September 1997
September 1997
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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 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
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. |
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. 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. SportsThe Links That BindFor Texas’ Kuehne kids, excelling at golf is par for the course—and the least their father will accept. |
Reporter
ReporterArmey of OneBy trying to have it both ways in the coup against Newt Gingrich, Dick Armey hurt the Republican party—and himself. Topic APower Surge |
The Ex FilesBarbara BarrieFaceElkaIn The StudioYule Love ItHot BoxCD and Book Reviews |
Miscellaneous
The Inside StoryWhat a DragLast PageJimmie RodgersWhat respiratory ailment afflicted Jimmie Rodgers, prompting fans to shout “Spit ’er up and sing some more”? |
State FareMoose Cafe’s Cedar-Plank ShrimpWill you enjoy the smoke-roasted shrimp at Houston’s Moose Cafe? You can plank on it. |
GOP puts its comeback hopes on redistricting--and guess who is leading the way? (Tue Jul 8 at 10:34 AM)
Like That Kid in the Hockey Mask at the End of "Friday the 13th" (Wed Jul 9 at 1:42 AM)
www.heydorkthedamngovernorsmansionisonfire.com (Tue Jul 8 at 9:03 PM)
Madam, I'm Adam (Sun Jun 22 at 4:34 PM)
Eating Vancouver--Part 2 (Tue Jul 8 at 1:13 PM)
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