a primary means of transportation.
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Subsidence
Subsidence is a general term for downward vertical movement of the Earth's surface, which can be caused by both natural processes and human activities.
Suburbanization
Suburbanization (AE), or suburbanisation (BE), is a population shift from historic core cities or rural areas into suburbs, resulting in the formation of (sub)urban sprawl.
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Sugar Land, Texas
Sugar Land (sometimes spelled as Sugarland) is the largest city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, located in the southwestern part of the metropolitan area. Houston and Sugar Land, Texas are cities in Texas.
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Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered stretching across the Southeast and Southwest.
Sundance Group
In 1969, Robert Redford purchased at the base of Mount Timpanogos in Utah's Wasatch Mountains.
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Super Bowl LI
Super Bowl LI was an American football game played at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on February 5, 2017, to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2016 season.
Super Bowl VIII
Super Bowl VIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Minnesota Vikings and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Miami Dolphins to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1973 season.
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Super Bowl XXXVIII
Super Bowl XXXVIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Carolina Panthers and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2003 season.
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Supercell
A supercell is a thunderstorm characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone, a deep, persistently rotating updraft.
Swaminarayan Sampradaya
The Swaminarayan Sampradaya, also known as Swaminarayan Hinduism and Swaminarayan movement, is a Hindu Vaishnava sampradaya rooted in Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita, characterized by the worship of its charismatic founder Sahajanand Swami, better known as Swaminarayan (1781–1830), as an avatar of Krishna or as the highest manifestation of Purushottam, the supreme God.
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Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner (born September 27, 1954) is an American attorney and politician who was the 62nd mayor of Houston, Texas.
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Sysco
Sysco Corporation (short for Systems and Services Company) is an American multinational corporation involved in marketing and distributing food products, smallwares, kitchen equipment and tabletop items to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, hospitality businesses like hotels and inns, and wholesale to other companies that provide foodservice (like Aramark and Sodexo).
Taipei
Taipei, officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan.
Tampico
Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
Targa Resources
Targa Resources Corp. is a Fortune 500 company based in Houston, Texas.
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TC Energy Center
The TC Energy Center is a highrise that represents one of the first significant examples of postmodern architecture construction in downtown Houston, Texas.
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TDECU Stadium
John O'Quinn Field at TDECU Stadium is an American football stadium on the campus of the University of Houston.
Telemundo
Telemundo (formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast. It provides content nationally with programming syndicated worldwide to more than 100 countries in over 35 languages.
Telephone Road
Telephone Road is a street in eastern and southeastern Houston, Texas, United States.
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Terry Hershey Park
Terry Hershey Park is a county park that runs parallel to a roughly stretch of the Buffalo Bayou in western Houston, Texas.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
Texas Bowl
The Texas Bowl is an annual postseason NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game first held in 2006 in Houston, Texas.
Texas Children's Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital is a nationally ranked, freestanding 973-bed, acute care women's and children's hospital located in Houston, Texas.
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Texas Democratic Party
The Texas Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Texas and one of the two major political parties in the state.
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Texas Kickoff
The Texas Kickoff was an annual college football game played on the opening weekend of the college football season in Houston, Texas, at NRG Stadium.
Texas Medical Center
The Texas Medical Center (TMC) is a medical district and neighborhood in south-central Houston, Texas, United States, immediately south of the Museum District and west of Texas State Highway 288.
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Texas Monthly
Texas Monthly (stylized as TexasMonthly) is a monthly American magazine headquartered in Downtown Austin, Texas.
Texas oil boom
The Texas oil boom, sometimes called the gusher age, was a period of dramatic change and economic growth in the U.S. state of Texas during the early 20th century that began with the discovery of a large petroleum reserve near Beaumont, Texas.
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Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas.
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Texas Southern Tigers football
The Texas Southern Tigers is the college football team representing Texas Southern University, a historically black university (HBCU) in Houston.
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Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University (Texas Southern or TSU) is a public historically black university in Houston, Texas.
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Texas State Capitol
The Texas State Capitol is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Texas.
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Texas State Highway 225
State Highway 225 (SH 225) is an east–west freeway in the Houston area between the Interstate 610 Loop in Houston and State Highway 146/future State Highway 99 in La Porte.
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Texas State Highway 288
State Highway 288 (SH 288) is a north–south highway in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Texas, between I-45 in downtown Houston and Freeport, where it terminates on FM 1495.
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Texas State Highway 6
State Highway 6 (SH 6) runs from the Red River, the Texas–Oklahoma state line, to northwest of Galveston, where it is known as the Old Galveston Highway.
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Texas State Highway 99
State Highway 99 (SH 99), also known as the Grand Parkway, is a beltway in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Texas State Highway Beltway 8
Beltway 8 (BW8), the Sam Houston Parkway, along with the Sam Houston Tollway, is an beltway around the city of Houston, Texas, United States, lying entirely within Harris County.
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Texas state highway system
Texas state highways are a network of highways owned and maintained by the U.S. state of Texas.
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Texas Triangle
The Texas Triangle (also known as Texaplex) is a region of Texas that contains the state's five largest cities and is home to the majority of the state's population.
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The Beaver County Times
The Beaver County Times is a daily newspaper published in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States, serving suburban Beaver County northwest of Pittsburgh.
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The CW
The CW Television Network (commonly referred to as the CW or simply CW) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is controlled by Nexstar Media Group through a 75-percent ownership interest.
The Galleria
The Galleria, stylized theGalleria and also known as the Houston Galleria, is an upscale mixed-use urban development and shopping mall located in the Uptown District of Houston, Texas, United States.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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The Woodlands, Texas
The Woodlands is a special-purpose district and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Texas in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area.
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Theatre Under the Stars (Houston)
Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) is a year-round, professional, non-profit musical theatre production company.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or T.R., was an American politician, soldier, conservationist, historian, naturalist, explorer and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
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Think tank
A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture.
Third country resettlement
Third country resettlement or refugee resettlement is, according to the UNHCR, one of three durable solutions (voluntary repatriation and local integration being the other two) for refugees who fled their home country.
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Third Ward, Houston
Third Ward is an area of Houston, Texas, United States, that evolved from one of the six historic wards of the same name.
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Thurgood Marshall School of Law
The Thurgood Marshall School of Law (TMSL) is an ABA-accredited law school at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Toll road
A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a freeway since the 1940s) for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage.
Tornado Alley
Tornado Alley (also known as Tornado Valley) is a loosely defined location of the central United States and Canada where tornadoes are most frequent.
Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Tower block
A tower block, high-rise, apartment tower, residential tower, apartment block, block of flats, or office tower is a tall building, as opposed to a low-rise building and is defined differently in terms of height depending on the jurisdiction.
Toyota Center
Toyota Center is an indoor arena located in Houston.
Trae tha Truth
Frazier Othel Thompson III (born July 3, 1980), better known by his stage name Trae tha Truth (or simply Trae), is an American rapper.
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Tranquillity Park
Tranquillity Park is a municipal park in Houston, Texas.
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Transportation in Houston
This is a documentation of the routes, highways, parking requirements, or anything related to transportation in Houston.
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Travis Scott
Jacques Bermon Webster II (born April 30, 1991), known professionally as Travis Scott (stylized as Travis $cott), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Tropical Storm Allison
Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season.
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Tropical Storm Beta (2020)
Tropical Storm Beta was a tropical cyclone that brought heavy rainfall, flooding, and severe weather to the Southeastern United States in September 2020.
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Tropical Storm Imelda
Tropical Storm Imelda was a tropical cyclone which was the fourth-wettest storm on record in the U.S. state of Texas, causing devastating and record-breaking floods in southeast Texas.
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Turkic peoples
The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.
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Tyumen
Tyumen (a) is the administrative center and largest city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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U.S. Route 290
U.S. Route 290 (US 290) is an east–west U.S. Highway located entirely within the state of Texas.
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U.S. Route 59 in Texas
U.S. Highway 59 (US 59) in the U.S. state of Texas is named the Lloyd Bentsen Highway, after Lloyd Bentsen, former U.S. senator from Texas.
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U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) is a major archiepiscopal sui iuris ("autonomous") Eastern Catholic church that is based in Ukraine.
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Ulsan
Ulsan, officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants.
UniMás
UniMás (stylized as UNIMÁS, and originally known as TeleFutura from its launch on January 14, 2002, to January 6, 2013) is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision.
Union Station (Houston)
Union Station is a building in Houston, Texas, in the United States.
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United Airlines
United Airlines, Inc. is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.
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United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East.
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United Football League (2024)
The United Football League (UFL) is a professional American football high-level minor league which started play in March 2024.
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United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.
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United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.
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United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.
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United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.
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United States home front during World War II
The United States home front during World War II supported the war effort in many ways, including a wide range of volunteer efforts and submitting to government-managed rationing and price controls.
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United States Numbered Highway System
The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States.
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Units of measurement in transportation
The units of measurement in transportation describes the unit of measurement used to express various transportation quantities, as used in statistics, planning, and their related applications.
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University of Houston
The University of Houston is a public research university in Houston, Texas.
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University of Houston College of Medicine
The Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, located in Houston, Texas, is the graduate medical school of the University of Houston.
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University of Houston Law Center
The University of Houston Law Center is the law school of the University of Houston in Houston, Texas.
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University of Houston System
The University of Houston System is a public university system in the U.S. state of Texas, comprising four separate and distinct universities.
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University of Houston–Clear Lake
The University of Houston–Clear Lake (UHCL) is a public university in Pasadena and Houston, Texas, - Compare to the.
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University of Houston–Downtown
The University of Houston–Downtown (UHD) is a public university in Houston, Texas.
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University of St. Thomas (Texas)
The University of St.
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is a public academic health science center in Houston, Texas, United States.
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University of Texas Press
The University of Texas Press (or UT Press) is a university press that is part of the University of Texas at Austin.
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Univision
Univision is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision.
Uptown Houston
Uptown (more commonly called The Galleria Area) is a business district in Houston, located west of Downtown and is centered along Post Oak Boulevard and Westheimer Road (Farm to Market Road 1093).
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Urban density
Urban density is a term used in urban planning and urban design to refer to the number of people inhabiting a given urbanized area.
Urban sprawl
Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses, dense multi family apartments, office buildings and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a more or less densely populated city".
USS Houston
Four United States Navy ships have borne the name USS Houston, after the city of Houston, Texas.
Vernon Maxwell
Vernon Maxwell (born September 12, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player.
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Vietnamese Americans
Vietnamese Americans (Người Mỹ gốc Việt) are Americans of Vietnamese ancestry.
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Walkability
In urban planning, walkability is the accessibility of amenities by foot.
Ward (electoral subdivision)
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.
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Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management, Inc., doing business as WM, is a waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company operating in North America.
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Wells Fargo Plaza (Houston)
The Wells Fargo Plaza, formerly the Allied Bank Plaza and First Interstate Bank Plaza, is a skyscraper located at 1000 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston, Texas in the United States.
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West University Place, Texas
West University Place, often called West University or West U for short, is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area and southwestern Harris County. Houston and West University Place, Texas are cities in Texas.
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Westchase, Houston
Westchase is a business district and neighborhood in western Houston, Texas, bounded by Westheimer Road on the north, Gessner Road on the east, Houston Center Boulevard on the west, and Westpark Tollway on the south.
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Western Christianity
Western Christianity is one of two subdivisions of Christianity (Eastern Christianity being the other).
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Western Europe
Western Europe is the western region of Europe.
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Western Gulf coastal grasslands
The Western Gulf coastal grasslands (Pastizales costeros del Golfo Occidental) are a subtropical grassland ecoregion of the southern United States and northeastern Mexico.
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Westheimer Road
Westheimer Road is an arterial east–west road in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Westlake Corporation
Westlake Corporation is an international manufacturer and supplier of petrochemicals, polymers and fabricated building products, which are fundamental to various consumer and industrial markets.
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Westpark Tollway
The Westpark Tollway, also Fort Bend Westpark Tollway, is a controlled-access toll road in Texas, serving western Houston and Harris County, and northeastern Fort Bend County.
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Wet season
The wet season (sometimes called the rainy season or monsoon season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs.
White Americans
White Americans (also referred to as European Americans) are Americans who identify as white people.
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White Oak Bayou
White Oak Bayou is a slow-moving river in Houston, Texas.
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William P. Hobby Airport
William P. Hobby Airport — colloquially referred to as Houston Hobby or other short names — is an international airport in Houston, Texas, located from downtown Houston.
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William P. Hobby Jr.
William Pettus Hobby Jr. (born January 19, 1932) is an American Democratic politician who served a record eighteen years as the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Texas.
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Williams Tower
The Williams Tower (originally named the Transco Tower) is a 64-story, class A postmodern office tower located in the Uptown District of Houston, Texas.
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Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
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World Series
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada.
World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
XFL (2020–2023)
The XFL was a professional American football minor league consisting of eight teams located across the United States in mid-sized to major markets.
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Z-Ro
Joseph Wayne McVey IV (born January 19, 1977), better known by his stage names Z-Ro and the Mo City Don, is an American rapper from Houston, Texas.
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ZIP Code
A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS).
Zoning
In urban planning, zoning is a method in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into "zones", each of which has a set of regulations for new development that differs from other zones.
100-year flood
A 100-year flood is a flood event that has on average a 1 in 100 chance (1% probability) of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
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1850 United States census
The 1850 United States census was the seventh decennial United States Census Conducted by the Census Office, it determined the resident population of the United States to be 23,191,876—an increase of 35.9 percent over the 17,069,453 persons enumerated during the 1840 census.
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1900 Galveston hurricane
The 1900 Galveston hurricane, also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the 1900 Storm, is the deadliest natural disaster in United States history.
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1940 Air Terminal Museum
The 1940 Air Terminal Museum is a museum located in Houston, Texas, United States, at William P. Hobby Airport.
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1968 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1968 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 39th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball.
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1971–72 NBA season
The 1971–72 NBA season was the 26th season of the National Basketball Association.
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1973 oil crisis
In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries who had supported Israel at any point during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began after Egypt and Syria launched a large-scale surprise attack in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the territories that they had lost to Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.
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1981 NBA Finals
The 1981 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1980–81 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.
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1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 57th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball.
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1986 NBA Finals
The 1986 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1985–86 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.
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1989 NBA All-Star Game
The 39th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was held at Houston on February 12, 1989.
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1994 NBA Finals
The 1994 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1993–94 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.
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1995 NBA Finals
The 1995 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1994–95 National Basketball Association (NBA) season.
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2000 United States census
The 2000 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 census.
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2000s United States housing bubble
The 2000s United States housing bubble or house price boom or 2000s housing cycle was a sharp run up and subsequent collapse of house asset prices affecting over half of the U.S. states.
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2002 NFL season
The 2002 NFL season was the 83rd regular season of the National Football League (NFL).
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2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm
The 2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm was a rare weather event that took place in Louisiana and Texas in the United States on December 24, 2004, before the storm moved northeast to affect the coastal sections of the Mid-Atlantic states and New England in the succeeding few days.
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2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 75th edition of the midseason exhibition baseball game between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball.
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2005 World Series
The 2005 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2005 season.
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2006 Major League Soccer season
The 2006 Major League Soccer season was the 11th season of Major League Soccer.
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2006 NBA All-Star Game
The 2006 NBA All-Star Game was played on Sunday, February 19, 2006 at the Toyota Center in Houston, home of the Houston Rockets.
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2010 United States census
The 2010 United States census was the 23rd United States census.
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2013 NBA All-Star Game
The 2013 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 17, 2013, during the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2012–13 season.
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2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1
Proposition 1 was a referendum held on November 3, 2015, on the anti-discrimination ordinance known as the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO).
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2015 Texas–Oklahoma flood and tornado outbreak
Preceded by more than a week of heavy rain, a slow-moving storm system dropped tremendous precipitation across much of Texas and Oklahoma during the nights of May 24–26, 2015, triggering record-breaking floods.
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2017 World Series
The 2017 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2017 season.
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2019 World Series
The 2019 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2019 season.
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2020 United States census
The 2020 United States census was the 24th decennial United States census.
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2021 World Series
The 2021 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2021 season.
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2022 World Series
The 2022 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2022 season.
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2026 FIFA World Cup
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, marketed as FIFA World Cup 26, will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
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See also
1836 establishments in the Republic of Texas
- Bexar County, Texas
- Brazoria County, Texas
- Congress of the Republic of Texas
- Constitution of the Republic of Texas
- Houston
- Jackson County, Texas
- La Grulla, Texas
- Little River-Academy, Texas
- Matagorda County, Texas
- Republic of Texas
- San Patricio County, Texas
- Shelby County, Texas
- Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas
- Texas General Land Office
- Texas Military Department
- Texas Navy
- Texas Secretary of the Navy
- Victoria County, Texas
- Von Ormy, Texas
Port cities and towns in Texas
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