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• Obama escapes Clinton debate unscathed

  - 2008-02-21

  AUSTIN, Texas AFP — Barack Obama escaped unscathed from a key debate which Democratic foe Hillary Clinton hoped to use to slow his surging White House quest, 12 days before their next electoral showdown. On another day of high drama in the relentless 2008 election, presumptive Republican nominee John...

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• Brownsville, Texas, port director dies 'peacefully' in cancer center.

  - 2004-11-15

  By Laura B. Martinez, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 15--BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Brownsville lost an icon Sunday morning when Raul A. Besteiro Jr. died at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. ...

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• Research Center in Chattanooga, Tenn., to Work on Bullet-Train Project.

  - 2003-10-11

  By Mike Pare, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 11--UTC's SIMCenter plans to work with a University of Texas research facility on a project designed to improve the technology that could power future bullet trains. The University...

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• Lt. Governor to Keep Eye on Texas University.

  - 2003-05-02

  By Patrick McGee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 2--AUSTIN, Texas--Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst plans to preside over meetings every six months with University of Texas System officials and Arlington civic leaders to ensure that the system is bolstering...

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• Odessa American, Texas, Business Briefs Column.

  - 2003-04-21

  Odessa American, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 21--UTPB STUDENTS RECOGNIZED FOR OUTREACH EFFORTS: The University of Texas of the Permian Basin chapter of Students in Free Enterprise was recognized for their community involvement at the regional SIFE competition April 10...

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• Arlington, Texas, University Backers Seek More Assurances.

  - 2003-04-11

  By Patrick McGee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 11--AUSTIN, Texas--Tarrant County legislators and civic leaders have not dropped threats to remove the University of Texas at Arlington from the UT System and demanded Thursday that trustees guarantee...

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• Meeting Eases Tensions over Arlington, Texas, University.

  - 2003-04-10

  By Patrick McGee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 10--AUSTIN, Texas--Legislators and local leaders backed off Wednesday from a bill that would move the University of Texas at Arlington out of the UT System after a hastily arranged meeting...

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• Tarrant County, Texas, Lawmakers Seek Shift in Affiliation of Area University.

  - 2003-04-03

  By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 3--AUSTIN, Texas--Three Tarrant County lawmakers said Wednesday that they have received assurances that the University of Texas at Arlington would be welcomed into the Texas A&M University System, and...

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• Arlington, Texas, University Chief Fights Budget-Cut Plans.

  - 2003-03-05

  By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 5--AUSTIN, Texas--The acting president of the University of Texas at Arlington told a legislative panel Tuesday that the fast-growing institution would be devastated if lawmakers slashed its budget by...

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• Texas Colleges Starting to Slash Classes.

  - 2003-02-02

  By Linda K. Wertheimer, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--AUSTIN, Texas--The University of Texas at Austin will hire fewer professors, forcing students to scramble more than usual for the classes they want. At Texas Woman's...

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