With his starring role on The Larry Sanders Show, Rip Torn is no longer Rip scorned.
August 1994

Features
Fifty years after the bloody battle of Peleliu, Tom Lea’s paintings still prove war is hell.
The family that plays together stays together. Meet one of the world’s most successful classical music clans.
After years of maintaining perfect public composure, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison now wears her ambition on her sleeve.
The shocking story of Austin’s underworld, and how a state bureaucrat got in too deep.
It’s harvest time for the green chile—the mild-mannered pepper that adds zest to almost any dish.
Web
Columns
We set out to teach the French about real Texas chili. We ended up eating a big bowl of crow.
From The Manchurian Candidate to Prizzi’s Money, Richard Condon delivers wry thrillers readers can’t resist.
In 1968 Jug Burkett served his country in Vietnam. Today he battles the stereotype of Vietnam vets as down-and-out losers.
Miscellany
Reporter
My encounter with President Clinton had to be true. It was in the New York Times.
To Dallas, the World Cup meant gearing up for riots, a crime wave, and—of course—real football.