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The Brain has selected interesting
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fictitious experts based on their personalities.
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Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner
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In honoring Houston's famous son, the Houston Area Chamber of Commerce hosts an annual Emmett Kelly Clown Festival.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Finding solutions to area-wide problems was no new venture for the Houston Chamber of Commerce, and substantial progress had long since been recorded in several fields where sound public policy had demanded a regional approach to regional problems.
Seeing Houston's past progress as but a promise of future possibilities, the Chamber of Commerce pushed programs of civic development, encouraged expansion of commerce and industry, fought for competitive rates, and furnished information to everyone interested in Houston's development.
Progress continued on the Houston Intercontinental Airport, and the Chamber of Commerce was pressing for provision of access roads as well as urgently needed roads in the NASA area.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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The Houston Chamber of Commerce seeks year after year to pinpoint important needs and opportunities of the area, to make known factual analysis of these in order to enlist understanding support, and then to develop the methods and organization and to generate the action necessary to accomplish these objectives.
When the Houston Chamber of Commerce took stock at the end of the year, it found the Port of Houston second only to the Port of New York in tonnage, and that the area was gaining increasing recognition as a desirable site for the location of industries and distribution facilities.
Houston Chamber of Commerce President Belt wired Secretary Dulles that the United States airlines had been heard at length, that the record would show this, and that Coleman’s charge was "unwarranted," a "delaying action," and in no way reflected the position of the Houston Chamber of Commerce.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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As the Houston Chamber of Commerce observed its 100th anniversary in 1940, the flames of war were already threatening the nations of the world.
The Centennial Year for both Houston and Texas in 1936 supplied the motivation for the Chamber of Commerce to initiate activities resulting in the construction of the nation’s tallest monolithic monument to memorialize the Texans who fought in the Battle of San Jacinto.
After the Houston Chamber of Commerce redoubled its efforts, President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 signed a bill appropriating one million dollars for Houston's port.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Houston completed its first modern airport in 1940 when an administration building and hangar were constructed with the strong encouragement of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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A freeway system for the entire Houston area was beino planned under the watchful eye of the Highway Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and steps were being taken by the city and county to reserve rights-of-way for this program.
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