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Affluence in the United States

Affluence refers to an individual's or household's economical and financial advantage in comparison to others.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Alfred H. Bennett

Alfred Homer Bennett (born April 1965) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

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Alfred Oglesby

Alfred Lee Oglesby (January 27, 1967September 26, 2009) was a professional American football defensive end and defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL).

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Alice Sebold

Alice Sebold (born September 6, 1963) is an American author.

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Alpha Phi Omega

Alpha Phi Omega (ΑΦΩ), commonly known as APO, but also A-Phi-O and A-Phi-Q, is a coeducational service fraternity.

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The American Athletic Conference (AAC), also known as The American, is a collegiate athletic conference in The United States of America featuring 13 full member universities and six affiliate member universities that compete in The National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, with its football teams competing in The Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

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American lower class

In the United States, the lower class are those at or near the lower end of the socioeconomic hierarchy.

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American middle class

Though the American middle class does not have a definitive definition, contemporary social scientists have put forward several ostensibly congruent theories on it.

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Andre Ware

Andre Trevor Ware (born July 31, 1968) is an American sports analyst and commentator, and a former football quarterback. He played in the National Football League (NFL), the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the NFL Europe. Ware played college football for the Houston Cougars, winning the Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien Award in 1989.

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Andrew Davis Bruce

Lieutenant General Andrew Davis Bruce (September 14, 1894 – July 28, 1969) was an American academic and soldier who served as the third president of the University of Houston.

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Arthur K. Smith

Arthur K. Smith (born August 15, 1937) is an American academic.

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of those immigrants).

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Bauer College of Business

The C.T. Bauer College of Business is the business school of the University of Houston, and is fully accredited by the AACSB International.

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Ben Taub

Ben Taub (1889–1982) was a philanthropist and medical benefactor in Houston, Texas.

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Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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Bill Hicks

William Melvin Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) was an American stand-up comedian and satirist.

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Billy Milner

Willie Perry Milner (born June 21, 1972) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL).

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Billy Ray Brown

William (Billy) Ray Brown (born April 5, 1963) is a former American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1980s and 1990s, and a current on course reporter for Golf Channel and commentator for CBS Sports.

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Biomedicine

Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)"." NCI Dictionary of Cancer Medicine.

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Blaffer Art Museum

Blaffer Art Museum is a non-collecting contemporary art museum located in the Arts District of the University of Houston campus.

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Bo Outlaw

Charles "Bo" Outlaw (born April 13, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player.

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Bonnie J. Dunbar

Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar (born March 3, 1949) is an American engineer and retired NASA astronaut.

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Bowl game

In North America, a bowl game, or simply bowl, is one of a number of postseason college football games that are primarily played by teams belonging to the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

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Brad Lincoln

Brad Eric Lincoln (born May 25, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

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Brent Spiner

Brent Jay Spiner (born February 2, 1949) is an American actor best known for his role as the android Data on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (19871994), four subsequent films (19942002), and Star Trek: Picard (20202023).

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Brett Cullen

Peter Brett Cullen (born August 26, 1956) is an American actor.

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Broadacres, Houston

Broadacres is a subdivision in Houston, Texas, United States, within the Boulevard Oaks community.

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Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area.

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Campus sexual assault

Campus sexual assault is the sexual assault, including rape, of a student while attending an institution of higher learning, such as a college or university.

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Carl Herrera

Carl Víctor Herrera Alleyne (born December 14, 1966) is a retired Trinidadian-born Venezuelan basketball player.

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Carl Lewis

Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is a former American track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold.

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Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, or simply the Carnegie Classification, is a framework for classifying colleges and universities in the United States.

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Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) is a U.S.-based education policy and research center.

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Carol Alvarado

Carol Ann Alvarado (born October 26, 1967) is the state senator for Texas's 6th state senate district.

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Case Keenum

Casey Austin Keenum (born February 17, 1988) is an American football quarterback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL).

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César Pelli

César Pelli (October 12, 1926 – July 19, 2019) was an Argentine-American architect who designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks.

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Chloe Dao

Chloe Dao (ໂຄລອີ ດາວ; born June 15, 1972) is an American fashion designer and television personality who lives and works in Houston, U.S. She was the winner of the second season of the reality show Project Runway with a collection of women's evening wear.

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Civil rights movements

Civil rights movements are a worldwide series of political movements for equality before the law, that peaked in the 1960s.

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Clyde Drexler

Clyde Austin Drexler (born June 22, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player who currently works as the commissioner of the Big3 3-on-3 basketball league.

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Coalition of Urban Serving Universities

The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (commonly referred to as USU) is a selective organization of 39 U.S. public, research universities located in metropolitan areas.

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Conference USA

Conference USA (CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States and Western United States.

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Conrad Hilton

Conrad Nicholson Hilton (December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American businessman who founded the Hilton Hotels chain.

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CoogTV

CoogTV formerly known as SVN (Student Video Network) is a student television station at the University of Houston, Texas, United States.

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Cotton Bowl Classic

The Cotton Bowl Classic (also known as the Cotton Bowl) is an American college football bowl game that has been held annually in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex since January 1, 1937.

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Cougar

The cougar (Puma concolor) (KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas.

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Craig Veasey

Craig Veasey (born December 25, 1966) is a former defensive tackle/nose tackle in the National Football League (NFL).

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Crystle Stewart

Crystle Stewart Sebrechts (née Stewart; born September 20, 1981) is an American actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2008.

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Cullen College of Engineering

The Cullen College of Engineering, one of twelve academic colleges at the University of Houston, was established in 1941 and is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

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Cullen Performance Hall

Cullen Performance Hall is a concert hall located on the campus of the University of Houston in Houston, Texas.

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Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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Damon Jones

Damon Darron Jones (born August 25, 1976) is a former American professional basketball player who played most of his career for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Dana Holgorsen

Dana Carl Holgorsen (born June 21, 1971) is an American college football coach.

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Darrell Royal

Darrell K Royal (July 6, 1924 – November 7, 2012) was an American gridiron football player and coach.

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David Klingler

David Ryan Klingler (born February 17, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for six years in the National Football League (NFL) and current Associate Professor of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary.

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Dennis Quaid

Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor.

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Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver.

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Don Chaney

` Donald Ray Chaney (born March 22, 1946) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, most notable for winning two championships as a player on the Boston Celtics, and winning NBA Coach of The Year while leading the Houston Rockets.

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Donald Barthelme

Donald Barthelme Jr. (pronounced BAR-thəl-mee or BAR-təl-mee; April 7, 1931 – July 23, 1989) was an American short story writer and novelist known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction.

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Donnie Avery

Donnie Dion Avery (born June 12, 1984) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL).

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Doug Drabek

Douglas Dean Drabek (born July 25, 1962) is a retired American professional baseball pitcher, and a current minor league baseball coach.

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Due Process Clause

A Due Process Clause is found in both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, which prohibit the deprivation of "life, liberty, or property" by the federal and state governments, respectively, without due process of law.

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Duster (clothing)

A duster is a light, loose-fitting, long coat.

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Economic diversity

Economic diversity or economic diversification refers to variations in the economic status or the use of a broad range of economic activities in a region or country.

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Edison E. Oberholtzer

Edison Ellsworth Oberholtzer (May 6, 1880 – June 18, 1954) was the first president of the University of Houston.

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Elite Eight

In the NCAA men's Division I basketball championship or the NCAA women's Division I basketball championship, the "Elite Eight" comprises the final eight teams, representing the regional finals, or national quarterfinals.

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Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Ann Warren (née Herring; born June 22, 1949) is an American politician and former law professor who is the senior United States senator from Massachusetts, serving since 2013.

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Elvin Hayes

Elvin Ernest Hayes (born November 17, 1945), nicknamed "the Big E", is an American former professional basketball player and radio analyst for his alma mater Houston Cougars.

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Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry.

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Entrepreneur (magazine)

Entrepreneur is an American magazine and website that carries news stories about entrepreneurship, small business management, and business.

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Esports

Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games.

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Ezekiel W. Cullen Building

The Ezekiel W. Cullen Building, usually shortened in pronunciation as the E. Cullen Building, is a building that serves as the administrative headquarters of the University of Houston and the University of Houston System.

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Final four

In sports, the final four is the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament.

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Foreign national

A foreign national is any person (including an organization) who is not a national of a specific country.

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Fort Bend County Libraries

Fort Bend County Libraries is a public library system serving the county of Fort Bend, Texas.

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Fred Couples

Frederick Steven Couples (born October 3, 1959) is an American professional golfer who has competed on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions.

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Frontier Fiesta

Frontier Fiesta is a three-day event at the University of Houston that takes place on campus every spring semester, usually in the last weekend of March to the first weekend in April.

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Fuzzy Zoeller

Frank Urban "Fuzzy" Zoeller Jr. (born November 11, 1951) is an American professional golfer who has won ten PGA Tour events including two major championships.

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Gene Green

Raymond Eugene Green (born October 17, 1947) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for, serving for 13 terms.

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Glenn Montgomery

Glenn Steven Montgomery (March 31, 1967 – June 28, 1998) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL).

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Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.

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Great Cities' Universities

The Great Cities' Universities (GCU) coalition, incorporated in 1998, is the successor organization to the Urban 13, an informal research-sharing association of urban universities in major metropolitan areas of the United States.

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Hakeem Olajuwon

Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born January 21, 1963), nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player.

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Harvard Law Review

The Harvard Law Review is a law review published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.

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Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management

The Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership (Hilton College) is a college at the University of Houston, a public research university in Houston, Texas, focused on hospitality.

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Hines College of Architecture

The Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture was founded in 1956 and is one of twelve academic colleges of the University of Houston.

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos y latinos; Estadunidenses hispânicos e latinos) are Americans of full or partial Spanish and/or Latin American background, culture, or family origin.

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Hispanic-serving institution

A Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) is defined in U.S. federal law as an accredited, degree-granting, public or private nonprofit institution of higher education with 25% or higher total undergraduate Hispanic or Latino full-time equivalent (FTE) student enrollment.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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Houston Chronicle

The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Houston Cougars

The Houston Cougars are the athletic teams representing the University of Houston.

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Houston Cougars baseball

The Houston Cougars baseball team is the college baseball team of the University of Houston.

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The Houston Cougars football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents the University of Houston.

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Houston Cougars golf

The Houston Cougars golf program is an NCAA Division I golf program at the University of Houston.

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Houston Cougars men's basketball

The Houston Cougars men's basketball team represents the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, in the NCAA Division I men's basketball competition.

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Houston Press

The Houston Press is an online newspaper published in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Houston Zoo

The Houston Zoo is a zoological park located within Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Hugh de Paduinan

Sir Hugh de Paduinan (1140–1189) was a Scoto-Norman baron, Knight Templar and progenitor of the Clan Houston.

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Hugh Roy Cullen

Hugh Roy Cullen (July 3, 1881 – July 4, 1957) was an American industrialist and philanthropist.

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Jack Valenti

Jack Joseph Valenti (September 5, 1921 – April 26, 2007) was an American political advisor and lobbyist who served as a Special Assistant to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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James White (Texas politician)

James Earl White (born July 16, 1964) is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 19, which encompassed Polk, Hardin, Jasper, Newton, and Tyler counties.

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Jason Alkire

Jason Alkire is an American fashion designer and partner of the Haus Alkire fashion label.

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Jim Nantz

James William Nantz III (born May 17, 1959) is an American sportscaster who has worked on telecasts of the National Football League (NFL), NCAA Division I men's basketball, the NBA, and the PGA Tour for CBS Sports since the 1980s.

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Jim Parsons

James Joseph Parsons (born March 24, 1973) is an American actor.

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Jim Sanborn

Herbert James Sanborn, Jr. (born November 14, 1945, in Washington, D.C.) is an American sculptor.

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Jody Williams

Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950) is an American political activist known for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights (especially those of women), and her efforts to promote new understandings of security in today's world.

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John Moores (baseball)

John Jay Moores (born July 9, 1944, in San Antonio, Texas, as John Jay Broderick) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, and the former owner of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Julian Schnabel

Julian Schnabel (born October 26, 1951) is an American painter and filmmaker.

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Junior college

A junior college is a type of post-secondary institution that offers vocational and academic training that is designed to prepare students for either skilled trades and technical occupations or support roles in professions such as engineering, accountancy, business administration, nursing, medicine, architecture, and criminology.

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Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts

The Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts (KGMCA) is one of thirteen academic colleges at the University of Houston.

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Katy, Texas

Katy is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Kelvin Sampson

Kelvin Dale Sampson (born October 5, 1955) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach for the University of Houston of the Big 12 Conference.

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Kendo

is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu (one of the old Japanese martial arts, swordsmanship), that uses bamboo swords (shinai) as well as protective armor (bōgu).

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Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter.

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Kevin Kolb

Kevin Benjamin Kolb (born August 24, 1984) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL).

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KHOU

KHOU (channel 11) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, affiliated with CBS.

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KUHF

KUHF (88.7 FM) (branded as News 88.7) is a public radio station serving Greater Houston metropolitan area.

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KUHT

KUHT (channel 8) is a PBS member television station in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Larry Gatlin

Larry Wayne Gatlin (born May 2, 1948) is an American country and Southern gospel singer-songwriter.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Laura Bennett

Laura Eugenia Bennett (born August 2, 1963) is an American architect and fashion designer and one of the four finalists on Bravo's July 2006's ''Project Runway'' (Season 3).

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Leroy Burrell

Leroy Russel Burrell (born February 21, 1967) is an American former track and field athlete, who twice set the world record for the 100 m sprint.

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Life (magazine)

Life is an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, a monthly from 1978 until 2000, and an online supplement since 2008.

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Lil Wayne

Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper.

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List of public universities in Texas by enrollment

The following is a list of public universities in Texas by enrollment. University of Houston and list of public universities in Texas by enrollment are public universities and colleges in Texas.

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Liza Koshy

Elizabeth Shaila Koshy (born March 31, 1996) is an American YouTuber, media personality and actress.

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Lizzo

Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo, is an American rapper and singer.

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Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress.

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Lucky (memoir)

Lucky is a 1999 memoir by the American novelist Alice Sebold, best known as the author of the 2002 novel The Lovely Bones. Lucky describes her experience of being raped and beaten when she was eighteen in a tunnel near Syracuse University where she was a student, and how this traumatic experience shaped the rest of her life.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Matt Mullenweg

Matthew Charles Mullenweg (born January 11, 1984) is an American entrepreneur and web developer.

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Michael Bourn

Michael Ray Bourn (born December 27, 1982) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Baltimore Orioles between 2006 and 2016.

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Michael Young (basketball, born 1961)

Michael Wayne Young (born January 2, 1961) is an American retired professional basketball player.

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Miller Outdoor Theatre

Miller Outdoor Theatre is an outdoor theater for the performing arts in Houston, Texas.

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Miriam A. Ferguson

Miriam Amanda "Ma" Ferguson (''née'' Wallace; June 13, 1875 – June 25, 1961) was an American politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the governor of Texas: from 1925 to 1927, and from 1933 to 1935.

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Miss USA 2008

Miss USA 2008 was the 57th Miss USA pageant, held at the Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11, 2008.

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Mixed-sex education

Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together.

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Moody Towers

Moody Towers are twin 18-story high-rise residence halls located in the Wheeler District on the campus of the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Moores School of Music

The Rebecca and John J. Moores School of Music is the music school of the University of Houston.

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Motion Picture Association

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is an American trade association representing the five major film studios of the United States, as well as the video streaming service Netflix.

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Multiracial Americans

Multiracial Americans or mixed-race Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of two or more races. The term may also include Americans of mixed-race ancestry who self-identify with just one group culturally and socially (cf. the one-drop rule). In the 2020 United States census, 33.8 million individuals or 10.2% of the population, self-identified as multiracial.

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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National Architectural Accrediting Board

The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), established in 1940, is the oldest accrediting agency for architectural education in the United States.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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National Collegiate Wrestling Association

The National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) is a nonprofit association of 162 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organize the wrestling programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.

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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

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National Science Foundation

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.

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National Youth Administration

The National Youth Administration (NYA) was a New Deal agency sponsored by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency.

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NBA Most Valuable Player Award

The NBA Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season.

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NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally.

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The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, is the highest level of college football in the United States.

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NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the Division I level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

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NCAA Division I men's golf championship

The NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, played in late May or early June, is the top annual competition in U.S. men's collegiate golf.

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NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships

The NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championship is an annual collegiate indoor track and field competition for men organised by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

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Non-Hispanic whites

Non-Hispanic Whites or Non-Latino Whites are White Americans classified by the United States census as "white" and not Hispanic.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a consortium of American universities headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, with offices in Arvada, Colorado and Cincinnati, Ohio and staff at other locations across the country.

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Odus Evbagharu

Odus Evbagharu is an American politician.

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Otis Birdsong

Otis Lee Birdsong (born December 9, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player.

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Paul Ching Wu Chu

Paul Ching Wu Chu (born December 2, 1941) is a Chinese-American physicist specializing in superconductivity, magnetism, and dielectrics.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.

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Pell Grant

A Pell Grant is a subsidy the U.S. federal government provides for students who need it to pay for college.

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Phi Beta Kappa

The Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ) is the oldest academic honor society in the United States.

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Phi Slama Jama

Phi Slama Jama was a name given to the men's college basketball teams of the Houston Cougars from 1982 to 1984.

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Philip Guthrie Hoffman

Philip Guthrie Hoffman (6 August 1915 – 29 October 2008) was the fifth president of the University of Houston, and the first chancellor of the University of Houston System.

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Philip Johnson

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture.

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Project Runway

Project Runway is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on December 1, 2004.

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Public university

A public university or public college is a university or college that is owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government.

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Randy Quaid

Randy Randall Rudy Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor known for his roles in both serious drama and light comedy.

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Renu Khator

Renu Khator is the eighth chancellor of the University of Houston System (UH System) and the thirteenth president of the University of Houston.

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Research university

A research university or a research-intensive university is a university that is committed to research as a central part of its mission.

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Riverside Terrace, Houston

Riverside Terrace is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Robert Flores

Robert Flores (born July 7, 1970) is a sports journalist, who works for MLB Network and NHL Network as a studio host for each.

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Robert Wuhl

Robert Wuhl (born October 9, 1951) is an American actor, comedian and writer.

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Roy G. Cullen Building

The Roy G. Cullen Building (dedicated as Roy Gustav Cullen Memorial Building) is the oldest building on the present-day campus of the University of Houston.

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Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league.

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Sam Houston

Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution.

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San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego.

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Scarlet (color)

Scarlet is a bright red color, sometimes with a slightly orange tinge.

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Schlumberger

Schlumberger NV, doing business as SLB, also known as Schlumberger Limited, is an American oilfield services company.

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Sebastian Vollmer

Sebastian Georg Vollmer (born 10 July 1984) is a German former American football player who was an offensive tackle for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).

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Shasta (mascot)

Shasta is the mascot of the University of Houston athletics teams, the Houston Cougars.

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Sigma Chi

Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) International Fraternity is one of the largest of North American social fraternities.

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Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) is an American educational accreditor recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. University of Houston and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools are universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Southwest Conference

The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996.

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Star Jones

Starlet Marie Jones Lugo (born March 24, 1962), better known as Star Jones, is an American lawyer, journalist, television personality, fashion designer, author, and women's and diversity advocate.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry.

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Steve Elkington

Stephen John Elkington (born 8 December 1962) is an Australian professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions.

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Sugar Land, Texas

Sugar Land (sometimes spelled as Sugarland) is the largest city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, located in the southwestern part of the metropolitan area.

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Superconductivity

Superconductivity is a set of physical properties observed in certain materials where electrical resistance vanishes and magnetic fields are expelled from the material.

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Ted Poe

Lloyd Theodore Poe (born September 10, 1948) is an American politician who represented Texas's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2005 to 2019.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Texas Center for Superconductivity

The Texas Center for Superconductivity (TcSUH) is a research center based at the University of Houston with main focus on superconductivity and materials research, aiming to develop high temperature superconducting materials (HTS).

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The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom served as executive producers and head writers on the series, along with Steven Molaro.

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The Cougar (newspaper)

The Cougar is a weekly newspaper run entirely by students at the University of Houston.

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The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel by American writer Alice Sebold.

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The Princeton Review

The Princeton Review is an education services company providing tutoring, test preparation and admission resources for students.

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Third Ward, Houston

Third Ward is an area of Houston, Texas, United States, that evolved from one of the six historic wards of the same name.

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Title IX

Title IX is a landmark federal civil rights law in the United States that was enacted as part (Title IX) of the Education Amendments of 1972.

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Tom DeLay

Thomas Dale DeLay (born April 8, 1947) is an American author and retired politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives.

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Tom Landry

Thomas Wade Landry (September 11, 1924 – February 12, 2000) was an American professional football coach, player, and World War II veteran.

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U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report (USNWR, US NEWS) is an American media company publishing news, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.

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U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking

The U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking is an annual set of rankings of colleges and universities in the United States, first published in 1983.

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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is one of the 13 United States courts of appeals.

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United States Department of Education

The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government.

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Universities Research Association

The Universities Research Association is a non-profit association of more than 90 research universities, primarily but not exclusively in the United States.

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University of Houston

The University of Houston is a public research university in Houston, Texas. University of Houston and university of Houston are 1927 establishments in Texas, public universities and colleges in Texas, universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and universities and colleges established in 1927.

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University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) is one of 14 academic colleges at the University of Houston.

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University of Houston College of Medicine

The Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, located in Houston, Texas, is the graduate medical school of the University of Houston.

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University of Houston College of Technology

The University of Houston College of Technology is the second largest among 13 schools and colleges at the University of Houston.

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University of Houston Law Center

The University of Houston Law Center is the law school of the University of Houston in Houston, Texas.

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University of Houston Libraries

The University of Houston Libraries serves University of Houston (UH) students, faculty, staff and the scholarly community.

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University of Houston Physics Department

The Department of Physics at the University of Houston is a department of the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics performing research traditional fields such as High Energy Physics and Condensed Matter Physics, Material Science, and Biological Physics, but also topics like Seismic and Medical Imaging.

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University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance

The School of Theatre and Dance is a department within the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts at the University of Houston.

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University of Houston System

The University of Houston System is a public university system in the U.S. state of Texas, comprising four separate and distinct universities. University of Houston and university of Houston System are public universities and colleges in Texas.

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V-12 Navy College Training Program

The V-12 Navy College Training Program was designed to supplement the force of commissioned officers in the United States Navy during World War II.

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Wade Phillips

Harold Wade Phillips (born June 21, 1947) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach of the San Antonio Brahmas of the United Football League (UFL).

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Water polo

Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each.

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White

White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue).

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William P. Hobby Jr.

William Pettus Hobby Jr. (born January 19, 1932) is an American Democratic politician who served a record eighteen years as the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Texas.

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Wilson Whitley

Wilson Carl Whitley Jr. (May 28, 1955 – October 27, 1992) was an American professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL).

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Wrestling

Wrestling is a martial art and combat sport that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Houston

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