Returning Valero staff would be violating direct evacuation orders from Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Houston Mayor Bill White.

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Instead, he helped Governor Rick Perry develop education reforms by writing white papers and articles, and (with collaborators) built both a graduate school of business and an elementary school.

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The first suspect, who was carrying the gun, was said to have been white, in his late 20s, wearing a dark Fred Perry waterproof jacket with a logo on the left breast area, a white hoody underneath, a balaclava and blue jeans.

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There was also a flap when Mr Perry and Sonny Perdue, the Republican governor of Georgia, joined forces to scold Mr White.

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The other nominees are Bristol scrum-half Shaun Perry, Northampton fly-half Carlos Spencer, Wasps wing Tom Voyce and Sale flanker Jason White.

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