September 1977
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Features
Support Your Local PoliceIf you ever go to Houston, you’d better walk right. You’d better not gamble, and you’d better not fight. I Was a Spy in the Second GradeI escaped once, but they sent me back. Minnesota Fats, Where Are You?There’s more at stake than money when two hustlers cue up. |
The House That Art Built/ DesignWhat do you do when you have more paintings than walls to hang them on? If They Don’t Win It’s A ShameIn the bush leagues, rooting for the home team can be a humbling experience. The House Is Not A HomeA freshman in the Texas Legislature finds everything from the sublime to the ridiculous—well, maybe not the sublime. |
Columns
LifestyleMasculine/ FeminineRenewing the old adage of child rearing—you can’t fool mother nature. Behind the LinesHouston has the healthiest urban economy in the nation, but money can’t buy happiness. |
Country NotesMeatThe raw truth about out steaks and chops. EnergyThe HereticIt’s been Us and Them in the deregulation fight, but one of us has become them. Dining InTo Herb Is HumanBored? Lonely? Put some herbs in your life. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterWillie movin’ on; Erhard moving in; Hofheinz cleared; Gloria hacked; brown pelicans perking up; Chileans kicking off. |
ReviewTexas Monthly ReviewGood news/ bad news about Shakespeare; Doug Sahm controls his destiny; San Antonio gets jazzed up while Dallas goes crazy for pops; Texas poets in and out of their elements. |
Miscellaneous
ContestCommentations. |
Roar of the CrowdBest/ Worst legislators: everybody loves somebody sometime. ToutsA far far eastern trip; a place in the country; one hundred ivory-ticklers. |

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