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Portuguese exploration West University Place, Weather The Fulbright Tower built in 1982 and designed by Caudill Rowlett & Scott Architects is a 52-story tower constructed of steel with suspended concrete on metal deck floor slabs the exterior wall consists of a ribbon window wall with granite spandrel panels and aluminum framed windows with insulated glazing the spandrel panels are polished granite supported by a steel truss system the interior wall surfaces are constructed of Italian flame cut Rosa Beta granite quarried in Sardinia mixed with Makore wood and stainless steel trim, Human infections gained worldwide transmission vectors for the first time: from Africa and Eurasia to the Americas and vice versa the spread of old-world diseases including smallpox flu and typhus led to the deaths of many indigenous inhabitants of the New World. Mexican authorities blamed the loss of Texas on United States intervention. Although the United States remained officially neutral 40 percent of the men who enlisted in the Texian army from October 1 through April 21 arrived from the United States after hostilities began. More than 200 of the volunteers were members of the United States Army; none were punished when they returned to their posts. American individuals also provided supplies and money to the cause of Texian independence. For the next decade Mexican politicians frequently denounced the United States for the involvement of its citizens. . . Also in the Museum District is the non-denominational Rothko Chapel founded by John and Dominique de Menil designed by Mark Rothko and Philip Johnson and completed in 1971 the interior serves not only as a chapel but also as a major work of modern art on its walls are 14 black but color-hued paintings by Mark Rothko who greatly influenced the shape and design of the chapel Rothko was given creative control and he clashed with Philip Johnson over the plans Rothko continued to work first with Howard Barnstone and then with Eugene Aubry but he did not live to see the chapel's completion in September 2000 the Rothko Chapel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, 16.6 Gender and social history Dallas 96/77 36/25 57/37 16/3 11 Military advantages During World War II the main universities like University of Texas and Texas A&M University gained a new national role the wartime financing of university research curricular change campus trainee programs and postwar veteran enrollments changed the tenor and allowed Texas schools to gain national stature. ; Impact 5.1 Arts and theater The successive expeditions and experience of the Portuguese pilots led to a rapid evolution of Portuguese nautical science, Houston Texas Business Directory, Tropical Storm Allison devastated many neighborhoods as well as interrupted all services within the Texas medical center for several months with flooding in June 2001 at least 17 people were killed around the Houston area when the rainfall from Allison that fell on June 8 and 9 caused the city's bayous to rise over their banks.

. . . . 12.3 Census-designated places Notes In Europe Germany and Italy were becoming more aggressive in March 1938 Germany annexed Austria again provoking little response from other European powers. Encouraged Hitler began pressing German claims on the Sudetenland an area of Czechoslovakia with a predominantly ethnic German population Soon the United Kingdom and France followed the counsel of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and conceded this territory to Germany in the Munich Agreement which was made against the wishes of the Czechoslovak government in exchange for a promise of no further territorial demands. Soon afterwards Germany and Italy forced Czechoslovakia to cede additional territory to Hungary and Poland annexed Czechoslovakia's Zaolzie region, At least five million Chinese civilians from northern China and Manchukuo were enslaved between 1935 and 1941 by the East Asia Development Board or Koain for work in mines and war industries After 1942 the number reached 10 million in Java between 4 and 10 million romusha (Japanese: "manual labourers") were forced to work by the Japanese military About 270,000 of these Javanese labourers were sent to other Japanese-held areas in South East Asia and only 52,000 were repatriated to Java. As of 2015 the largest grocers in the Houston market by the number of locations were Kroger with 107 stores and 5 planned stores; H-E-B with 90 stores and 8 planned stores; Walmart with 78 stores and one planned store; Target with 35 stores; Fiesta Mart with 34 stores; Lewis Food Town with 32 stores; Randalls Food Markets with 30 stores; Aldi with 21 stores; Sam's Club with 20 stores; Sellers Bros with 11 stores; Foodarama and Whole Foods Market with 10 stores each; Costco Wholesale and Sprouts Farmers Market with six stores each; and the Fresh Market and Trader Joe's with four stores each as of 2007 the largest grocers in the Houston market were Wal-Mart Kroger H-E-B Safeway Inc (as Randalls Food Markets) Grocers Supply Company (as Fiesta Mart) Target Lewis Food Town Gerlands Food Fair Brookshire Brothers and Sellers Bros. . .