Education
September 30, 1989
That Brainpower Guy
Incarnate Word was an obscure Catholic school before Lou Agnese launched his multimillion-dollar ad campaign. Now the college is booming, and Agnese is a local star.
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Behind the Lines
September 30, 1989
Behind the Lines
Waiting for anointment.
Books
September 30, 1989
Whistling in the Dark
Larry McMurtry explores the far side of forty in his new novel.
Art
September 30, 1989
Home Is Where the Art Is
Two museum shows culled from private collections illustrate that Texans know what they like—and it's not just Monets and Renoirs.
State Secrets
August 31, 1989
Fire Alarm
Why the Houston fire department needs chauffeurs; a Colorado controversy pits the Basses against Coors; the ecstasy and the agony at Vinson and Elkins.
Roar of the Crowd
August 31, 1989
The Best and The Worst of It
What we have in the Texas Lege; “What I Am” on record; what mom is about.
Reporter
August 31, 1989
Whose Texas Rangers are They Anyhow?
Dallas’ grandstanding irks Arlington; writers jockey for position in the Matamoros book derby; A&M’s bluebonnets show their not-so-true colors; San Antonio goes loco over Lico Lico.
Food & Drink
August 31, 1989
Mayan Over Matter
East meets West (and New Southwest and ancient Mexican) at Houston’s oh-so-trendy Palacio Tzintzuntzan.
Feature
August 31, 1989
Little Shop of Hoarders
There’s treasure on Galveston Island; it’s buried in Hendley Market.
Feature
August 31, 1989
The Man Hollywood Trusts
From Top Gun to Batman, Austin’s Warren Skaaren writes the movies everyone wants to see.
Feature
August 31, 1989
The All-New, Improved America’s Team
Three ad agencies take the ball and run (wild) with it.
Feature
August 31, 1989
The Wolf Experiment
In a program that will serve as a model for saving other endangered animals, the red wolf has been rescued from extinction—but will it ever roam free in Texas again?
Feature
August 31, 1989
How George Foreman Finally Beat Muhammad Ali
It took him a decade to throw the punch that knocked out his toughest opponent—his own obsession with getting another shot at Ali. Now he wants to take on Mike Tyson.
True Crime
August 31, 1989
“I Loved the Dapper Bandit”
She was a hooker. He was a race car driver. They fell in love. She moved in. He put on his three-piece suit and went to work. She was always on call. They fought. She moved out. Then she found out that his real job was bank jobs.
Behind the Lines
August 31, 1989
Behind the Lines
The Baptist guerrilla.
Books
August 31, 1989
The Way of the Buffalo
Dallas novelist C. W. Smith takes a long, hard look at a subject with a painful history.
Art
August 31, 1989
New World to Conquer
For years, the Dallas Museum of Art sought prestige by following the mainstream. The new director thinks it’s time to change course.
Business
August 1, 1989
The Texas 100
Wealthy Texans have been heard to say that money is just a way of keeping score. Here's the scoreboard.
Being Texan
August 1, 1989
The Sundown Kids
Once upon a summer, children whiled away their twilight time with outdoor games like Piggy Wants a Whistle, Witch o’ Witch, and Fox Across the River.
Arts & Entertainment
August 1, 1989
Parish the Thought!
FYI: The Houston Post’s new society sleuth has great connections, a phone in her purse, and the complete attention of Houston’s haut monde.
State Secrets
July 31, 1989
The Battle Begins
Previewing the legislative battle over abortion.
Roar of the Crowd
July 31, 1989
The Dark Side
Following spirit religions.
Reporter
July 31, 1989
So Long, Starck; Bye-Bye, Blue Bird
The Starck Club, R.I.P.
Feature
July 31, 1989
The Texas 100: Introduction
How we calculated the fortunes of the richest Texans.
Feature
July 31, 1989
The Big Picture
A legacy of the Great Depression, murals in Texas post offices inspire reflection on the state’s splendid history and its grand potential.
Behind the Lines
July 31, 1989
Behind the Lines
Silver or Mickey Mouse?
Art
July 1, 1989
The Temple of Destiny
In downtown Mexico City are the ruins of the great Aztec pyramid, the site where one empire ended and a new world began.
Politics & Policy
July 1, 1989
On the Defensive
Jim Wright’s attorney Steve Susman is living proof that clients may lose, but lawyers don’t.
Politics & Policy
July 1, 1989
The Mommy War
Kids in T-shirts bearing political slogans, ideological confrontations in the supermarket, skirmishes at the PTA. Welcome to the battle between moms who work and moms who don’t.
True Crime
July 1, 1989
How Not to Rob a Bank
Two nice guys with financial troubles thought they found the perfect solution to the bust. Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Music
July 1, 1989
The Semi-Reluctant Rock Star
How did shy, sweet Edie Brickell become America’s hottest new performer? By sticking to her vision —and doing what the record company told her.
State Secrets
June 30, 1989
State Secrets
Texas cleans up its act with natural gas.
Roar of the Crowd
June 30, 1989
Roar of the Crowd
Sharing our treasured spots
Reporter
June 30, 1989
First Author
A Texas Novelist Finds Favor in Washington.
Media
June 30, 1989
Bach to Basie
Dallas’ KERA discovered that music that’s good for you doesn’t have to be boring.
Best and Worst Legislators
June 30, 1989
1989: The Best and the Worst Legislators
We just rate them. You voted for them.
Business
June 30, 1989
Greed is Good
Having a billion dollars isn’t everything, unless you’re Harold Simmons.
Art
June 30, 1989
Texans Versus Shapes
Heroes in the shade.
Books
June 30, 1989
Territorial Imperative
A fresh look at the U.S. war with Mexico shows that the effects of this forgotten conflict are still being felt today.
Business
June 1, 1989
The Long, Strange Trip of Ed Bass
Interesting things can happen when a man with an unusual vision also has an unusual amount of money.
Travel & Outdoors
June 1, 1989
The Perfect Hill Country Weekend
An excursion through the best part of Texas, featuring sleepy little towns, clear little streams, pluperfect biscuits, and two-headed goats.
Business
June 1, 1989
Rock Bottom
A series of terrible decisions and bad breaks ruined Gibraltar Savings. Is rescuing it another mistake?
State Secrets
May 31, 1989
Sonny Disposition
A barbecue shrine is rescued from the pit of despair; Boone Pickens gets gasses in an Amarillo political war; Bill Clements blocks a wildlife refuge for Texas.
Roar of the Crowd
May 31, 1989
Fun Fare
Flying high on low tech; facing a painful but complex issue; waging war on pests.
Reporter
May 31, 1989
Texas’ Nuclear Neighbor
Triple threat: Scientists fret that an underground nuclear dump will pollute the Pecos; surveyors set off a storm over the center of Texas; cities sweat safety risks from stolen aluminum.
True Crime
May 31, 1989
The Work of The Devil
The disappearance of a University of Texas student in Matamoros led police to the discovery of a drug-dealing cult whose rituals were not only unholy but unthinkable.
Behind the Lines
May 31, 1989
Behind the Lines
Not so hard-core.
Books
May 31, 1989
Moving On
Dave Hickey’s fine short stories are enhanced by the scarcity; Texas expatriate William Humphrey takes on the Cherokees’ Trail of Tears.
Art
May 31, 1989
Soviet Idealism
In a Fort Worth exhibit of Russian and American paintings, two groups of artists use the same vocabulary to express profoundly different views of life and art.
Style & Design
May 1, 1989
Talking Heads
In some Texas establishments it’s hard to tell the boys’ from the girls’.