1993 – Page 5 of 5

Brother J.H. Lewis and His Church

Political Pretexts

A Natural Phenomenon

A Hill Country ecobusiness discovers that green is also the color of money.

Engraved in Stone

An ancient cache of pebbles and flints yields North America’s oldest art.

Bunker Mentality

A small town hunkers down for a court fight with Bunker Hunt’s bankruptcy trustee.

The Sound of Música

Texas’ tejano radio stations dish out a spicy mix of music and patter in English and Spanish, and the ratings are magnifico.

Border Bonanza

Look for Texas to win big with North American free trade, as U.S. exports boom and Mexican companies migrate north.

Water Babies

Deepwater Gulf shrimp get all the press, but the sweetest, most succulent shrimp in Texas come from the bays.

Shooting Stars

With wit and grit, Amarillo-born photographer Mark Seliger persuades reluctant celebrities to show their true selves.

Scarred

Not long after she made her trek from Texas to New York, Marla Hanson saw her modeling career end at the hands of a razor-wielding thug. Six years later, the cuts on her face have healed, but the emotional wounds remain.

The 1993 Bum Steer Awards

It was a year of absent Alamos, buried Barbies, castrated calves, derriere drawings, errant escalators, filching frats, grid-iron graduates, hightailing hoopsters, income-tax immigrants, jailed joggers, Keating kudos, lascivious linksters, mercenary morticians, nonoffensive nachos, overdrawn officials, Perot pumpkins, querulous quackers, relaxed Rangers, safe-sex students, testosterone teeth, undersea upraisings, visionary vacuumers, wounded

Frozen Assets

Amy Miller built an Austin ice cream empire based on equal parts business savvy and zaniness. But will her winning formula travel?

A Mighty City