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Spanish control of Texas was followed by Mexican control of Texas and it can be difficult to separate the Spanish and Mexican influences on the future state the most obvious legacy is that of the language; every major river in modern Texas except the Red River has a Spanish or Anglicized name as do 42 of the state's 254 counties Numerous towns also bear Spanish names. Under orders from Smith Houston successfully dissuaded all but 70 men from continuing to follow Johnson. With his own authority in question following Smith's impeachment Houston washed his hands of the army and journeyed to Nacogdoches to negotiate a treaty with Cherokee leaders Houston vowed that Texas would recognize Cherokee claims to land in East Texas as long as the Indians refrained from attacking settlements or assisting the Mexican army in his absence Fannin as the highest-ranking officer active in the regular army led the men who did not want to go to Matamoros to Goliad. . . 10.3 Alcohol use Tejano is perhaps the most misunderstood of popular Houston musical styles because it is often classified as a style of Latin music although the word "tejano" means Texan reflecting the genre's roots in southern and central Texas during the 19th century Modern Tejano music is usually a fusion style combining the common historical elements of conjunto styles based around the accordion and bajo sexto with popular American styles --- most often country R&B or rock Within tejano music Houston forged a distinctively modern sound that began with pop and rock fusions using electronic keyboards and synthesizers the style was popularized in the 1980s and 1990s by the Grammy-award-winning Houston tejano band La Mafia but which was thrust into a national and international spotlight by young female performer Selena Selena's younger brother A.B Quintanilla through his band Kumbia Kings would further push the Houston style of tejano even further by fusing it with hip-hop to create songs that appealed to a younger more urban audience, (40) 97 Texas modernized and expanded its system of higher education through the 1960s the state created a comprehensive plan for higher education funded in large part by oil revenues and a central state apparatus designed to manage state institutions more efficiently These changes helped Texas universities receive federal research funds. Spring In 1509 the Portuguese under Francisco de Almeida won a critical victory in the battle of Diu against a joint Mamluk and Arab fleet sent to counteract their presence in the Arabian Sea the retreat of the Mamluks and Arabs enabled the Portuguese to implement their strategy of controlling the Indian Ocean. Many notable music artists have East Texas roots including: George Jones (Saratoga) Miranda Lambert (Lindale) Kacey Musgraves (Mineola) Neal McCoy (Longview and Jacksonville) Lee Ann Womack (Jacksonville) Janis Joplin (Port Arthur) Don Henley (Linden) Ray Price (Perryville) Johnny Horton (Rusk) Johnny Mathis (Gilmer) Tex Ritter (Panola County) Jim Reeves (Panola County) Mark Chesnutt (Beaumont) Tracy Byrd (Vidor) Clay Walker (Beaumont) Chris Tomlin (Grand Saline) and Michelle Shocked (Gilmer) among many others. Houston and UCLA play against each other in the 1968 Game of the Century at the Astrodome, Areas of Alaska and British Columbia Explored by Spain, In Europe before the outbreak of the war the Allies had significant advantages in both population and economics in 1938 the Western Allies (United Kingdom France Poland and British Dominions) had a 30 per cent larger population and a 30 per cent higher gross domestic product than the European Axis powers (Germany and Italy); if colonies are included it then gives the Allies more than a 5:1 advantage in population and nearly 2:1 advantage in GDP in Asia at the same time China had roughly six times the population of Japan but only an 89 per cent higher GDP; this is reduced to three times the population and only a 38 per cent higher GDP if Japanese colonies are included.

. Houston Constable Precinct 3 Sherman Eagleton Democratic Tejano, (137) 5.52 41 Frontier Oil 389 Although the Red Army was preparing for strategic counter-offensives before the war Barbarossa forced the Soviet supreme command to adopt a strategic defence During the summer the Axis made significant gains into Soviet territory inflicting immense losses in both personnel and materiel By the middle of August however the German Army High Command decided to suspend the offensive of a considerably depleted Army Group Centre and to divert the 2nd Panzer Group to reinforce troops advancing towards central Ukraine and Leningrad the Kiev offensive was overwhelmingly successful resulting in encirclement and elimination of four Soviet armies and made possible further advance into Crimea and industrially developed Eastern Ukraine (the First Battle of Kharkov)! The Theater District is a 17-block area in the center of Downtown Houston that is home to the Bayou Place entertainment complex restaurants movies plazas and parks Bayou Place is a large multilevel building containing full-service restaurants bars live music billiards and Sundance Cinema the Bayou Music Center stages live concerts stage plays and stand-up comedy Space Center Houston is the official visitors' center of NASA's Lyndon B Johnson Space Center the Space Center has many interactive exhibits including moon rocks a shuttle simulator and presentations about the history of NASA's manned space flight program Other tourist attractions include the Galleria (Texas' largest shopping mall located in the Uptown District) Old Market Square the Downtown Aquarium and Sam Houston Race Park. 4.2 Basketball The Council had neglected to provide specific instructions on how to structure the February vote for convention delegates leaving it up to each municipality to determine how to balance the desires of the established residents against those of the volunteers newly arrived from the United States. Chaos ensued; in Nacogdoches the election judge turned back a company of 40 volunteers from Kentucky who had arrived that week the soldiers drew their weapons; Colonel Sidney Sherman announced that he "had come to Texas to fight for it and had as soon commence in the town of Nacogdoches as elsewhere". Eventually the troops were allowed to vote. With rumors that Santa Anna was preparing a large army to advance into Texas rhetoric degenerated into framing the conflict as a race war between Anglos defending their property against in the words of David G Burnet a "mongrel race of degenerate Spaniards and Indians more depraved than they", Klein Since the 1549 arrival to Kagoshima (Kyushu) of a group of Jesuits with St Francis Xavier missionary and Portuguese traders Spain was interested in Japan in this first group of Jesuit missionaries were included Spaniards Cosme de Torres and Juan Fernandez. .