February 1992

Table of Contents

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Features

Love and Hate at Texas A&M

A report from the front lines in the battle of the sexes—inside the Aggie corps.

Ernest Tubb Goes Electric

The great polka boycott, Willie’s Sunday school status, the cold trugh abour Vanilla Ice, and other notable moments in Texas Music.

The Real Education of Little Tree

An Alabama Klansman posing as a folksy Texas novelist almost pulled off the literary hoax of the century.

Are Men Necessary?

To hear some women tell it, nature created two genders, one nearly perfect and the other badly flawed. I wonder whether they’re right.

The Ranger Bandit

Steve Benifiel was an old-fashioned outlaw who practically owned the town of Ranger—until he was busted for running on of West Texas’ biggest drug rings.

The Last Obit

The Dallas Times Herald, 1879-1991, R.I.P.

Columns

Behind the Lines

A New Foundation

Art

Long Shot

Bert Long comes to Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum by way of the Fifth Ward, the Marines, haute cuisine—and the Prix de Rome.

Sports

Rubén, Rubén

The Texas Rangers have been thinking: Can they afford to keep Rubén Sierra, their best player ever?

Food

Pasta and Present

The latest news in Houston’s booming Italian restaurant scene is the savory cuisine of Tuscany.

Reporter

Reporter

Boneyard

Ken Barnes wants to keep his dinosaur fossils near home.

Reporter

Border Brawlers

Quick: Name the Laredo brothers who were world bantamweight champs at the same time.

Reporter

Selling Space

Space Center Houston will wow crowds with Disney gimmicks.

Reporter

Shock Jock

Whether on the field or on the tube, Steve McMichael’s roughhousing grabs fans.

Reporter

Well Strung

An Austin artist makes a stringed instrument of monumental scale.

Reporter

Bass on the Hook

A state breeding program aims to fatten up the trim, pugnacious bass.

Miscellaneous

State Secrets

Male Delivery

Recipe

Peppered Pork

State of the Art

Danny Turner with Roy Rogers

Roar of the Crowd

Ghosts of Dealey Plaza

State Fare

The Hill Top Cafe

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