February 1987

Feb 1, 1987 — By Mimi Swartz

While U.S. businessmen and Mexican bureaucrats see her as the answer to their economic prayers, factory worker Graciela Fernandez just tries to get by—on about 66 cents an hour.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Dick Reavis

In his dream to create a dynastic empire along the Rio Grande, Chito Longoria went against the wishes of his family and the values of his native land.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Texas Monthly

On a map the border between Texas and Mexico is a precise demarcation. In the real world the border is a country all its own.

Feb 1, 1987 — By John Davidson

Anne Bass married one of the richest men in America. With his money and her ambition she became an important cultural force in Fort Worth and New York. Life was perfect. Then her husband left her.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Mimi Swartz

The secrets of love seen through a glass, clearly.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Janice Rubin

The god of merrymaking spends Mardis Gras in Galveston.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Paul Burka

The death of an oil well keeps an oil-field service company alive.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Kathy Lowry

Will deprivation, humiliation, and confrontation lead the way to a better, more confident you? A new self-help craze sweeping Texas wants you to think so.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Tina Rosenberg

The border’s self-appointed problem solvers promise new industry, more jobs, and better schools. So why won’t anyone listen to them?

Feb 1, 1987 — By Patricia Sharpe

Grading on the curve.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Texas Monthly

A winning ticket for the lottery; the oil bust is a boon for parks; doom and gloom at the Legislature; an early test for Jim Wright.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Texas Monthly

Dress for success.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Mark Seal

Hunting down ZZ Top imposters; staying dry with party-giver Frances Billups; test-driving fine art in Beaumont.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Texas Monthly

The Hole Truth

Feb 1, 1987 — By Dick Reavis

The view from the Great Freeway: I-35 is two things, the speediest drive from Dallas to the Valley and the clearest division of Texas into West and East.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Gregory Curtis

The Real Estate Stomach

Feb 1, 1987 — By Jan Reid

Walt Disney, Howard Johnson, and Margery Post Merriweather have one thing in common: they’re all trapped inside Max Apple’s new novel.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Jody Denberg

From Houston’s Miss Molly to San Antonio’s Claude Morgan, Texas is full of local music heroes. Does their road to success have to pass through Austin?

Feb 1, 1987 — By Patricia Sharpe

Want to eat fast and cheap? Fast-food kiosks are the answer. Here’s how these diminutive drive-throughs stake up.

Feb 1, 1987 — By Alison Cook

The City That Works isn’t working like it used to. Plus Amazing Cars of Texas #2, revolutionary folk art, and Topic A—what everybody can’t stop talking about.