September 1999
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 1999. Health • Lance ArmstrongThe ride of his life. Face • Lauren BushThis year’s model. Music • The Dixie ChicksFly girls. Books • Louis SacharChildren’s writes. High-tech • Mark Cuban and Todd WagnerNet profiteers. Television • Stone Cold Steve AustinLord of the ring. Law • James Byrd, Jr.Crime and punishment. Politics • Karen HughesCommunicator in chief. Photography • Kate BreakeyArtist of the portrait. Business • Red McCombsDriven to succeed. |
Culture • José E. LimónFolk hero. Media • Marjorie ScardinoLondon calling. Film • Henry ThomasComeback kid. Education • Barbara R. FoormanRead all about her. Food • John CampbellSupermarketer. Community • Edward W. GuinnThe good doctor. Advertising • Charlotte BeersSelling it like it is. Self-help • Phillip McGrawOprah’s guru. Courage • Steven GonzalesA soldier’s story Sports • Tim DuncanIn-Spur-ational. |
Columns
BusinessJava Nice DayAfter years of not much brewing, Houston’s Duncan Coffee Company is piping hot all over again. ArtEdifice ComplexOnce upon a time, you went to a museum to see what was inside. Now you go to see the museum itself—and nowhere is this trend more in evidence than in Texas. |
MusicMex AppealRicky Martin? Jennifer Lopez? The real Spanish-language stars of the moment are the Monterrey punk, funk, jazz, and hip-hop duo Plastilina Mosh. MediaSchmooze PaperWhat do gossipeuse Liz Smith, politico Paul Begala, and Hollywood hotshot Robert Rodriguez have in common? They all worked—and networked—at the hundred-year-old Daily Texan. |
Reporter
FaceDrew Brees |
State SecretsShore ThingHot BoxCD and Book Reviews |
Miscellany
The Inside StoryThe Spong Remains the Same |
Recipes
State FareJailhouse Chili is a gastronomic pleasure for the Kinkster—and the rest of us. |
