May 1982
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Features
Scarecrow CopsAnybody can get a job as a security guard. Anybody. Texas Primer: The FritoGreat fortunes have been made from this unassuming descendant of the tortilla. The Autumn of Alamo HeightsWelcome—well, sort of—to San Antonio’s dowager bastion. |
James A. Baker III, PoliticianHow a Houston boy forgot his family’s advice about staying out of politics and became the White House chief of staff. Oil ChicSounds like a joke, right? Cowboy chic was funny too, until it caught on. The Case Of The Campus CrusaderMultiple-choice question: UT’s Tom Philpott is (a) thes best professor on campus, a selfless reformer, and the victim of an assassination attempt; (b) the worst professor on campus, a publicity hound, and a nut who staged his own shooting. |
Columns
ReligionThe Shrine Of The Black MadonnaAlbert Cleage, the self-styled holy patriarch of an ambitious sect, has already won over blacks in Detroit and Atlanta. Now he’s set his sights on Houston. Behind the LinesEmotional states. BooksGimmie SilverBeyond Greed is the tale of the Hunts’ journey from silver spoon to silver lust. In Sing Me Back Home Merle Haggard takes a quick look at his life (too quick). Billy Clayton has Gavels, Grit & Glory--or so says his biographer. |
CrimeThe BoxUsed correctly, the polygraph can tell whether or not an accused criminal’s claim that he didn’t do it is true. Too bad the police can’t take that to court. MoviesFrench Fries And SympathyDiner recalls the unbeatable glow when the gang was all together. The two friends in My Dinner With Andre find that not seeing eye to eye doesn’t keep them from talking heart to heart. Classical MusicThey’re Playing Our Song—AgainThe Pachelbel Canon has gone Hollywood and become the best-selling classical piece in the country. Works by Bach, Mozart, and Wagner are managing to hold their own, too. DanceMixed CompanyThe Dallas Ballet’s new director is moving the company from traditional works into daring—and sometimes absurd—modern choreography. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterA Texas farmer’s bitter harvest; a trucker’s paradise; Louisiana’s tastiest emigrant; NASA’s lunar fringe; the media’s favorite oilman. |
Miscellaneous
Roar of the CrowdBlue blood and red-eye. |
State SecretsA new market for unstable oil; Colorado joins the hate-Texas club; Houston lawyers invade Dallas; a Republican litmus test. |
"I can say with almost perfect confidence that Juan Garcia will win re-election this November 4th" (Fri Oct 10 at 5:29 PM)
The Fraud Squad (Fri Oct 10 at 1:16 PM)
Boy, Our Timing Couldn't Be Better (Sat Oct 11 at 9:19 PM)
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