September 2000
Table of Contents
Features
The Texas TwentyThey saved lives and enlightened us, gave us pleasure and gave of themselves. Meet the most impressive, intriguing, and influential Texans of 2000. Television • Angie HarmonNot just a pretty face. Comeback • Thomas "Hollywood" HendersonThe big payoff. Medicine • Wayne IsomHe's all hearts. Education • Rod PaigePassing the test. Politics • Karl RoveGetting W. to D.C. Music • Elida ReynaTops in tejano. Food • Phil RomanoRestaurant raja. Law • Bill JohnstonWaco white hat. Sports • Mia HammGoal-oriented. Theater • Roger HorchowA Tony guy. |
Face • Shannon ElizabethAmerican cutie-pie. Literature • John Phillip SantosGetting personal. Art • Joseph HavelBreaking the mold. Scholarship • Jacques BarzunMan of the centuries. Religion • W.C. and Donna MartinFamily values. Film • Bonnie CurtisProducing results. Environment • Steve ManningFor the birds. Business • Sanjiv SidhuShy-tech. Science • George F. BassDive, he said. Dance • Deborah YatesIt's all in the gams. |
Columns
SportsSwamp ThingIt's no croc: September is alligator season in Texas, and hunters are taking to the marshes hook, line, and rifle. ProfileChange of RoutineSixteen years after her Olympic triumph, Mary Lou Retton talks about her family, her career, and what she really thought of Bela Karolyi. |
First PersonOne Man's FamiliaMy grandfather came to America penniless and undereducated, and he worked hard to give his family the things he went without. His greatest legacy is that he did just that. TravelGoing UndergroundNorthern Mexico's Gruta del Palmito provides a caving experience that won't leave you in the dark. |
Reporter
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdA vote against Texas Democrats. Hot Book ExcerptThe Devils Tiger |
Recipes
State FareStick to the ribs at Austin's La Traviata. |
