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November 1979

Table of Contents

Features

Why subject yourself to the dreariness of impersonal, prefab hotels when these country hostelries are just down the road?

Marathon canoe racing is the toughest sport in Texas. It’s tougher than bull riding, more grueling than pro football. The canoeists say that’s why it’s fun.

There are two questions about John Connally: Is he good enough to be president? Is he too bad to be president?

Behind the gleaming faĆ�ades of many new apartment villages are the crumbling walls of next year’s urban blight.

A legendary event in the legendary lives of a legendary Texas family.

Whether you have $2 to spend or $25,000, our Christmas gist selections show how to have a wonderfully indulgent holiday.

Columns

A modest proposal for the eighties.

Health

Silence may be golden, but not to a stutterer.

Film

Filmmakers flub: Schlesinger’s Yanks, Fellini’s Orchestra Rehearsal, and Jewison’s—And Justice for All.

Architecture

Institutional green walls and stuffy classrooms are not a part of Houston architect Eugene Aubry’s Awty School design.

Theater

Some Texas funny people get serious about their jokes.

Classical Music

The leaders of Houston and Dallas symphony orchestras start off the season with two perplexing concert series.

Church

Joining God’s army at Berachah Church in Houston; joining the fine families of Beaumont’s Trinity United Methodist.

Jazz

The Recovery Room band is at home in Dallas and New York, too.

Stepping Out

The Dalai Lama encounters Houston. He finds it good.

Country Notes

Don’t both with séances or clairvoyants. There is a much better way to contact the shades of the past.

Reporter

Reporter

A down-home journalist; the privileged pew; gas for a price.

Miscellany

Copy cats.

Texas Democrats run scared over Teddy; Arkansas bigwigs cry foul over gas lease; Mexican diplomats make waves over salt water.

The beat of a different strummer.

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