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November 1980

Table of Contents

Features

Okay, we heard that snicker. But give the place a chance. You’ll find plenty to enjoy.

The Denton millionaire hated drugs and liked cops. He also like Muscles Foster, a footloose cowboy who was one of Texas’ biggest drug runners.

Perhaps. At least they’re on the right track and trying hard.

Because nobody at city hall is doing his job, that’s why.

Polo? It’s passé. Big game hunting? Humdrum. It’s the pursuit of the wily blue marlin that admits men to the world’s most exclusive club.

There’s no Christmas like a south-of the-border Christmas, with gift ideas to match.

Columns

The press keeps telling us how bad Carter and Reagan are, but let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

Sports

After a sloppy 1979-80 season, the San Antonio Spurs had no coach, no center, and no end to their problems. But all that has changed.

Sports

The Houston Rockets need work; the Dallas Mavericks need help.

Film

The story of Howard Hughes and the discredited “Mormon will” is the unlikely subject of a quirky film about rags and out-of-reach riches. Ordinary People is full of woe; Stardust Memories has far to go.

Art

Sculptor Jim Love makes art look easy—and fun.

Dining Out

A loaf of bread, a glass of wine, and though hast a wine bar.

Lifestyle

Nostalgic daddies think of schoolboy football as good, clean fun. But kids soon realize it’s more like corporal punishment.

Classical Music

At his school in Austria, Texas singer Richard Owens acquaints opera hopefuls with a bravo new world.

Church

Why do 61 million adult Americans say “pooh” to the pew?

Stepping Out

When ranchers gathered in Lubbock to celebrate their way of life, they found they didn’t have much cause for celebration.

Working

A double basist leads a singular life.

Reporter

Reporter

Gas pipeline companies are devouring Lee County; border plasma clinics beckon poor Mexicans; oh, deer, what can the matter be?

Miscellany

Red-hot art, inflation blues, wasted blacks.

A ground swell of support for booting Howard Cosell; here come the judges; who will fill the UT power vacuum.

Dress to kill.

Roots.

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