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January 1981
features
Being An Aggie Is No Joke »
Bum Steer Awards 1981 »
Laying Down the Law
King of the Mountain
Rags to Riches
columns
Behind the Lines
See How She runs [Stepping Out]
Grade F [Education]
The Church of What’s Happening [Church]
The Contender [Film]
The Charge of the Light Brigade [Theater]
Behind the Purple Page [Books]
High Texana [Dining Out]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets | February 1981
features
Life Behind Bars
Oil Boom ‘81
New Oil: The Giddings Gamble »
Old Oil: The Ranger Revival
Total Fabrications
Crime Without Punishment
columns
Behind the Lines
An Ounce of Prevention [Politics]
French Toasts [Dining Out]
Shout If You Love Jesus [Church]
Marty Martin, Marty Martin [Theater]
Blood Luster [Books]
Going for Baroque [Classical Music]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets | March 1981
features
Speed Demons
Danger Zones
Out in the West Texas Town of El Paso
Make Friends With the Quin Tikis
Home Sweet Home, Good-bye
Going Under
columns
Behind the Lines
Schmaltz Across Texas [Stepping Out]
Sins of the Fathers [Crime]
Cardinal Virtues [Sports]
Somebody Turn on the Lights! [Lifestyle]
China Towns [Dining Out]
Paper Cowboys [Books]
Mr. Nice Guy Takes the Baton [Classical Music]
Ambassadors of Jazz [Jazz]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
The Inside Story
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets |
April 1981
features
Shrimpers
Grin and Bear It
Pack Up Your Troubles
Tenting Tonight
Welcome, Mr. Kennedy, To Dallas
God’s Angry Man
Passing On »
columns
Behind the Lines
Rule, Hispania [Politics]
Up In Arms [Crime]
I’m Listening As Hard As I Can [Lifestyle]
Miracle on Main Street [Dining Out]
Magnificent Deception [Film]
Little Big Museum [Art]
The Unfinished Symphony [Classical Music]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets | May 1981
features
The Governor’s New Clothes
The Cancer Belt »
The Mistress And The Muscleman
The Subway That Ate Houston
Champs
columns
Behind the Lines
Extreme Unctuousness » [Health]
The Pitcher’s Right Arm [Sports]
Bass Hit [Jazz]
Wall, Croon, and Thrum [Popular Music]
Buddha In Boots [Church]
The Lion Sleeps [Film]
A Good Catch [Dining Out]
reporter
Reporter
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets | June 1981
features
The Plane the Pentagon Couldn’t Stop
The Coyote Wars
And Jesus Said, “Mai Eeñeno”
The Reckoning
The Year of The Flower
Get Out and See The World, Kid...Or Bring The World Back Home
columns
Behind the Lines
Lock ‘Em Up [Crime]
The Eve of Destruction [Church]
Downhill All The Way [Lifestyle]
A Crush on Love [Books]
Shades of Gray [Media]
Mozart Is As Mozart Was [Classical Music]
Blood Buff [Film]
reporter
Reporter
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets |
July 1981
features
The Ten Best and The Ten Worst Legislators »
Space Cadet
I Remember Masa
A Simple Man
columns
Behind the Lines
Fangs » [Health]
The Long Arm of the Oracle [Crime]
Tell It, Brother Hill! [Church]
Driving a Soft Bargain [Business]
The Kingfish Revisited [Classical Music]
reporter
Reporter
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets | August 1981
features
The Perfect River
Country Boy
Play (It One Last Time with Feeling) Land
Trial by Piano
The Deal That Didn’t Work
columns
Behind the Lines
Angry Men [Politics]
Unentitled [Art]
She Followed Me Home, Mom, Honest [Lifestyle]
The Fifty Best Texas Books [Books]
Thrills, Chills, Action, Adventure [Film]
The Neon Lights Are Bright in Dallas [Theater]
Cruel and Unusual Parenthood [Crime]
reporter
Reporter
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets | September 1981
features
Lascivious Houston
Footloose and Fancy
Gone To Texas
Carl Lewis and the Exquisite Science of Jumping
One Woman’s Tiny Problem Confronts Dallas City Hall
The Bulls of Commerce
columns
Behind the Lines
Sixteen Strings [Classical Music]
Lord of the Flies » [Country Notes]
Blue-collar Sculptor [Art]
Spontaneous Combustion [Popular Music]
Hot and Bothered [Film]
Cattle Call [Crime]
reporter
Reporter
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets |
October 1981
features
City of Destiny
Throw It to Me!
How to Catch a Pass
Losing Big
The Failures That Made Texas
Bats!
I Have a Scheme
columns
Behind the Lines
Smitten Kittens [Film]
A Little Bit of Heaven [Business]
A Fan in Exile [Dance]
The Minds of Babes [Education]
Waste Makes Money [Books]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets | November 1981
features
The Truth About Carnivals
Heavy Breathing
The Attack of the Electronic Beast and Other Pleasures
The Fundamentalist
The Hog Chronicles
So You Don’t Like The Way You Look? »
Power Plays
columns
Behind the Lines
Jazz Rally [Jazz]
Bread and Circuses [Dining Out]
Chucking the Piney Woods [Environment]
“Tina, Bring Me the Ax!” [Movies]
The Cons Next Door [Crime]
Running Dogs [Sports]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets | December 1981
features
The Black Striker Gets Hit »
Let’s Get Serious About Toys
Child’s Play
Texas, 1945 Or The Sad Cowboy
The Ground’s the Limit
columns
Behind the Lines
Kids and Money [Lifestyle]
Oscar’s Follie [Business]
Rage of Cajuns [Movies]
Time of Repentance, Season of Joy [Church]
Our Son, The Murderer [Theater]
Rockers, Kickers, and Hepcats [Popular Music]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets |
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