February 1990

Feb 1, 1990 — By Skip Hollandsworth

Codependency leaders preach that we are the victims of a psychological plague. It remains to be seen whether they are selling us a valuable insight or merely a bill of goods.

Feb 1, 1990 — By Paul Burka

Three crucial elements that will determine the outcome of the Texas governor’s race.

Feb 1, 1990 — By Jan Jarboe Russell

The eldest son of Trammell Crow used his money for drugs, guns, and high living. His wife spent a fortune on personal trainers and self-promotion. Now they’re squaring off in an L.A. divorce court.

Feb 1, 1990 — By Al Reinert

Locked away in NASA’s storage vaults was some of the most glorious footage ever filmed. I thought turning it into a movie would be a snap. Ten years later I’ve revised my opinion.

Feb 1, 1990 — By Lawrence Wright

With the cold war fading into history, Fort Worth’s General Dynamics now has to regard peace as not merely an ideal but an economic reality.

Feb 1, 1990 — By Mimi Swartz

She might have long legs, blond hair, and eyes as blue as a Panhandle sky. But a Texas woman isn’t really beautiful unless she works at it.

Feb 1, 1990 — By Paul Burka

The day the lights (almost) went out in Texas; why Gib Lewis’ reelection is crucial for Democrats; more trouble in the supreme court.

Feb 1, 1990 — By Texas Monthly

Mapping the desert grandeur of Big Bend, pondering the problems at a Dallas high school, tearing down for moving up in a Houston neighborhood.

Feb 1, 1990 — By Skip Hollandsworth

Peer pressure dispenses juvenile justice in Montgomery County.

Feb 1, 1990 — By Bill Crawford and genefowler

San Antonio’s mail-order Mayans were New Age before there was a new age.

Feb 1, 1990 — By Skip Hollandsworth

Coasta Bend farmers are desperate for a rainy day.

Feb 1, 1990 — By John Morthland

Carnivores have their steakhouses, herbivores their sprout spots. Now insectivores can munch their way through the Aztec menus in Mexico City.

Feb 1, 1990 — By Will Harte

Horizontal drilling has not only hit pay dirt in South Texas-it has also revived oil-patch wheeling and dealing.

Feb 1, 1990 — By Gregory Curtis