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April 1990

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Features

Robert A. Caro has spent fifteen years writing his monumental biography of Lydon Johnson. He is halfway through.

In this excerpt from Means of Ascent, the shy, withdrawn young wife of Lyndon Johnson reveals a presence and command that took everyone by surprise—including her husband.

Twenty years after the first Earth Day celebration, environmentalists are once again trying to get Texans interested in saving the planet. There are good reasons why they may once again fail.

The Lone Star State had top billing in many a grade-B western, and the proof is in the placards.

In her golden years, a lady is free to be imperious, incorrigible, impertinent, and altogether indispensable.

In education, Texas ranks below (gasp) Mississippi. Here’s how to turn the public schools around without throwing billions of dollars down the rathole.

Columns

The guilty set free.

Politics

With Henry Cisneros out of office, opponents shoot down a tax increase, and San Antonio retreats to 1980.

Art

Drawing from its extensive Texas art collection, Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts has assembled a concise survey of a vast subject.

Travel

When in New Orleans for the Jazz and Heritage Festival, do as the locals do: Search out the neighborhood restaurants and clubs.

Reporter

Robert Bass goes after a Florida newspaper’s charitable trust; hikers and bikers go after each other on the fitness trail; a Metroplex entrepreneur goes in for class reunions.

Miscellany

Too much of a beautiful thing; codependent once more.

The battle over the best way to put the space station into orbit; how Oscar Wyatt plans to lower his electric bill (and raise yours); why we should control the lending, not the spending, in the governor’s race.

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