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January 1979
features
This is Woodrow Wilson: A School That Works
Clements for President
1979 Bum Steer Awards
In Search of La Salle
Six Crises
columns
Behind the Lines
The Joy of Six [Sports]
Coup de Foie Gras [Dining In]
A Chance of Face [Lifestyle]
You Talk Too Much [Film]
Power to the Little People [Theater]
Conductor Dating [Classical Music]
Starring Rowles [Jazz]
The Emperor’s Old Clothes [Art]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | February 1979
features
Billy Lee »
Hotel Detective
Requiem for a Margarita »
Only the Strong Survive
columns
The Seep of Death [Politics]
Behind the Lines
Through All Kinds of Weather [Country Notes]
Rebel with a Cause [Politics]
The Long Brawl [Film]
No Means for the End [Theater]
Out with a Bang [Classical Music]
Gather Ye Records While Ye May [Popular Music]
Ben’s Ballet [Dance]
Just Whistlin’ Dixie [Books]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
food
The Best Little Margarita In Texas » | March 1979
features
Sisters
Hey Kid, Shape Up
Psst . . . Have I Got a Deal for You!
The Texan and His Gun
Have Guns, Will Travel
columns
A Tale of Two Coasts [Travel]
Behind the Lines
You’ve Come a Long Way, Biscuits [Dining In]
Heavenly Hosts [Business]
The Ice Cometh, Man [Cityview]
Ready, Aim...Click [Film]
Golden Oldies [Art]
See No Evil [Theater]
Who Needs Jones Hall? [Classical Music]
Climbing Rocky Hill [Popular Music]
Barthelme the Scribbler [Books]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
April 1979
features
Fiesta!
The Hot Pink Empire of Mary Kay Ash
Super Medicine
Are Psychiatrists Really Crazy?
What They Do All Day
columns
The Firing Line [Politics]
Behind the Lines
If You Knew Sushi [Dining Out]
Sold American [Business]
Lonesome Cowboys [Film]
Artichoke Season [Theater]
The Dark at the End of the Tunnel [Art]
Pitched on Bach [Classical Music]
Taking It to the Limits [Popular Music]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | May 1979
features
Never Love a Bandido
Running Wild with Jerry Jeff
Making It
I’m Afraid, You’re Afraid
How Cullen Davis Beat the Rap
columns
Cooks Tour de Force [Lifestyle]
Behind the Lines
Persecution Complex? [Religion]
All That Litters [Country Notes]
Adults Only [Film]
This Little Play Goes to Market [Theater]
A Fright At The Opera [Classical Music]
Say Uncle [Popular Music]
The Vienna Goods [Art]
Teachers’ Threat [Books]
In the Beginning [Church]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | June 1979
features
Night Moves
I Hate You!
Clowning Around
Ben Barnes is Still Running »
Hell on Wheels
Chinks in the Armor
columns
Behind the Lines
Soup On Ice » [Dining In]
Strike! They’re Out [Sports]
An Ill Wind [Cityview]
A Stitch in Time [Health]
U.$.A. Film Fe$tival [Film]
They Must Pay the Rent! [Theater]
Boys Will be Sopranos [Classical Music]
Missing the Pointe [Dance]
The Camera Knows [Art]
A New Old West [Books]
Count Your Blessings [Church]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
food
Gazpacho Andaluz »
Gazpacho Ajo Blanco »
My Gazpacho »
White Wine Gazpacho » |
July 1979
features
Moon Struck
The Ten Best and The Ten Worst Legislators »
Conspicuous Consumption
Speed Freak
All God’s Chitlins
To Each His Own
Counter Culture
“Hi, Mabel. Give Me the Usual.”
columns
Baby and Me and DDT [Health]
Behind the Lines
Type Caste [Working]
Haute as a Pistol [Stepping Out]
The Lord is in His Temple [Church]
Eagle’s Eye [Film]
After the Honeymoon [Theater]
Talent Clout [Classical Music]
Breeden Ground [Jazz]
The Collector [Art]
Wind, Winter, and Waste [Books]
For the Good of the Country [Popular Music]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | August 1979
features
The Throwdown
I Solve the Energy Crisis
Who to Pin It On
Ten Giant Steps to Disaster
Ask Jett Rink
Smiling Through it All
Paradise Lost
Down to the Sea in Buses
Say, Have You Heard the One About Cactus Pryor?
columns
Next on Dallas: J. R. at the Ball [Stepping Out]
Behind the Lines
Let My People Pray [Religion]
Pennant Fever [Sports]
I Left My Guard in San Francisco [Film]
The Zest is History [Theater]
Who Needs Nelson Eddy? [Classical Music]
The Resurrection of Patrick Henry Bruce [Art]
Sausage and Salvation [Church]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter » [Reporter] | September 1979
features
The Promised Land
Easy Money
Honey, You’re Still Driving Me Crazy
Why Teachers Can’t Teach »
Football Heroes
columns
Behind the Lines
The Beautiful and the Damned [Stepping Out]
Hooping It Up [Sports]
Up the Creek [Politics]
Hearts and Minds [Church]
The Truth Hurts [Film]
Dust Off Your Blue Suede Shoes [Popular Music]
Requiem for a Heavyweight [Jazz]
Unfancy Dancer [Dance]
Mexican Mystery Tour [Books]
Another Roadside Attraction [Art]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
October 1979
features
The Harder They Fall
A Delicate Balance
Ghosts
The Man Who Built River Oaks
Sherwood Blount’s First Million
Talking Money/The Heavy Hitters
Cutups
columns
City Transit Gloria [Cityview]
Behind the Lines
Titles Texans [Stepping Out]
After the Fall [Politics]
A Joyful Noise [Church]
Mission Possible [Art]
This Is The Way The Apocalypse Ends . . . [Film]
The Spoils of War [Theater]
Popular Music »
It’s a Lulu! [Classical Music]
The Right Wings [Books]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | November 1979
features
Funky Hotels
Trial by Water
The Truth about John Connally »
The New Apartment Slums
The Radner Papers
Grand Indulgences
columns
East Meets Wet [Stepping Out]
Behind the Lines
Kindred Spirits [Country Notes]
Breaking the Sound Barrier [Health]
Onward Christian Soldiers [Church]
Over There [Film]
Three’s Company [Theater]
The Little Red Warehouse [Architecture]
Semiconductors [Classical Music]
Big D, Big Red, and the Big Apple [Jazz]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
State Secrets
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] | December 1979
features
Tiny Texas
The Best Little Hotels in Mexico
Picking up the Pieces
Smokers Are People Too
The Real Mean Green
My Life and Hard Times in the Junior League
columns
Looking on the Bright side [Energy]
Behind the Lines
The Ultimate Croissant [Dining Out]
Zandra and the Laughing Elk [Stepping Out]
The Long Nights of Preston Jones [Theater]
Go-Getters and Holders-On [Church]
The Vampire Killer [Film]
Why the Alley? [Theater]
The Big Loser [Classical Music]
Tune into the Eighties [Popular Music]
The Thin Man [Art]
Memoir of the Soil [Books]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
Touts
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter] |
