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Trees for Houston

October 3, 2004 Anne Linehan

Apparently, Houston needs some tree diversity as an ongoing inventory of the city’s trees shows a disproportionate number are live oaks: Surveys of various local neighborhoods consistently show that 60 percent to 70 percent of

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That Newsweek poll

October 3, 2004 Anne Linehan

One can imagine how excited the Chronicle editors were to pounce on this Reuters story of a Newsweek poll: Democratic challenger John Kerry has pulled ahead of President Bush in a poll published by Newsweek

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Bad air in Houston

October 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

By all accounts, ozone levels in Houston last week reached unhealthy levels that should please nobody. However, it’s interesting to compare the headlines that different news outlets applied to the news: Groups disagree on severity

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Rice inaugurates seventh president

October 2, 2004 Kevin Whited

Rice University inaugurated its seventh president, former Columbia University law dean David Leebron, earlier today. Leebron assumed the presidency on 1 July, but today’s inauguration represented the official, full transfer of power. Houston is blessed

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Education news

October 2, 2004 Anne Linehan

There were two education stories of note last week, the biggest of which was the release of school ratings, based on Texas’ new accountability system: After an absence of one year while a new, tougher

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Quotables

October 2, 2004 Anne Linehan

Today’s Chronicle “Quotable” should actually be plural because we get two. Here’s the first: “Kerry was very presidential in his demeanor…And I had already reached that conclusion before the people on TV told us what