September 1996
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Features
The Texas TwentyThey worked hard, overcame obstacles, bucked conventional wisdom, and touched our lives. Meet the most impressive, intriguing, and influential Texans of 1996. Television • Chuck NorrisLone Ranger. Music • Kirk FranklinThe voice of God. Literature • Mary KarrForm follows dysfunction. Education • Charles MillerHead of the class. Film • Al Reinert and William Broyles, Jr.Scripting success. Media Circus • Michael IrvinDrugstore Cowboy. Religion • Kirbyjon CaldwellPracticing what he preaches. Law • Cheryl HopwoodSins of admission. Environment • Tony AmosGulf pro. State Politics • Dan MoralesCourting controversy. |
Art • Harriet and Harmon KelleyCollecting their culture. Food • John MackeyAce in the Whole. Cyberspace • Mike GodwinFreedom fighter. Health • Gloria FeldtFamily planner. Business • Richard RainwaterThe last tycoon. Sports • Michael JohnsonThe running man. Advertising • Lionel SosaBreadth of a salesman. Design • Anthony Mark HankinsFashionably affordable. National Politics • Tom DeLayCracking the whip. Theater • Lou Diamond PhillipsIt’s good to be King. |
Columns
FoodMesilla Real SoonThe time is ripe, and so are the chiles: This tiny, homey town in New Mexico is the ideal spot for a fall weekend getaway. ReligionIn God We BustSince the late eighties, dozens of big churches in Texas have put rapid growth ahead of financial health. Austin’s Great Hills Baptist is only the latest to pay the price. |
LifestyleNeedlemaniaIn an era of AIDS and family values, who’s crazy enough to have a tattoo? Some twenty million Americans, including sports stars, Academy award winners, the CEO of Nike, a Republican Secretary of State—and me. TravelMesilla Real SoonThe time is ripe, and so are the chiles: This tiny, homey town in New Mexico is the ideal spot for a fall weekend getaway. |
Reporter
ReporterA Whitman SamplerThirty years later, the legacy of Charles Whitman’s shooting spree at the University of Texas still towers above us. |
HomemadeThe Music ManFaceRyan Shams |
Miscellany
The Inside StoryGilt TripLast PageDarrell RoyalWhat is Darrell Royal’s code name, and what does his middle initial stand for? |
Roar of the CrowdTake CoverPoisonous words for the girl who poisoned her daddy. Plus: Dredging up controversy over the Intracoastal Canal. |
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