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The Trust for America's Health ranked Texas 15th highest in adult obesity with 27.2 percent of the state's population measured as obese the 2008 Men's Health obesity survey ranked four Texas cities among the top 25 fattest cities in America; Houston ranked 6th Dallas 7th El Paso 8th and Arlington 14th. Texas had only one city Austin ranked 21st in the top 25 among the "fittest cities" in America the same survey has evaluated the state's obesity initiatives favorably with a "B+" the state is ranked forty-second in the percentage of residents who engage in regular exercise, The Spanish settled and took control of Tidore in 1603 to trade spices and counter Dutch encroachment in the archipelago of Maluku the Spanish presence lasted until 1663 when the settlers and military were moved back to the Philippines Part of the Ternatean population chose to leave with the Spanish settling near Manila in what later became the municipality of Ternate; . Privately owned public use The region also contains Sam Houston State University in Huntsville and Stephen F Austin State University in Nacogdoches which help contribute millions of dollars into the Deep East Texas economy Texas A&M University-Texarkana University of Texas at Tyler LeTourneau University and East Texas Baptist University are a few of the smaller universities in East Texas Texas A&M University-Commerce is right outside East Texas and is formerly known as East Texas State University while A&M-Texarkana was a branch campus of ETSU. Like other Southern states by the late 1870s white Democrats regained control of the state legislature They passed a new constitution in 1876 that segregated schools and established a poll tax to support them but it was not originally required for voting. . Houston Texas Business Directory 17 External links, (12) 36 During the late 20th century the Republican Party replaced the Democratic Party as the dominant party in the state as the latter became more politically liberal and as demographic changes favored the former. Casualties and war crimes Alief (Partially annexed by Houston partially unincorporated) In 1973 the United States Environmental Protection Agency prohibited the dumping of undiluted chemical waste by manufacturing interests into the Gulf and the military confessed to similar behavior in waters off Horn Island.
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