Nicholas Lemann

Features

Texas Primer: The Tract House

It symbolizes either the American dream or the American nightmare—one or the other of which is enveloping Texas.

August 1982

Texas Primer: The Frito

Great fortunes have been made from this unassuming descendant of the tortilla.

May 1982

Texas Primer: The Hughes Drill Bit

This clunky piece of machinery made Howard Hughes very rich. It is the first in our series of things that every Texan should know.

February 1982

Sherwood Blount’s First Million

He believed in the American dream and it paid off.

October 1979

Super Medicine

At the Texas Medical Center the best hospitals, doctors, researchers, and medical technology anywhere in the world have combined to transform doctors from healers into superstars.

April 1979

So You Want to Be Chairman of Exxon?

How the world’s largest corporation decides who will make it too the top—and who won’t.

December 1978

Columns | Miscellany

Lily Buds, Tree Ears, and Fish Sauce

With just a nip of nuoc mam you’ll be on your way to the cooking frontier of Vietnamese food.

September 1985

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