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.

by Paul Burka

FILM • Jennifer Love Hewitt

Teen screen queen.

by Jason Cohen

THEATER • Robert Wilson

An impressive impresario.

by John Rockwell

LITERATURE • Naomi Shihab Nye

Poetry in motion.

by Pamela Colloff

ART • Luis Jimenez

Sculpting a legacy.

by Michael Ennis

TELEVISION • Lisa McRee

Co-anchor aweigh.

by Cynthia True

FASHION • Tom Ford

Man makes the clothes.

by Anne Dingus

BUSINESS • Thomas O. Hicks

Hello, good buy.

by Skip Hollandsworth

DANCE • Carlos Acosta

Feet accompli.

by Patricia Sharpe

RELIGION • T.D. Jakes

A blast from the pastor.

by Jadell Forman

WHISTLE-BLOWER • Jennifer Long

Auditing the IRS.

by Gary Cartwright

POLITICS • Paul Begala

The great defender.

by Paul Burka

MEDIA • Debby Krenek

Read all about her.

by Helen Thorpe

MULTIMEDIA • John Romero

Game Boy.

by Kathryn Jones

MUSIC • Shawn Colvin

Grammy came home.

by Michael Hall

FOOD • Stephan Pyles

A recipe for success.

by Patricia Sharpe

RADIO • Tom Joyner

The host with the most.

by Joe Nick Patoski

HEALTH • Jack Roth

The doctor is in.

by Helen Thorpe

EDUCATION • Diana Natalicio

Diversity U.

by John Morthland

LAW • Karla Faye Tucker

A matter of life and death.

by Gregory Curtis

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.

by Anne Dingus

Behind the Lines

Scorched Earth

This summer’s hot topic? Weather.

by Gregory Curtis

Health

The Eyes Have It

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

by Jim Atkinson

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?

by Patricia Sharpe

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.

John Morthland

Reporter

The Bucks Stop Here

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

by Paul Burka

Reporter

School’s In

The charter school craze hits Texas.

by Claire Poole

Reporter

Son Rises

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

by Carol Flake Chapman

Reporter

Watch Out

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

by Gary Cartwright

The Ex Files

Elliott Smith

by Brian D. Sweany

Face

Lori Heuring

by Erin Gromen

Going To Press

Holding Court

by Jordan Mackay

Hot Box

CD and Book Reviews

Low Talk

War Is Hell

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

Edited by Evan Smith

Around the State

Recipe

Pork Medallions With Tangy Balsamic-Molasses Reduction

The Inside Story

Little, Big Man

by Jordan Mackay

Texas Primer

Lee Trevino

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

by Anne Dingus

Roar of the Crowd

Split Vote

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

State Fare

by Patricia Sharpe

State Secrets

Ballpark Figures

by Paul Burka