September 1997
Table of Contents
Features
The Texas TwentyThey worked hard, overcame obstacles, bucked conventional wisdom, and touched our lives. Meet the most impressive, intriguing, and influential Texans of 1997. Music • LeAnn RimesLittle miss hits. Public Service • Bill HobbyGoverned by generosity. Television • Hank HillAn animated personality. Health • Eric Moon-shong TangSmoking out the truth. Film • Renée ZellwegerReady for her close-up. Self-Promotion • Eddie WilsonMan equals myth. Architecture • Ted Flato and David LakeMaster builders. Business • Michael DellStill plugged in. Multimedia • Chris RobertsThe name of the gamer. Literature • Angela Shelf MedearisDoing the write thing. |
Food • Tri LaCulinary assimilation. Politics • Bill ArcherTaxes are his target. Publishing • Christy HaubeggerPitching to a rich niche. Law • Lucius D. Bunton IIIHere comes the judge. Gossip • Liz SmithShe’s got a secret. Science • Richard E. SmalleyGood chemistry. Performing Arts • Jo LongCulturally centered. Art • Peter MarzioOn the money. Environment • Phyllis GlazerWaste not. Sports • Tara LipinskiThe ice girl cometh. |
Columns
SportsThe Links That BindFor Texas’ Kuehne kids, excelling at golf is par for the course—and the least their father will accept. First PersonMy WillieWillie Nelson and I have been friends for years, so why did I decide only now to make him a character in one of my mystery novels? The plot thickens. |
TravelOh, Say, Can You Sí?Until recently, I couldn’t. Then I enrolled in language school in the charming Mexican town of Guanajuato, and two weeks later I was comfortably conversant in español. TelevisionNo ShowCash-poor PBS stations can’t seem to come up with innovative new ideas, so they ought to resurrect an innovative old one: Newsroom, the best local public- affairs program in Texas history. |
Reporter
FaceElkaThe Ex FilesBarbara BarrieReporterArmey of OneBy trying to have it both ways in the coup against Newt Gingrich, Dick Armey hurt the Republican party—and himself. |
Hot BoxCD and Book ReviewsIn The StudioYule Love ItTopic APower Surge |
Miscellany
The Inside StoryWhat a Drag |
Last PageJimmie RodgersWhat respiratory ailment afflicted Jimmie Rodgers, prompting fans to shout “Spit ’er up and sing some more”? |
Recipes
State FareWill you enjoy the smoke-roasted shrimp at Houston’s Moose Cafe? You can plank on it. |
