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September 1997

Table of Contents

Features

They worked hard, overcame obstacles, bucked conventional wisdom, and touched our lives. Meet the most impressive, intriguing, and influential Texans of 1997.

Governed by generosity.

An animated personality.

Ready for her close-up.

Culinary assimilation.

Taxes are his target.

She’s got a secret.

Culturally centered.

Columns

Behind the Lines

Is there such a thing as privacy on the Internet?

First Person

Willie 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.

Television

Cash-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.

Travel

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.

Sports

For Texas’ Kuehne kids, excelling at golf is par for the course—and the least their father will accept.

Reporter

Reporter

By trying to have it both ways in the coup against Newt Gingrich, Dick Armey hurt the Republican party—and himself.

Reporter

A history mystery involving ranching’s King family.

Reporter

The heavenly hits of God’s Property.

Reporter

A bat man builds a super cave (holy conservation!).

The Ex Files

Face

In The Studio

Low Talk

The governor’s media guru is accused of spousal abuse.

Miscellany

The Inside Story

Last Page

What respiratory ailment afflicted Jimmie Rodgers, prompting fans to shout “Spit ’er up and sing some more”?

Roar of the Crowd

Attacking the House of Yahweh: defending Texas pols.

Recipes

Will you enjoy the smoke-roasted shrimp at Houston’s Moose Cafe? You can plank on it.

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