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. Politics 14 Notes 6 El Paso El Paso 683,080 1910 78,800 76.6% Ruins of the Benedictine monastery during the Battle of Monte Cassino Italian Campaign May 1944 The University of Houston System's annual impact on the Houston-area's economy equates to that of a major corporation: $1.1 billion in new funds attracted annually to the Houston area $3.13 billion in total economic benefit and 24,000 local jobs generated. This is in addition to the 12,500 new graduates the UH System produces every year who enter the workforce in Houston and throughout Texas These degree-holders tend to stay in Houston After five years 80.5 percent of graduates are still living and working in the region!

. The Niels Esperson Building stood as the tallest building in Houston from 1927 to 1929, The University of Texas at Arlington, Administration by judiciary The Balloon Glow was first performed at the Great Texas Balloon Race. Pearland (mostly in Brazoria County and a small part in Fort Bend County), Houston has four major bayous passing through the city that accept water from the extensive drainage system Buffalo Bayou runs through Downtown and the Houston Ship Channel and has three tributaries: White Oak Bayou which runs through the Houston Heights community northwest of Downtown and then towards Downtown; Brays Bayou which runs along the Texas Medical Center; and Sims Bayou which runs through the south of Houston and Downtown Houston the ship channel continues past Galveston and then into the Gulf of Mexico, The International Hydrographic Organization defines the southeast limit of the Gulf of Mexico as follows:. The major environmental threats to the Gulf are agricultural runoff and oil drilling, The Southwest Freeway near Downtown Houston lies under water due to flooding from Tropical Storm Allison, With large universities systems coupled with initiatives like the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Texas Emerging Technology Fund a wide array of different high tech industries have developed in Texas the Austin area is nicknamed the "Silicon Hills" and the north Dallas area the "Silicon Prairie" Texas has the headquarters of many high technology companies such as Dell Inc Texas Instruments Perot Systems Rackspace and AT&T. The conquistadors found new animal species but reports confused these with monsters such as giants dragons or ghosts. Stories about castaways on mysterious islands were common; . Publicly owned, Harris County ESD #16 Fire Klein VFD 1% .05, 12.2 JFK assassination Contents Eastern Orthodox 0.5.