1977 – Page 4 of 4

Rich Man, Dead Man

Profile of a society murder and the woman who lived to tell about it.

Oops!

Everybody makes mistakes, but mistakes in the medical profession leave scars on everybody.

Rio Grande Redux

Our man-about-restaurants finds some old friends on the border of disappointment; other old friends just keep getting better.

Contest

Foreign aid.

Art and Soul

Art for your sake and no one else’s.

Behind the Lines

He’s Got a Secret

The Mexican pyramids are an open book compared to Peter Tompkins’s rambling account of them.

Touts

Let it rain, let it rein.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

The Last Record Store

There’­s a heaven for record collectors and it’­s in the middle of West Texas.

Raza Desunida

South Texas has had a revolution, but itís not the one José Angel Guttiérrez planned.

Just What the Doctor Ordered

A total stranger may be the best friend you ever had.

A Star Lives On

Barbara Streisand, that is. King Kong was better off dead.

Stars and Stripes

The rodeo where it really doesn’­t pay to win.

The Baptists Want You!

Don’­t take this wrong, but they’­ve hired Eldridge Cleaver to get you.

1977 Bum Steer Awards

All this, and the Legislature wasn’t even in session.

The Great American Addiction

Ready when you are, CB.

Works of Ort

Leftovers don’­t have to be left out.

Coping

Living in the country is all you ever wanted—and probably more than you bargained for.

Contest

File 13.

Behind the Lines

Apple and Oranges

The Oranging of America is not about the Longhorn football team taking over the government, but Max Apple’­s book is only slightly less bizarre.

Grape Nuts

Some Texans are going crazy over wine. Others are just going crazy.

Valley Cats

What has two legs, antennae, and is covered with sequins?

Touts

Now year this!

Basket Cases

Surprise! There may be hope for Southwest Conference basketball.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

Paper Tigers

These bureaucrats belong in a zoo.

Water Log

Some thoughts on why swimming is its own reward.

Tender Is the Plight

F. Scott Fitzgerald has better luck with Hollywood (this time) than Woody Guthrie.

Little Big Man

Is it worth being a United States senator when you’­re on the losing side all the time? Ask John Tower.

There Ought Not To Be a Law

There are two things you should never see being made: sausage and legislation. All in all, we’­d rather watch sausage.

Howard Hughes Lives!

In pursuit of the elusive billionaire’­s final mystery: who’­ll get his money?

How to Be Southern

Southwestern is out, Southern is in. Here’­s how to renew our charter membership.

Cafe Accompli

Enjoy a tropical eat wave in the Valley this winter.

Contest

Occupational hazards.

Minutia Man

Somewhere L.M. Boyd has an index card for everything.

Behind the Lines

Prosecution Complex

Being Watergate special prosecutor was hard; writing a book about it was harder.