July 1976

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Features

The Great Coverup

Some rugged individuals are called to the carpet.

Nobody Loves a Rattlesnake

Especially not in Sweetwater: the score at last count was Humans 10,000, Rattlers 0.

The Best of Texas

You may disagree, but we know we’re right.

The Girl, the Con Man, and the Massage Parlor King

The girl wanted love, the men wanted money, and when they all got together it was murder.

Columns

Behind the Lines

Politics

Fiendly Persuasion

What LBJ did best was wheel and deal. So what’s wrong with that?

Travel

Making Tracks

The great Canadian railway bizarre.

Books

Passions of the Mine

Start fooling around with Mother Earth and you end up getting accused of rape.

Health

Yes Men

Sound mind, sound body is an old maxim but a new approach to cancer treatment.

Performance

French Twist

Cajun music is one good reason to live in a swamp Are there any others?

Dining Out

Deutsch Treat

A lesson in the essence of Essen.

Film

Buffaloed Bill

Hollywood techniques may have worked for the Wild West shows, but we expected more from Robert Altman.

Performance

Footloose and Fancy

Nine Texas choreographers keep regional ballet on its toes.

Investments

Trading on Thin Ice

Wanted: financial alchemist to turn liquid paper into hard cash.

Reporter

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Miscellaneous

Contest

Strange bedfellows.

Roar of the Crowd

Touts

Mondo cane.

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