December 1983

Dec 1, 1983 — By Peter Elkind

Agriculture commissioner Jim Hightower discovered that he could help the little guy by becoming one of the big boys.

Dec 1, 1983 — By Alison Cook

Fie on the cilantro fad, greaseless barbecue, and indiscriminate mesquite-grilling. Let’s hear it for Frito pie, catfish plates, and other gems of Texas’ true cuisine

Dec 1, 1983 — By Anne Dingus

Yes, Virginia Sue, Texas really does have its own holiday traditions.

Dec 1, 1983 — By Warren Skaaren

In death as in life, the Mexican revolutionary is still causing trouble. This time the border skirmish is over his death mask.

Dec 1, 1983 — By Paul Burka

She may be past her prime, but Galveston still clings to her aristocratic heritage and her precarious place on the sand.

Dec 1, 1983 — By Ann M. Sparks

December 1941 in Clarksville was a time to celebrate peace on earth amid the rumblings of war.

Dec 1, 1983 — By Tom Curry

Jan 20, 2013 — By Paul Burka

She may be past her prime, but Galveston still clings to her aristocratic heritage and her precarious place on the sand.

Dec 1, 1983 — By Patricia Sharpe

The halls are alive with the sound of music.

Dec 1, 1983 — By Paul Burka

More trouble ahead for Jim Mattox; oil pipeline for sale—cheap; the EPA gets dumped over toxic dumping; raindrops on GTE’s head at Braniff Place.

Dec 1, 1983 — By Texas Monthly

Banks play domino, Presidio plays it cool, Beaumont plays to win.

Dec 1, 1983 — By Texas Monthly

Perforations.

Dec 1, 1983 — By W. L. Taitte

These days the Houston Symphony Orchestra isn’t playing the same old thing. Conductor Sergiu Comissiona battles boredom by playing brand-new works and little-heard older ones.

Dec 1, 1983 — By William Martin

Houston’s First Baptist Church wants to be number one in Texas, and an eye-popping Christmas spectacle is one way it beckons the faithful.

Dec 1, 1983 — By nealmorgan

Listen up, you Monday morning quarterbacks. How much do you really know about the classic triple option?

Dec 1, 1983 — By Gregory Curtis

Dropping the aristocratic burden.

Dec 1, 1983 — By John Davidson

The last book by native Texan William Goyen, Arcadio is a weird and wonderful fable about a search for self-acceptance and peace.

Dec 1, 1983 — By James Wolcott

Terms of Endearment features a Houston setting but also drab cinematography and cramped direction. The sickening Star 80 goes too far; the impressionistic Rumble Fish reaches too high.

Dec 1, 1983 — By Doug Ramsey

Fabled Texas pianist Peck Kelley appears, at last, on a gold mine of an album. There’s lodes more with Red Garland, Pete Petersen, and other jazz whizzes.

Dec 1, 1983 — By Dick Reavis

Masons in trouble; Wally in wonderland; vice in Amarillo; vitamins in Mount Pleasant; Czechs in print.