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The Spaniards Were Also Skilled At Breeding Dogs For War Hunting And Protection The Molossers Spanish War Dogs And Sheep Dogs They Used In Battle Were Effective As A Psychological Weapon Against The Natives Who In Many Cases Had Never Seen Domesticated Dogs Although Some Indigenous Peoples Of The Western Hemisphere Did Have Domestic Dogs Including The Current Southwestern US Aztec And Other Central American Peoples The Inhabitants Of The Arctic/Tundra Regions (Inuit Aleut Cree) And Possibly Some South American Groups Similar To South American Fox (Pseudalopex Culpaeus) Or Yagan Dog During The Conquest Of The Americas Spanish Conquistadors Used Spanish Mastiffs And Other Molossers In Battle Against The Ta�nos Aztecs And Mayans These Specially Trained Dogs Were Feared Because Of Their Strength And Ferocity The Strongest Big Breeds Of Broad-mouthed Dogs Were Specifically Trained For Battle These War Dogs Were Used Against Barely Clothed Troops They Were Armoured Dogs Trained To Kill And Disembowel
Tropical Storm Allison dumped up to 37 inches (940 mm) of rain on parts of the city over a five-day period in 2001 and was the most destructive and costly natural disaster in Houston history prior to Hurricane Harvey Area flooding was catastrophic and widespread the storm completely overwhelmed the flood control system and caused 22 deaths in Houston and $6.05 billion (2006 USD) in damage It is the only tropical storm in history to have its name retired! ; .
In 1901 the Democratic-dominated state legislature passed a bill requiring payment of a poll tax for voting which effectively disenfranchised most blacks and many poor whites and Latinos in addition the legislature established white primaries ensuring minorities were excluded from the formal political process the number of voters dropped dramatically and the Democrats crushed competition from the Republican and Populist parties the Socialist Party became the second-largest party in Texas after 1912 coinciding with a large socialist upsurge in the United States during fierce battles in the labor movement and the popularity of national heroes like Eugene V Debs the Socialists' popularity soon waned after their vilification by the United States government for their opposition to US involvement in World War I. . John Henninger Reagan practiced law in Palestine and Henderson County District 2 Dan Crenshaw Republican 2018 Atascosita Huffman Humble Kingwood Spring. 1870 818,579 35.5% In the late 1990s and early 2000s decade there was a mini-boom of mid-rise and high-rise residential tower construction with several over 30 stories tall. Since 2000 more than 30 high-rise buildings have gone up in Houston; all told 72 high-rises tower over the city which adds up to about 8,300 units. The Bank of America Center is one of the first significant examples of postmodern architecture built in downtown Houston the building completed in 1984 and designed by Philip Johnson and partner John Burgee is reminiscent of the Dutch Gothic architecture of canal houses that were once common in the Netherlands the first section is 21 stories tall while the whole building reaches a height of 56 stories. The 1940 Municipal Airport Terminal at William P Hobby Airport Harris County ESD #8 EMS Northwest EMS .10 Japanese prisoner-of-war camps many of which were used as labour camps also had high death rates the International Military Tribunal for the Far East found the death rate of Western prisoners was 27.1 per cent (for American POWs 37 per cent) seven times that of POWs under the Germans and Italians. While 37,583 prisoners from the UK 28,500 from the Netherlands and 14,473 from the United States were released after the surrender of Japan the number of Chinese released was only 56.
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