January 1983

Jan 1, 1983 — By Texas Monthly

The sweetheart of the Apparel Mart: where she came from and where she’s going.

Jan 1, 1983 — By Victoria Loe

Twelve ran, Mike Andrews won. A saga of ambition, money, power, courage, and the nature of urban politics in Texas.

Jan 1, 1983 — By Alison Cook

Houston’s the ticket to a trip around the world. In that one city you can now eat, shop, drink and dance across the continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.

Jan 1, 1983 — By Dick Reavis

Every year communities scattered across Texas hold wet-dry elections. Each one pits the forces of fundamentalism against the forces of realism. This is the story of one such election.

Jan 1, 1983 — By Texas Monthly

Presenting blazing barbecue, bumbling Bush, blaspheming Baptists, and 118 more of the best of the worst of Texas.

Jan 1, 1983 — By Michael Ennis

A spectacular show at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts reexamines the genius of El Greco.

Jan 1, 1983 — By James Wolcott

Paul Newman stars as an existential ambulance chaser in The Verdict, a dismal study of law and disorder. Best Friends will alienate you; Heartaches will make you feel good. 48 Hrs. is dirty talk and deja vu.

Jan 1, 1983 — By David Seeley

Thanks to indulgent parents, many of today’s wealthy kids are disdaining dorms for UT-area condos - and forfeiting what may be the best part of a college education.

Jan 1, 1983 — By Nicholas Lemann

Negative utopias.

Jan 1, 1983 — By Paul Burka

In The Path to Power Robert Caro brings the Texas of the twenties and thirties to hot, scrubby life, but tries to fit the young Lyndon Johnson into a prefabricated and constricting mold.

Jan 1, 1983 — By Patricia Sharpe

Animal magnetism.

Jan 1, 1983 — By Paul Burka

One giant step for wives; one small step for John Glenn; why oilmen will never rule the world; why the new Texas congressmen won’t either.

Jan 1, 1983 — By Texas Monthly

Banned in the schools, school kids in the band.

Jan 1, 1983 — By Texas Monthly

A slice of life.

Jan 1, 1983 — By Peter Applebome

Two newspapers in search of nothing in particular; a fish story with a happy ending; an eleven-letter word for “crossword puzzle whiz”; the cutting edge of Corpus Christi’s minority politics.