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There is obviously a substantial consensus in public discourse that the country’s protracted crisis of underdevelopment since independence is partly a function of the inefficacy, ineffectiveness and ...

In 1980, the price of oil hit an all-time high of just below $40 per barrel, and Houston was riding high. Harris County's population increased by almost 50 percent between 1970 and 1980. There was ...

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