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May 1993

Table of Contents

Features

Dallas police say Charles Albright is the coldest, most depraved killer of women in the city’s history. To me, he seems like a perfect gentleman. Maybe too perfect.

After years of being alternately judged a great playwright and a great disappointment, Edward Albee has found his footing in Houston, where he teaches, socializes, and gets star treatment.

In these nine Texas towns, produce is more than product. It’s pride.

Even after his baseball career is over, Nolan Ryan will continue to be a role model for my kids—and me.

What’s behind the Bureau’s bashing of its director, former San Antonio judge William Sessions? Go ask Alice.

Columns

Behind the Lines

Sports

Far away from the crowded urban courses, there’s an older, saner game. Welcome to the pleasures of nine-hole golf and sand greens.

Business

The Texas real estate market is healthier than it has been in years, but watch out: The patient could suffer a relaps anytime.

Books

Renowned legal scholar and law professor Charles Alan Wright is deadly serious—about murder mysteries.

Travel

In Chiapas—Mexico’s wildes state—you can find cowboys, Indians, and ancient cities in the mist.

Reporter

Reporter

In a historic move, the state claims co-ownership of some Brazos Valley farms.

Reporter

A Dallas Lawyer juries with cinematic reenactments of accidents.

Reporter

At an obscure backwoods honky-tonk, Houstonians get a dose of the blues.

Miscellany

Roar of the Crowd

State Secrets

State of the Art

Recipes

The New Texas Cuisine by Stephan Pyles

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