Behind the Lines
February 1, 1989
Behind the Lines
Three years and $400,000 later.
1989 – Page 4 of 4
News & Politics
January 1, 1989
If These Walls Could Talk
. . . they’d tell a tale of a half-century of Dallas wheeling and dealing
Travel & Outdoors
January 1, 1989
Superbonanza!
Look out, Waxahachie! Here come the Protonettes, the Big Bang Motel, and the Phil Gramm Institute
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1989
Superpolitics
Will Texas’ acquisition of the supercollider increase the state’s clout in Washington? We’d better hope so, because now that we’ve got it, we’ve got to get the money to deliver it
Health
January 1, 1989
Dad’s Last Home
It was the hardest decision I ever had to make. Had the time come to put my father in a nursing home?
Lifestyle
January 1, 1989
Onward Through the Fog
The plane was heading to Houston at dawn. Surely the pilot was kidding when he said we would be landing in Nashville.
Travel & Outdoors
January 1, 1989
Making Waves
It’s cold and rainy; your stress level has reached an all-time high; your roof has sprung a leak. But you don’t have to sit still for this. Escape to the Bay Islands of Honduras.
State Secrets
January 1, 1989
State Secrets
UT football on the Longhorns of a dilemma; who’s supreme at the Supreme Court; a taxing idea in Washington.
Sports
January 1, 1989
Two-Point Conversion
The question wasn’t whether my son was tough enough to play high school football. It was whether I was tough enough to watch him do it.
Roar of the Crowd
January 1, 1989
Roar of the Crowd
Cleaning up with Heloise; fighting Crack in Dallas; testing the school district in Garland.
Reporter
January 1, 1989
Big Man, Small Town
An East Texas librarian learns the perils of shushing the wrong guy; Houston and Dallas put on the ritz for couture; and Citizen Butt picks the Texas Supreme Court.
Being Texan
January 1, 1989
Texas Primer: King Ranch Casserole
What kind of dish would a Texas clubwoman invent? One that’s not too greasy, not too spicy, and, well, sort of tasteful.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1989
God Help Her
How Madalyn Murray O’Hair became the supreme being of the American atheist movement.
Feature
January 1, 1989
Smile, Houston
Three photographers of international reputation reveal their own new yet unfamiliar first impressions of Houston.
Bum Steers
January 1, 1989
1989 Bum Steer Awards!
A year of avaricious Arabs, belligerent bovines, convincing Connallys, dubious degrees, elusive Elvises, furious firefighters, George's goofs, hassled Hunts. Ingenious inmates, jilted judges, knotorious Kneppers, loose locomotives, migrant moose, normative nerds, overcautious orchestras, preposterous pythons, qualmish queens, rampant roaches, Sue Ellen's swimsuits, targeted transvestites, upset umps, vetoed Virgins, wanton Willies,
Music
January 1, 1989
Playing It Safe
Take two Aspern: one a world premiere by the Dallas Opera, the other the Henry James novella on which the opera is based. Which is better for you?
Business
January 1, 1989
Bringing It All Back Home
Through shrewd buying and aggressive marketing, Fort Worth-based Pier 1 has transcended its old head-for-the-home image and emerged into the new age a more profitable company.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1989
Behind the Lines
The case against conspiracy.