August 1977 Cover

August 1977

Table of Contents

Features

From Here to Infinity

Smile, you‘re a candid camera.

by Donald L. Pierce, Jr

The Greening of Cowtown

The most popular club at the Colonial Golf Tournament is the one with barstools.

by Gary Cartwright

Gone With The Wind/ Design

Fans: lovely to look at, delightful to feel.

by Tracy Lewis

The Cactus Curtain

The word going across the border is: Uncle Sam doesn’t want you.

by Harry Hurt III

The Informer

The secret life of the man who tells the Man.

by Jim Atkinson

Columns

Behind the Lines

The Viet Nam War was the second this country lost.

by William Broyles

Country Notes

Of Bees and Men

Oh bee, where is thy sting?

by John Graves

Dining In

Cream of the Crop

Ah, ice cream. Name another 200 calories more worth it.

by Frank Bailey

Citywise

Bacchus to the Land

Clear your palates, oenophiles; Chateau de Muleshoe is on its way.

by Michael Wegner

Politics

Pipe Dream

You’ve heard of the Texas Water Plan; now meet the Texas Coal Plan.

by Paul Burka

Reporter

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

The hottest political rumor in Houston (also the hottest divorce); what West Texans do for fun; death in a Sierra Blanca jail; why El Pasoans are so laid back.

Review

Texas Monthly Review

Miscellany

Contest

Name Plates.

by Paul Burka

Roar of the Crowd

The power of diamonds, black magic, picante sauce, and, last but not least, goats.

Touts

Take a walk on the wild side.

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