December 1987 Cover

December 1987

Table of Contents

Features

From H. Ross Perot to the people who will run Texas in the nineties, from couples with clout to the Brownwood Mafia, we present the most complete guide to power in Texas ever compiled.

By turning two tiny dots into two huge hippos, James Marshall made an indelible mark on children’s literature, and little people laughed happily ever after.

Seven outstanding young Texas design students translate their visions of fairy tales, Greek goddesses, and Catholic rituals into fashion statements.

A ground war at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport is turning innocent passengers into anxious bystanders.

The blackland prairie of the old South meets the wide-open spaces of the wild West at Texas’ great geologic divide.

Small Texas towns live either in our memory or in our imagination. The ones with the storybook names live in both.

From the look on my doctor’s face, I knew the results of the biopsy. The lump in my breast was cancer.

Columns

The World War I theory of law.

Business

Texas developers are snapping up land, putting together deals, and building like crazy—in Washington, D.C.

Art

An exhibit at Fort Worth’s Amon Carter Museum contends that before the cowboy became America’s hero, Indians and mountain men were the icons of a vanishing frontier.

Books

Dallas’ drive-in film critic Joe Bob Briggs made us laugh at bad movies. When we became the butt of the joke, it wasn’t funny anymore.

Lifestyle

Twenty years ago the Furry Freak Brothers, Dealer McDope, and Oat Willie were Austin’s underground heroes. A mild-mannered ex-hippie reveals how he lived the legend.

Classical Music

The Houston Grand Opera was out to impress, with its new house and three ambitious productions in one week, but what it proved best was just how enjoyable this brand of theater can be.

Reporter

Reporter

A black and gamy Monday; Wick Allison as low-profile Buckley; heartthrobs Quaid and Swayze; fine food for feedlots; Augie’s Gringo Lingo.

Miscellany

Methodist misadventures, political predicaments, utopian unrest.

Halloween handouts for a savings and loan; why the Texaco-Pennzoil decision was predictable; bad news for judicial reform; UT and A&M head south; the King Ranch contemplates a road.

In the Mesquite Kingdom, where the coyotes howl, the wind blows free at the MacArthur Academy of Freedom, an honest face gets you a phone and immigration throws mariachi parties.

Domain: A TEXAS MONTHLY Editorial Supplement

From “What’s Good For the Goose”

From “What’s Good For the Goose”

From “Quick Cuisine: Winter’s Bounty”

From “Quick Cuisine: Winter’s Bounty”

From “Quick Cuisine: Winter’s Bounty”

Most recipes for game birds amount to long, slow overkill. Only quick, hot cooking ensures that red-meat birds retain their rich flavor.

Specialties of the season make for a chil-proof midwinter meal.

A Southern sweet lightens up to become an airy cloud of home confection.

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