1976 – Page 4 of 5

Learning the Ropes

Wrestling isn’t fixed; it was never broken.

Contest

Talented scouting.

Space City Odyssey

Houston may have no heart, little soul, and concrete arteriesóbut it works.

Behind the Lines

Help Yourself

Peter Passel and Rollo May help those who help themselves.

The Horseman and His Apocalypse

People bring their gangly quarter horse colts to Bubba Werner to transform into winners. Now and again, he does.

Touts

Water, water, everywhere.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

So Close, So Far

The natural gas deregulation bill almost made it through the labyrinth of Congress, but not exactly in the way they tell it in the civics books.

Role Call

In which our author discovers that paternity suits him.

Gassing Game

Something you can’t see, hear, smell, taste, or touch could turn you a tidy profit—if you play your cards right.

The Wages of Fun

The worst things in life are free; venereal disease, for instance.

Meaner Streets

Who is the Taxi Driver and why is he doing those terrible things?

Did You Hear The One About The Farmer’s Daughter?

A strip-mining company made her an offer she couldn’t refuse.

The Highland Park Woman

Splendor in the suburbs.

Stationery

The proof of your imagination is in the paper.

The Last Kid on the Block

Elmer Wayne Henley is neither safe nor sorry.

The Most Powerful Texans

You can’t tell the players without a scorecard.

Specialties of the House

Some cheap but gourmet dishes you can make at home on the range.

Contest

Accidentally on purpose.

Behind the Lines

Fires and Brimstone

Spiritual desolation in Crawford’s The Backslider; spiritual warfare in Naipaul’s Guerrillas.

Touts

Pots, Prints, Pirouettes, Plants, and Pizza.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

Beyond the Fringe

Surprise yourself; discover the very old and the very new in classical music.

Who Runs Cowtown?

From a long heritage of paternalism Fort Worth gropes toward democracy.

Food For Thought

The savage trials of eating with civilized children.

Little Big Man

The small investor is still the key to a big-time market.

The French Lieutenant’s Shrew

Two films that make it on one level, lose it on another.

The New Facts of Life

Is doing what comes naturally good enough these days?

The Ultimate Game

Not all the action was on the field at Super Bowl X.

The Man Who Saw Too Much

Hugh Aynesworth can’t escape what he witnessed in 1963.

The Beer Joint

A long overdue homage to a cornerstone of Texas culture.

Muscling In On Texas Beer

How Coors is setting out to conquer Texas.

Not So Haute

Exploring the pleasures of French regional cooking in these here regions.

Contest

Oh, say can you sing?

Behind the Lines

Tennessee Schmaltz

T for Texas, T for Tennessee Williams’ autobiography, and T for terrible.

Touts

Notes and bolts.

What’s My Line?

Don’t bet your life—or your livelihood—on a football point spread.

Roar of the Crowd

Power Shift?

Who is Kirkpatrick Sale and why is he saying all those terrible things about us?

Power Shift?

Who is Kirkpatrick Sale and why is he saying all those terrible things about us?

The Rock Road to Success

ZZ Top knew a good thing when they saw it: Texas.

The Pit and the Podium

Lawrence Foster prepares for an encounter with Gustav Mahler.

On The Up And Up

You don’t have to like inflation to learn something from it.

The Eyes Have It

It was a good month for Stanley Kubrick and a bad month for computers.

The 1976 Bum Steer Awards

We spotlight the follies and foibles of our state that will go down in history—way down.