1975 – Page 3 of 5

Menace in the Grass

What you can’t see can hurt you.

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Tortuga’s Complaint

Peter Matthiessen writes of men pursuing a dying profession and Philip Roth pursues his critics.

Tales of Shrimp

Out on the Gulf in a small boat, searching for the makings of shrimp cocktails, shrimp baskets, and shrimp salads.

AH Current

Cool off this summer with a dip into one of the state‘s best old-fashioned swimming holes.

Touts

The summer hath its joys.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

Janis on My Mind

Requiem for a musical heavyweight, the hard-singing, hard-living girl from Port Arthur.

Light Switch

Turning off the juice to Texas utilities.

Wanderers East, Wanderers West

Day of the Locust, French Connection II, The Passenger: doing some hard traveling.

Upward Nobility

How to tell what you‘re looking at: a guide to architectural Texas.

1975: The Ten Best and (Sigh)…The Ten Worst Legislators

Guess which list had the most competition.

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Oakland

When Billy Martin takes his Texas Rangers on the road, the games are among the least of their worries.

Sometimes a Great Noshing

The intricate dietary laws of Kosher cooking have a latke going for them.

Contest

Just having a little pun.

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The Hungry I

Frederick Exley shows how to get too much of a good thing.

Tortilla Flats

Will Tex-Mex music gain the world but lose its soul?

Touts

Much ado about nothing.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

The Russians Are Here

How some of the world’s best dancers ended up in Texas.

Dealing Dirt

How real estate syndications can make (and lose) money for you.

Exile’s Return

Polish up your statues of Adam Smith: supply and demand is back!

The Graduates

A portfolio of the Class of 1975.

Don’t Think It Won’t Happen Just Because It Hasn’t Happened Yet

Killer bees, acid from the sky, and exploding railroad cars may all be in your future.

The Deadly Smell of Success

A new method of oil recovery means more energy, more wealth, and . . . death.

Retreat from Liberation

A different sort of women’s movement has this basic belief: give in and ye shall receive.

Not Guilty

John Connally on trial.

Country Kitchens

A guide to restaurants in the Hill Country.

Contest

Seeing triple.

Pop Art

Bringing up father is harder these days than it used to be.

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White Man’s Burden

Exploring the heavy price of Empire.

Touts

Yeast is yeast and fest is fest.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

Sweet and Low

High-brow music doesn’t have to be high priced.

Private Pleasures

Why going public is not the stock market killing it once was.

It’s a Steal

Frank Perry used a lot of hackneyed material in his new film, but Neil Simon just ripped off his own.

Power Politics

How Coastal State Gas pulled the plug on the Texas consumer.

This Man Loves Car Wrecks More Than Anyone in the World

For A. O. Pipkin, happiness is a head-on collision he wasn’t in.

Under the Rug

Some embarrassing (and perhaps illegal) aspects of Dolph Briscoe’s campaign.

The Greatest Experience of Your Life

Climbing the social ladder, and other exercises at Hill Country summer camps.

Pray for Sharks

Cuddling up to a thousand pounds of ravenous hunger.

Southern Charms

In Charleston they haven’t forgotten one of the things the Old South was famous for: good cooking.

Contest

Blood and irony.

So Rare

Some good reasons for collecting rare books and some good places to do it.

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