September 1998

Table of Contents

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Features

The Texas Twenty

They worked hard, overcame obstacles, bucked conventional wisdom, and touched our lives. Meet the most impressive, intriguing, and influential Texans of 1998.

SPORTS • Dennis Rodman

As the Worm turns.

THEATER • Robert Wilson

An impressive impresario.

ART • Luis Jimenez

Sculpting a legacy.

FASHION • Tom Ford

Man makes the clothes.

RELIGION • T.D. Jakes

A blast from the pastor.

POLITICS • Paul Begala

The great defender.

MEDIA • Debby Krenek

Read all about her.

MUSIC • Shawn Colvin

Grammy came home.

FOOD • Stephan Pyles

A recipe for success.

RADIO • Tom Joyner

The host with the most.

HEALTH • Jack Roth

The doctor is in.

LAW • Karla Faye Tucker

A matter of life and death.

Columns

First Person

The Belle Curve

Sexist, shmexist: For pure viewing enjoyment, my feminist friends and I know that nothing can match the Miss America Pageant.

Behind the Lines

Scorched Earth

This summer’s hot topic? Weather.

Health

The Eyes Have It

An anxious, alcoholic, stressed, and depressed Dallasite. A suicidal San Antonian. For each, a seemingly visionary treatment.

Business

Success by Design

At Texas’ top industrial design firm, the old style-versus-substance debate is a nonstarter: Why choose when you can have both?

Education

Class Acts

Long before they were chart-topping musicians, Erykah Badu and Roy Hargrove made the grade at an arts magnet school in Dallas.

Reporter

Reporter

The Bucks Stop Here

Who gave—and to whom—in this year’s big statewide races.

Reporter

School’s In

The charter school craze hits Texas.

Reporter

Son Rises

A Lake Jackson teacher goes to the head of New York publishing’s class.

Reporter

Watch Out

Advice for the new coaches of the Dallas Cowboys and the UT Longhorns.

Going To Press

Holding Court

Low Talk

War Is Hell

Why the Austin American-Stateman’s film critic is under seige.

Miscellaneous

The Inside Story

Little, Big Man

Texas Primer

Lee Trevino

Which soft drink’s quart-size bottle did Lee trevino use as a golf club?

Roar of the Crowd

Split Vote

For and against George W. Bush; Wichita Falls bites back.

State Secrets

Ballpark Figures