Business
April 1, 1992
Bingo Nation
The Choctaw Nation’s cavernous hall accommodates a weekly flood of fanatical game players.
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Business
January 1, 1992
The Rise and Fall (and Rise and Fall) of Marcy Rogers
When her charitable foundation collapsed amid allegations of mismanagement, the Dallas socialite did the unthinkable: She started a new one.
Business
January 1, 1992
Doing the Hustle
Today, TGI Friday’s is sedate, but twenty years ago this month, the place started the singles era in Dallas.
Business
September 1, 1991
The Texas 100
A fresh look at the state’s rich reveals that their fortunes continue to climb.
Business
August 31, 1991
Sales Pitcher
Whenever sports–souvenir companies look at Rangers ace Nolan Ryan, they see dollar signs.
Business
August 31, 1991
Plugged In
At Conn Appliances, employees—and customers—are members of the family.
Business
August 31, 1991
Red Tape
To drill for oil in Siberia, you have to overcome three things: the cold, the loneliness, and the Soviet bureaucrats.
Business
July 31, 1991
Radio Days
Thirty-five years ago, a Harlingen publisher turned in to Hispanic radio, only to become Texas’ least-known media mogul.
Business
July 31, 1991
King of Aces
A Dallas insurance firm’s big gamble—backing holes in one at golf tournaments—was right on the money.
Business
July 31, 1991
Safety Last
Deadly explosions at Texas petro-chemical plants have been linked to under-trained outside workers.
Business
June 30, 1991
Fraud Buster
An Austin investigator clues accountants in on how to sniff out financial shenanigans.
Business
June 30, 1991
Uniform Success
Williamson-Dickie of Fort Worth has a blue-collar gold mine in Dickies work clothes.
Business
May 31, 1991
Continental’s Drift
The airline’s second trip to bankruptcy court has put its future up in the air.
Business
May 31, 1991
Ranching Out
On the Y.O. Ranch, cattle don’t pay the bills—tourists and exotic animals do.
Business
April 30, 1991
Fathers of Invention
Two Dallasites put their heads together and opened a creative outlet for inventors.
Business
April 30, 1991
Food Fight
When Art Torres tried to sell a slice of his pizzerias, Pizza Hut boxed him in.
Business
April 1, 1991
Net Worth
How does NBA superstar David Robinson handle his millions? He passes them to a real mom-and-pop operation—his parents.
Business
April 1, 1991
Two-way Street
A year ago, Michael Dell was Wall Street’s whipping boy. Now he’s its darling.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1991
Meaner Than a Junkyard Dog
“Guys like me like Iraq,” says Houston oilman Oscar Wyatt. “That’s the way the real world works, baby.”
Business
March 1, 1991
Court Order
For a Houston court clerk, having millions in his bank account is not a dream-it’s his job.
Business
March 1, 1991
Making the Team
Whenever pro sports franchises are up for sale, appraiser Steve Matt is likely to be a major player.
Business
March 1, 1991
Means of Descent
As LBJ’s heirs go their own way, the family dismantles its business empire.
Business
February 1, 1991
Hock Treatment
With clean, well-lighted places-filled with bargains-Forth Worth-based Cash America is spiffing up the sullied image of pawnshops.
Business
February 1, 1991
Question Authority
A tiny Houston delivery firm did-and now it has the broadest trucking rights ever granted in Texas.
Business
February 1, 1991
Saving Face
Nearly two years after the Exxon Valdez relations gurus are busy telling industries how to avoid looking bad.
Business
January 1, 1991
God’s Jeweler
Piety or passion: The trials of James Avery, craftsman.
Business
January 1, 1991
Risky Business
Eastern states have hit the jackpot with lotteries. But will Lotto play in Texas?
Business
January 1, 1991
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.
Business
January 1, 1991
A Bitter Pill
Business
December 1, 1990
Two-way Radio
With a sweet leasing deal, Austin sister stations KASE and KVET pack a one-two punch on the FM dial.
Business
December 1, 1990
Dressed in Peace
When it’s time for that final fashion statement, a Fort Worth clothier has just the thing—complete with Velcro.
Business
December 1, 1990
Man at Work
Now that Drayton McLane has sold his family company to Wal-Mart, he has no intention of retiring from the daily grind.
Energy
December 1, 1990
Boomtown
Don’t give up on oil yet, Texas. Come along to Pearsall, deep in the brush country, and learn how the new oil boom is different from the old.
Business
November 1, 1990
Ad Men at War
How the battle for the Southwest Airlines account turned into a long-awaited showdown between Texas’s two top agencies.
Business
November 1, 1990
Pipe Dream
Polybutylene plumbing systems were supposed to be a homeowner’s fantasy; they turned out to be a nightmare.
Politics & Policy
October 1, 1990
Meet the Governor: Clayton Williams
Onward to the past.
Energy
October 1, 1990
Power Switch
Are customers of the Comanche Peak nuclear plant better off with safety advocate Juanita Ellis on the inside or the outside?
Art
October 1, 1990
The Quickest Draw In the West
Not since Remington and Russell has a cowboy artist sold so many works—for so much—as Fredericksburg’s G. Harvey.
Business
September 1, 1990
The Texas 100
Who’s up, who’s down, who’s gone, and who’s new on our second annual study of the state’s superrich.
Business
August 1, 1990
Howdy, Comrades! Let’s Do a Deal
A Texas businessman launches his one-man invasion of post-Communist Romania.
Business
July 31, 1990
Venus Behind Bars
A new private prison brought a belated boom to tiny Venus, but the state contends that the jailhouse is a bust.
Business
May 31, 1990
A Ride On the Wild Side
Conquering Arlington’s Texas Giant.
Business
May 1, 1990
Jeff Reynolds, Zillionaire
The mysterious Texan who tried to take over australia’s mighty Bond Corporation last January looked good on paper—but paper was about all he had.
Feature
April 30, 1990
Wouldn’t You Like To Be a Pepper Too?
A Dublin bottler is the only one in Texas who’s still sweet on traditional Dr. Pepper.
Business
April 30, 1990
A Bridge Too Far?
Laredo initially hated Monterrey’s plan for a new border crossing but had second thoughts when it realized that there was money to be made.
Business
March 1, 1990
Boom and Bust
When oil and real estate boomed, a lot of Texans rode the tiger. But the beast turned, and those who weren’t devoured faced the prospect of limping back. It has been a long but not uninteresting trip.
Music
March 1, 1990
Strike Up The Bands
The bands play on and on and on in Austin.
Business
February 1, 1990
The $76 Million Divorce
The eldest son of Trammell Crow used his money for drugs, guns, and high living. His wife spent a fortune on personal trainers and self-promotion. Now they’re squaring off in an L.A. divorce court.
Business
February 1, 1990
The Price of Peace
With the cold war fading into history, Fort Worth’s General Dynamics now has to regard peace as not merely an ideal but an economic reality.
Business
February 1, 1990
Chalk Talk
Horizontal drilling has not only hit pay dirt in South Texas-it has also revived oil-patch wheeling and dealing.