ON THE COVER: Cover Illustration by Terry Allen
October 1983
Table of Contents
Features
Taking OverIt’s a bank-eat-bank world out there. Texas Primer: The Open ContainerTexans are sometimes driven to drink. Ninety Miles From NowherePresidio crouches on the border of Mexico and the extreme edge of life in America. There, Spanish is the language, hundred-degree heat is the norm, and the hoe is the crucial tool for scraping out life on the desert. They SayCabeza de Vaca hated it. Georgia O’Keeffe loved it. Seems like Texas leaves no one speechless. |
Mayor of the Unfinished CityTo become more than a perpetual boom town, Dallas needs a foresighted leader and astute politician. Is Starke Taylor the man? Football, Game of LifeWhen two high schools in Beaumont-one white, one black-were ordered to merge last fall, the outraged town watched as the drama of integration was played out on the football field. Western Art: StampedeOur new regular feature will reinterpret a much-maligned art form. |
Columns
Behind the LinesPlaying by the rules. TexanaIn the Boredom of the StormHurricane Alicia roared through Houston, but somehow it seemed much more real on TV than it did outside my hotel room window. BusinessWal-Marts Across TexasAn Arkansas chain has refused to discount small-town buying power. Now it’s ousting local mom-and-pop operations throughout Texas and even giving K Mart a run for its money. MoviesDaniel’s LotIn Daniel the hero has to bear the burn of his parents’ treason, while the audience must endure a lot of misery. The Moon in the Gutter is a film in search of eclipse. Education Rita is an enjoyable elective. |
Classical MusicRose-Colored IvoriesIs Claudio Arrau the last great Romantic pianist? BooksBooks Only A Mother Could LoveYou too can be an author-if you’re willing to publish the book yourself. All you have to have is a stack of paper, a tale to tell, and a couple of thousand bucks. HealthMedicine To GoMinor emergency centers are fine for those who don’t need much more than a Band-Aid, a throat culture, or a summer-camp physical. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterTexas becomes a disaster zone; a magazine empire enters the twilight zone; the district attorney’s office in San Antonio is a war zone; problems crop up in the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport flight zone. |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdToutsBench warmers and good lookers. |
State SecretsThe National Weather Service blows Hurricane Alicia; how the storm will blow insurance rates; Texas congressmen vie for a plum committee seal; a suggestion for spending the spare $2 million. |
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