June 2000

Table of Contents

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Features

Great Escapes

From a boutique hotel in hip South Austin to a bed-and-breakfast across the Mexican border, from fly fishing on the Llano River to bathing in the Chinati Hot Springs, 33 getaways the guidebooks don’t tell you about, courtesy of our intrepid staff of weekend warriors.

John O’Quinn Objects

“When a corporation does something that results in the death of people, what prison do you put them in?” asks the plantiffs lawyer Texas business loves to hate, and he’s just getting warmed up.

The Meating

Three friends, seven years, untold pounds of pork chops and prime rib, and a single tradition that elevates the experience above mere food.

The Case Against John Cornyn

If it pleases the court, the question before you is whether the attorney general of Texas has served his constituents or, as his critics charge, only his own political interests. What is your verdict?

“I’m Not Lovable, And I’m Not a Loser”

So says Don Baylor, the Austin native now managing baseball’s lowly Chicago Cubs. His players hear him loud and clear, but history has a way of repeating itself.

The Evolutionary

What do you do when you win a $295,000 MacArthur “genius” grant? If you’re biologist David Hillis, you keep teaching at the University of Texas as if nothing happened, and you keep chasing frogs.

Columns

Music

Chaps Schtick

How Lubbock’s Legendary Stardust Cowboy stays legendary after all these years.

Business

Rx for Trouble

As surgeon general—the nation’s top doctor— C. Everett Koop was much beloved and undeniably respected. So why is the Web site that bears his name in such disarray?

Behind the Lines

The Attack

The New York Times versus Texas: It’s only the beginning.

Sports

Winter in L.A.

Whether coaching the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles or leading the Lakers to their best record in years, Phil Jackson has had one constant: Wellington native Tex Winter at his side.

Education

Out Man In

UT regents want their next chancellor to be an academic? Whatever. At Texas Tech, a politician is the one in charge, and he's more than making the grade.

Reporter

Reporter

Executive Ranch

Life around the town of Crawford sure was slow until George W. Bush bought a ranch there.

Texas Classics

Rain Man

The Time It Never Rained.

Face

Ray Sexton and April Alford

Good neighbors, good fencers.

Low Talk

The Temp

Meet our governor . . . Rodney Ellis?

The Ex Files

Annette O’Toole

Dancing with Annette O’Toole

Hot Books

Shutdown

Hot Books

Galveston

Hot CDs

Figure 8

Miscellaneous

Around the State

Those jeans! That hat! George Strait returns to Dallas and Houston. Plus: Wichita Falls heats up the gridiron; San Antonio discovers Lebanese kibbe; Round Top sings James Dick's praises; and the Houston Comets tip off.

Texas Primer

Dennis and Randy Quaid

What is the one movie that Dennis and Randy Quaid appeared in together?

Roar of the Crowd

Making sense of the Aggie Bonfire.

State Fare

Will you enjoy the wrapped sea bass at San Antonio's Biga on the Banks? That depends on how you filo.