; 41 Frontier Oil 389 Arabic 0.21% Two-thirds of all Texans live in a major metropolitan area such as Houston the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area is the largest in Texas While Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth largest city in the United States the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is larger than Houston. .
Chinese nationalist forces launched a large-scale counter-offensive in early 1940 in August Chinese communists launched an offensive in Central China; in retaliation Japan instituted harsh measures in occupied areas to reduce human and material resources for the communists. Continued antipathy between Chinese communist and nationalist forces culminated in armed clashes in January 1941 effectively ending their co-operation in March the Japanese 11th army attacked the headquarters of the Chinese 19th army but was repulsed during Battle of Shanggao in September Japan attempted to take the city of Changsha again and clashed with Chinese nationalist forces! The Niels and Mellie Esperson buildings are examples of Italian Renaissance architecture in downtown Houston. Designed by John Eberson the two buildings were built in 1927 and 1941 respectively. They are detailed with massive columns great urns terraces and a grand tempietto at the top similar to one built in the courtyard of San Pietro in Rome in 1502. Mellie Esperson had the first building constructed for her husband Niels a real estate and oil tycoon. His name is carved on the side of the building in large letters at street level the name "Mellie Esperson" is carved on the accompanying structure known as the Mellie Esperson building although it is really just a 19-story annex to the original building.
Bruce E Zuchowski attorney at law