1991 – Page 5 of 5

The Old Soldier

In 1957 General Walker warned his troops of rampant communism and lost his job. Today the world has changed, but he hasn’t.

“I’m Not a Bad Girl. I Just Do Bad Things”

Kristin Bauman, the 21-year-old with a $1.2 million trust fund, learned early on that notoriety is far more seductive than propriety.

Saving Face

Nearly two years after the Exxon Valdez relations gurus are busy telling industries how to avoid looking bad.

The biggest Bandits

The Hyde Park Rapist

In a venerable Austin neighborhood, the laid-back residents are tormented by a menacing presence—neither they nor the police—can defeat.

God’s Jeweler

Piety or passion: The trials of James Avery, craftsman.

Highway 1

Retracing the trail that tamed the Texas wilderness—the Camino Real.

Risky Business

Eastern states have hit the jackpot with lotteries. But will Lotto play in Texas?

Return to Sender

In 1998 Neiman Marcus shelled out $119 million for Horchow Mail Order—only to have the cataloger lose $28 million within two years.

State Secrets

A quarter may not be enough to buy a newspaper much longer.

Texas Desperado

Big Bang

The Art of Persuasion

The Grim Recorders

Gas prices, weather, and day of the week all count in the dismal task of predicting holiday highway death tolls.

Serious Fun

Check Magazine.

Coffee Mates

Passage to Indian

An enterprising businessman at the turn of the century steered tourists to the Southwest with Pueblo Deco architecture.

The 1991 Bum Steer Awards

It was a year of absent anchors, Bush broccoliphobia, contraband clocks, dastardly Dakotas, egad! Elections, foolhardy fig leaves, governor’s grackles, Hussein harmonizing, incoherent Incaviglia, jury junkets, KO kisses, licentious license plates, misunderstood mummies, naughty notebooks, oil-spill oratory, pretentious pyres, quintessential quadraceps, reverential Sakowitz, telephone telepathy, unwise uppercuts, viper volunteers, wildcatting

A Bitter Pill

The Governor Who Ate Onions