October 1990 Cover

ON THE COVER: Photograph by Robert Latrorre

October 1990

Table of Contents

Features

Meet the Governor

Revealing profiles of Ann Richards and Clayton Williams raise the question. How about none of the above?

by Jan Jarboe Russell and Mimi Swartz

To the Brilliant Victor

Southwest Conference trophies, commemorating long-forgotten triumphs, are still winners. Photographs by Wyatt McSpadden.

by Helen Thompson

The Quickest Draw In the West

Not since Remington and Russell has a cowboy artist sold so many works-for so much-Fredericksburg’s G. Harvey.

by Skip Hollandsworth

Go Fish

See the Gulf Coast from the bottom up at Corpus Christi’s new underwater show.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Requiem in Blue

Recollections of guitar great Stevie Ray Vaughan.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Power Switch

Are customers of the Comanche Peak nuclear plant better off with safety advocate Juanita Ellis on the inside or the outside?

by Dana Rubin

Columns

Behind the Lines

Slinging Dust

by Gregory Curtis

Politics

Saddam’s Shadow

Iraq’s leader may baffle the West, but he’s even more of an enigma to his own people.

by James Hoggard

Lifestyle

Table Manners

For my grandmother, offering food to hungry relatives meant much more than just serving another meal.

by Lionel Garcia

Science

The Brain Trust

Computers will finally use commmon sense if an Austin high-tech team can make them think like people.

by Bryan Bleil

Books

That Mojo Season

An outsider exposes the hidden risks in Odessa’s bigger-than-life brand of football.

by Jan Reid

Reporter

Reporter

State Wide: Highway From Hell

Expressway anxiety? Dallas therapist Richard Carson can help you cope.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Reporter

State Wide: Disc Golf Versus Ball Golf

Disc freestyle champion John Houck puts a new spin on golf.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Reporter

State Wide: Bluebonnet Happening

Painter Keith Clementson demonstrates how to turn a bluebonnet painting in to a work of art.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Reporter

State Wide: Maquiladora Marketing

Nibbe’s Twin Plant News explains border economics to the world.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Miscellany

Roar of the Crowd

A Crystal Clear Issue

State of the Art

Rich Clarkson brings a new perspective to Texas A&M honor guards “humping it”—Aggies claim the peculiar crouch helps project yells—in game day usa, a survey of college football culture by 22 photographers, just issued by Kodak/Thomasson-Grant.

State Secrets

Five-Year Plan

Edited by Paul Burka

Recipes

Tamale-Stuffed Game Hen

State Fare

by Patricia Sharpe

Domain: A TEXAS MONTHLY Editorial Supplement

Domain

Crash Course; Rambling Roses; Absolutely Floored; Bones to Pick

Edited by Helen Thompson

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