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<text id=91TT2831>
<title>
Dec. 23, 1991: American Notes:Houston
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Dec. 23, 1991 Gorbachev:A Man Without A Country
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 42
American Notes
HOUSTON
Nasty, Brutish--And Effective
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<p> Houston's mayoral race started with a debate over crime and
a proposed monorail but ended in the gutter. After voters ousted
incumbent Kathy Whitmire in last month's primary, the runoff
between developer Bob Lanier, 66, and state legislator
Sylvester Turner, 37, turned squalid. Lanier ads portrayed
Turner, trying to become the city's first black mayor, as soft
on crime and entangled in insurance fraud.
</p>
<p> Turner denied the charges, accusing Lanier of "trying to
tell Houston that a black man just isn't good enough!" But his
delinquent loans and unpaid debts repelled voters. Lanier won
the Dec. 7 election with 54% of the vote. Now he must get back
to the crime and transportation issues he addressed before he
hit the low road.
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</body></article>
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