February 1977

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Features

The Great American Addiction

Ready when you are, CB.

Sniffing

A visit to San Antonio’­s underground city, looking for kids with a can of paint and a nose for thrills.

1977 Bum Steer Awards

All this, and the Legislature wasn’­t even in session.

The Baptists Want You!

Don’­t take this wrong, but they’­ve hired Eldridge Cleaver to get you.

Stars and Stripes

The rodeo where it really doesn’­t pay to win.

Columns

Books

Apple and Oranges

The Oranging of America is not about the Longhorn football team taking over the government, but Max Apple’­s book is only slightly less bizarre.

Behind the Lines

Country Notes

Coping

Living in the country is all you ever wanted—and probably more than you bargained for.

Politics

Raza Desunida

South Texas has had a revolution, but itís not the one José Angel Guttiérrez planned.

Records

The Last Record Store

There’­s a heaven for record collectors and it’­s in the middle of West Texas.

Dining In

Works of Ort

Leftovers don’­t have to be left out.

Health

Just What the Doctor Ordered

A total stranger may be the best friend you ever had.

Film

A Star Lives On

Barbara Streisand, that is. King Kong was better off dead.

Reporter

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Miscellaneous

Roar of the Crowd

Touts

Let it rain, let it rein.

Contest

File 13.

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