July 1986
July 1986
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Features
Man to ManThe son’s ultimate selfishness is to see his father only as his father—not as a man. But on our first fishing trip in 25 years, I began to see my father—and myself—as the grown men we’d become. Marilyn Snell’s Got the Best Job in TexasIt’s eight to five. It’s in Brenham. And all she has to worry about is getting an ice cream headache. Eat at Junior’sProprietors of some of Texas’ priciest restaurants are spinning off more-economical eateries that are giving the originals a run for their money. Primary LessonSubtract Democratic voters, add new Republicans, and it equals realignment. |
No-Man’s-LandTo Texan’s, it’s the border. To Mexicans, it’s la frontera. It’s a hot, dazzling world where cultures clash and you’re never sure just where you stand. Texas Primer: The Native TexanYou don’t have to be born here to qualify. The mark of a true native is an undying passion to be one. Mining the Moon, Selling the StarsTheir business may read like a sci-fi script, but these aging astronauts, former NASA engineers, technocrats, and high-risk junkies are serious about selling space. Western Art: Boy RogersAn interpretation of a classic genre. |
Columns
PoliticsShowdown in ChihuahuaPancho Barrio, an ex-accountant, a charismatic Catholic, and the mayor of Juarez, hopes to topple the ruling party in a July governor’s race. Behind the LinesThe unbudgeted carpet. ArtLittle Masterpieces on the Lawn“Art Among Us/Arte Entre Nosotros” reveals the delightful madness of San Antonio’s barrio art. |
MoviesHigh and DryTop Gun is just a high-tech skeet shoot; Alan Alda shows a wet blanket over the fun in Sweet Liberty; Desert Bloom has a bittersweet significance; The Manhattan Project needs an attitude adjustment. BooksMy Fair EditorGeorge Bernard Shaw wrote a quarter of a million pieces of correspondence and never mailed one to San Antonio. So where does his editor choose to live? Popular MusicThe Denton DilemmaNorth Texas bands face a tough choice: living to make music or making music for a living. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterWild mustangs roam home; attorney race to Houston’s bankruptcy court; UT students get rich. |
Miscellaneous
ShoppingWe find a successful guy in Dallas who doesn’t dress like Ross Perot! Post-Modern TimesA Texas lab that look s like the set for a Buck Rogers movie is actually the frontier of the Star Wars weapons research effort. Puzzle |
DowntownThe cure for San Antonio’s inner-city malaise may be worse than the disease. ToutsPerk up your bath hour with these liquid refreshments. Roar of the CrowdState SecretsFighting and feuding in the Mexican Lions Club; HL&P loses a lawsuit, and everybody will pay for it; the new math of politics; where’s the beef? on a diet. |
GOP puts its comeback hopes on redistricting--and guess who is leading the way? (Tue Jul 8 at 10:34 AM)
Like That Kid in the Hockey Mask at the End of "Friday the 13th" (Wed Jul 9 at 1:42 AM)
www.heydorkthedamngovernorsmansionisonfire.com (Tue Jul 8 at 9:03 PM)
Madam, I'm Adam (Sun Jun 22 at 4:34 PM)
Eating Vancouver--Part 2 (Tue Jul 8 at 1:13 PM)
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