ON THE COVER: Cover illustration by Buddy Hickerson
January 1989
Table of Contents
Features
1989 Bum Steer Awards!A year of avaricious Arabs, belligerent bovines, convincing Connallys, dubious degrees, elusive Elvises, furious firefighters, George's goofs, hassled Hunts. Ingenious inmates, jilted judges, knotorious Kneppers, loose locomotives, migrant moose, normative nerds, overcautious orchestras, preposterous pythons, qualmish queens, rampant roaches, Sue Ellen's swimsuits, targeted transvestites, upset umps, vetoed Virgins, wanton Willies, x-tremist x-chairmen, yammering Yankees, and zapped zygomatics. Smile, HoustonThree photographers of international reputation reveal their own new yet unfamiliar first impressions of Houston. God Help HerHow Madalyn Murray O’Hair became the supreme being of the American atheist movement. Dad’s Last HomeIt was the hardest decision I ever had to make. Had the time come to put my father in a nursing home? |
SuperpoliticsWill Texas’ acquisition of the supercollider increase the state’s clout in Washington? We’d better hope so, because now that we’ve got it, we’ve got to get the money to deliver it. Superbonanza!Look out, Waxahachie! Here come the Protonettes, the Big Bang Motel, and the Phil Gramm Institute. If These Walls Could TalkThey’d tell a tale of a half-century of Dallas wheeling and dealing. Texas Primer: King Ranch CasseroleWhat kind of dish would a Texas clubwoman invent? One that’s not too greasy, not too spicy, and, well, sort of tasteful. |
Columns
Behind the LinesThe case against conspiracy. LifestyleOnward Through the FogThe plane was heading to Houston at dawn. Surely the pilot was kidding when he said we would be landing in Nashville. BusinessBringing It All Back HomeThrough shrewd buying and aggressive marketing, Fort Worth-based Pier 1 has transcended its old head-for-the-home image and emerged into the new age a more profitable company. |
SportsTwo-Point ConversionThe question wasn’t whether my son was tough enough to play high school football. It was whether I was tough enough to watch him do it. TravelMaking WavesIt’s cold and rainy; your stress level has reached an all-time high; your roof has sprung a leak. But you don’t have to sit still for this. Escape to the Bay Islands of Honduras. Classical MusicPlaying It SafeTake two Aspern: one a world premiere by the Dallas Opera, the other the Henry James novella on which the opera is based. Which is better for you? |
Reporter
ReporterBig Man, Small TownAn East Texas librarian learns the perils of shushing the wrong guy; Houston and Dallas put on the ritz for couture; and Citizen Butt picks the Texas Supreme Court. |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdCleaning up with Heloise; fighting Crack in Dallas; testing the school district in Garland. |
State SecretsUT football on the Longhorns of a dilemma; who’s supreme at the Supreme Court; a taxing idea in Washington. |
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