October 1991 Issue

The Eye of the Bull

All I wanted to do was photograph the running of the bulls. I never intended to risk my life.

Benny and the Boys

Sure, they were gangsters, but they were our gangsters.

1991: The Best and the Worst Legislators

We bring you the heroes and the villains of the Capitol circus. Guess which list had more contenders?

State Fare: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Bread

Former San Antonio paralegal Debra Auden is a law unto herself when it comes to baking—she learned by trial and very little error. Three years ago, she made her first loaf of Italian peasant bread. It turned out so well that she started selling bread to friends before opening a

Buried Treasures

Sifting through stored collections, the Dallas Museum of Art discovers a tradition of spiritual subtlety among Texas artists.

Sincerely, Clint

Oilman, sports-man, high liver, Clint Murchison also knew how to write a good letter.

The Catfish Farm

This One’s a Beaut!

How a Fort Worth glass manufacturer became a modern-day medici.

Born Again

Like Houston, the Galleria was hit hard by the bust. Now savvy marketing and a face lift have brought back its glamour.

Unsung Hero

Austin’s Kevin Schwantz is one of the world’s most famous and highest-paid athletes, and no one in Texas knows who he is.

Class Speaker

Jim Wright is passing out copies of his book again-and this time it’s required reading.

Video of the Month

We’ve Never Been Licked, the World War Two vintage drama starring the Texas Aggies.

Late Bloomer

Recognition has come very late for Texas’ oldest living artist.

S.A. Print Wars Revisited

It seems like only yesterday that media czar and San Antonio Express-News owner Rupert Murdoch rallied his troops in Texas’ most heated daily newspaper war with the battle cry “Bury the bastards.”

Club Hubbub

A private club’s prolonged turf war of the sexes leaves everyone teed off.

Le Rave On

Where else but Texas would a rocker go to record Buddy Holly?

Let’er Rip!

Brown’s formula for success guarantees a happy ending.

Guard Duty

Firefighter at the End of the Day

Paris-based Sebastião Salgado was among the international corps of photographers who converged on Kuwait last February to document the oil-field inferno that the retreating Iraqis left behind. On assignment for the New York Times Magazine, Salgado also captured the crushing weariness of the firefighters, many of whom worked for Texas

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