April 1979
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Features
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The Hot Pink Empire of Mary Kay Ash
She learned the truth about selling cosmetics. Her customers didn’t want to buy products, they wanted to buy dreams.
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Fiesta!
Whether you drink champagne or beer, wear diamonds or rhinestones, one thing about Fiesta San Antonio is the same for everyone: it’s fun.
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What They Do All Day
Doctors are busy every minute. But what exactly are they up to?
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Super Medicine
At the Texas Medical Center the best hospitals, doctors, researchers, and medical technology anywhere in the world have combined to transform doctors from healers into superstars.
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Columns
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The Firing Line
The first shot in Clements’ campaign to cut 25,000 state employees fells 68 casualties.
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Lonesome Cowboys
When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? was already a bad play before it became a terrible movie.
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If You Knew Sushi
Good-bye, tacos. Hello, sukiyaki. A few restaurants are showing Texans the art of Japanese cooking.
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Pitched on Bach
J. S. Bach thrives in San Antonio and Fort Worth. Austin’s Dickran Atamian proves he’s a better pianist than entrepreneur.
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Sold American
China wants to drill for oil—and guess who knows how.
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Behind the Lines
The medical miasma.
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The Dark at the End of the Tunnel
Houston’s Museum of Fine Art resurrects the genius of Mark Rothko. James Surls tries to answer the tricky question: what is Texas art? Amarillo hosts five pioneers of American photography.
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Artichoke Season
The Alley turns Artichoke into candy. Whorehouse comes to Texas, where it belongs. The audience talks back to Women and Men.
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Taking It to the Limits
Austin City Limits makes pop music on television worth watching-and listening to. Also, musings on the superiority of Metroplex radio.
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Reporter
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Texas Monthly Reporter
Striking the right chord with the Fort Worth Symphony and the wrong one with Mexico; grounding Wayland Baptist’s Flying Queens.
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Miscellany
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Roar of the Crowd
Flying men and super horses.
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Puzzle
There’s no character like a Chinese character.
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The Inside Story
Out of production.
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Touts
Doctors, dixieland, and double-deckers.
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State Secrets
The F-16 bombs out; John White drops one on the Democrats.
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