February 1991
February 1991
Table of Contents
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Features
Sissy Spacek’s Long Walk HomeYou can take the girl out of East Texas, but you can’t take East Texas out of the girl. SurvivorsPortraits of the last of some exotic animals now sheltered in Texas. More Precious Than OilPipeline leaks, unplugged wells, toxic drilling materials, and a virtually unregulated oil industry are leaving a legacy of polluted groundwater. |
“I’m Not a Bad Girl. I Just Do Bad Things”Kristin Bauman, the 21-year-old with a $1.2 million trust fund, learned early on that notoriety is far more seductive than propriety. Sweet HeartsLove at first bite: Valentine messages that are in good taste. Is the Legislature For Sale?To reassure a skeptical public, members must pass an ethics reform bill this session. And here’s what it should say. |
Columns
Behind the LinesThe biggest BanditsShoppingBarney’s Does DallasLove, love, kiss, kiss: New York’s hippest store meets Texas’ fashion capital. |
BusinessSaving FaceNearly two years after the Exxon Valdez relations gurus are busy telling industries how to avoid looking bad. PoliticsThe Old SoldierIn 1957 General Walker warned his troops of rampant communism and lost his job. Today the world has changed, but he hasn’t. Popular MusicYo, Y’allCarrollton’s Vanilla Ice is the country’s coolest rapper, and several other Texas acts are hot on his heels. |
Reporter
ReporterNowhere to RunRefugees from a polluted world do battle for a toxic-free zone in the Trans-Pecos. ReporterPower TripBodybuilder John Jacobs wants to pump you up-for Jesus. |
ReporterMagnet MusiciansSingers Edie Brickell and Sara Hickman share a formula for success attend the right school and take up art. |
Miscellaneous
Roar of the CrowdTales From the Oil PatchState Wide BusinessQuestion AuthorityA tiny Houston delivery firm did-and now it has the broadest trucking rights ever granted in Texas. State Wide BusinessHock TreatmentWith clean, well-lighted places-filled with bargains-Forth Worth-based Cash America is spiffing up the sullied image of pawnshops. |
State of the ArtAtlas MothState SecretsHigh Water |
D's use the spectre of Karl Rove to raise money (Tue Jul 1 at 12:20 AM)
Oh Big Brother, Where Art Thou (Fri Jul 4 at 9:30 AM)
Clay Felker (Tue Jul 1 at 11:15 AM)
Madam, I'm Adam (Sun Jun 22 at 4:34 PM)
Eating Vancouver (Mon Jun 30 at 10:04 PM)
