Contest
February 1, 1978
Contest
Are you from Blewett? Don’t enter this contest.
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Politics & Policy
February 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of this magazine.
Touts
January 1, 1978
Touts
Hot tubs and chili pots.
Roar of the Crowd
January 1, 1978
Roar of the Crowd
Last words on the West, the remains of the defenders of the Alamo, and Larry McMurtry’s sagging shelf.
Review
January 1, 1978
Texas Monthly Review
Royal women reign in Houston; Spanish artist eats dough; new novel for the operating table; more UFOs from Hollywood; wanted: a conductor for the San Antonio Symphony.
Reporter
January 1, 1978
Texas Monthly Reporter
Larry Flynt hears the call; everyone hears Bob Bullock; McConn job in Houston; ghost in the newsroom; and cotton on the dinner table.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1978
Corpus Delicti
Corpus Christi is the victim - what is the crime?
Lifestyle
January 1, 1978
The Line Forms Here
It’s tough to select food in a fast-moving serving line. A cafeteria is no place for the timid.
Dealing
January 1, 1978
Split Decision
Analysts can’t decide whether Tom Browne, Inc., is a silk stock or a sow’s ear.
Country Notes
January 1, 1978
Poultry in Motion
There are two ways to raise chickens: the right way and this way.
Contest
January 1, 1978
Contest
Saying will make it so.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
Like most wrong ideas, the concept of the sunbelt didn’t matter until people started putting it into practice.
Touts
December 1, 1977
Touts
Three patchwork quilts, two wine shops, and a pinata in a pear tree.
Roar of the Crowd
December 1, 1977
Roar of the Crowd
A flood of letters on a wave of immigrants.
Review
December 1, 1977
Texas Monthly Review
Disco sounds you can live with; two new books from the trenches of Viet Nam; taking a swing at Alexander Calder; the Van Cilburn winner's circle; move over Austin, C&W reigns elsewhere.
Lifestyle
December 1, 1977
Paternity Suits
If you think parenthood begins with dirty diapers and 2 a.m. feedings, you’re nine months off.
Dining Out
December 1, 1977
Cheap Frills
We offer you a weekend in Mexico City you can’t refuse.
Contest
December 1, 1977
Contest
In the St. Nick of time.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1977
Behind the Lines
This may be the Me Decade, but fortunately a great many people haven’t gotten the word.
Touts
November 1, 1977
Touts
Some spicy meat rolls, a three-cornered hat, and a little pillow talk.
Roar of the Crowd
November 1, 1977
Roar of the Crowd
Readers choose up sides on issues of Houston cops, gas derregulation and raising kids.
Review
November 1, 1977
Texas Monthly Review
The case of the missing ear; a musical World Series with plenty of winners; and a big book with a small chance for success.
Energy
November 1, 1977
Port’s Complaint
What happened when Big Oil and Big Government fought it out over the superport?
Dining Out
November 1, 1977
A Very French Bean
Will a vegetarian starve in France?
Dealing
November 1, 1977
Between the Sheiks
John Connally proves that business makes for strange bedfellows.
Contest
November 1, 1977
Contest
Homily grits.
Business
November 1, 1977
Word of the Profits
Move over Harold Robbons: religious books sell big.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1977
Behind the Lines
Some nice words about the police, exploring Texas, and listening to opportunity knock.
Touts
September 30, 1977
Touts
Totes and tattoos.
Sports
September 30, 1977
Identified Flying Object
Frisbee, the sport of the counterculture, is going straight.
Roar of the Crowd
September 30, 1977
Roar of the Crowd
Dope informants, wine informants, even tractor pull informants.
Review
September 30, 1977
Texas Monthly Review
A North Texas summer of song and dance; Tarzan discovered in the jungles of Fort Worth; the Musical Brownies reappear; little boxes made of ticky-tacky; and finally more money for the arts.
Reporter
September 30, 1977
Texas Monthly Reporter
Gas gushes in Maverick County; Priscilla blushes in Amarillo; Secret Service busts matchbooks; and a blizzard nearly busts Neiman’s.
Dining Out
September 30, 1977
Matzo Luck
Visit a deli. You’ll feel better.
Contest
September 30, 1977
Contest
Merger mystery.
Citywise
September 30, 1977
Solar On Ice
You can get burned with solar energy equipment—and not by the sun.
Politics & Policy
September 30, 1977
Behind the Lines
“Give me your tired, your poor . . . ”
Touts
August 31, 1977
Touts
A far far eastern trip; a place in the country; one hundred ivory-ticklers.
Roar of the Crowd
August 31, 1977
Roar of the Crowd
Best/ Worst legislators: everybody loves somebody sometime.
Review
August 31, 1977
Texas Monthly Review
Good news/ bad news about Shakespeare; Doug Sahm controls his destiny; San Antonio gets jazzed up while Dallas goes crazy for pops; Texas poets in and out of their elements.
Reporter
August 31, 1977
Texas Monthly Reporter
Willie movin’ on; Erhard moving in; Hofheinz cleared; Gloria hacked; brown pelicans perking up; Chileans kicking off.
Lifestyle
August 31, 1977
Masculine/ Feminine
Renewing the old adage of child rearing—you can’t fool mother nature.
Energy
August 31, 1977
The Heretic
It’s been Us and Them in the deregulation fight, but one of us has become them.
Dining In
August 31, 1977
To Herb Is Human
Bored? Lonely? Put some herbs in your life.
Contest
August 31, 1977
Contest
Commentations.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1977
Behind the Lines
Houston has the healthiest urban economy in the nation, but money can’t buy happiness.
Touts
July 31, 1977
Touts
Take a walk on the wild side.
Roar of the Crowd
July 31, 1977
Roar of the Crowd
The power of diamonds, black magic, picante sauce, and, last but not least, goats.
Review
July 31, 1977
Texas Monthly Review
Horses at the Theater Center; autos at the CAM; opera in the park; sweet music in the rough roadhouses; and the man of a thousand dances.
Reporter
July 31, 1977
Texas Monthly Reporter
The hottest political rumor in Houston (also the hottest divorce); what West Texans do for fun; death in a Sierra Blanca jail; why El Pasoans are so laid back.