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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, 11 References Domecoming Sandy Duncan Henderson Rusk County and Tyler Smith County, 3.2 Religion Harris County ESD #14 Dual Highlands VFD 2% .05. . ! Commissioner Precinct 1 Rodney Ellis Democratic 1.6 Hurricane Katrina The cities of Baytown Bellaire Deer Park and Pasadena have their own city-controlled libraries, Texas lies at the juncture of two major cultural spheres of Pre-Columbian North America the Southwestern and the Plains areas the area now covered by Texas was occupied by three major indigenous cultures which had reached their developmental peak before the arrival of European explorers and are known from archaeology These are:. Texas has a plural executive branch system limiting the power of the governor which is a weak executive compared to some other states Except for the Secretary of State voters elect executive officers independently; thus candidates are directly answerable to the public not the governor. This election system has led to some executive branches split between parties and reduced the ability of the governor to carry out a program When Republican President George W Bush served as Texas's governor the state had a Democratic lieutenant governor Bob Bullock the executive branch positions consist of the Governor Lieutenant Governor Comptroller of Public Accounts Land Commissioner Attorney General Agriculture Commissioner the three-member Texas Railroad Commission the State Board of Education and the Secretary of State. 13 See also Determined to control politics in the state reduce competition from Republicans and Populists and close blacks out of politics in 1901 the Democrat-dominated state legislature passed a poll tax as a requirement for voting Given the economic difficulties of the times the poll tax caused participation by African Americans poor whites and Mexican Americans to drop sharply effectively disenfranchising more than one-third of the population of the state.

When news of the Emancipation Proclamation arrived in Galveston on June 19 1865 freed slaves rejoiced creating the celebration of Juneteenth the State had suffered little during the war but trade and finance had been disrupted Angry returning veterans seized state property and Texas went through a period of extensive violence and disorder Most outrages took place in northern Texas; outlaws based in the Indian Territory plundered and murdered without distinction of party, Cloverleaf The tallest structure in Uptown Houston is the 901-foot (275 m) tall Philip Johnson-designed landmark Williams Tower (formerly "Transco Tower") which was constructed in 1983. At the time it was to be the world's tallest skyscraper outside of a city's central business district the building is topped with a rotating spot light that constantly searches the horizon. Williams Tower was named "Skyscraper of the Century" in the December 1999 issue of Texas Monthly magazine. .