June 1990
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Features
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The Lost Pyramids
An intrepid explorer searching out Mayan ruins in the Yucatan remains undaunted, despite the language, the unkind elements, and other tropical afflictions.
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Western Fling
With the cultrual diversions of a big city and the country comforts of a small town, Fort Worth is the perfect place for a typically Texan weekend.
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Can Kids On Drugs Be Saved?
Drug treatment seldom works: at many centers, greedy entrepreneurs prey on frightened parents and troubled kids. But one teenager’s parents decided to take one last, desperate step: they sent their son to the toughest program in Texas.
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Animal Attractions
These seven creatures might be piggy-backed, whale-boned, dog-toothed, goat-eed, elephant-eared, turtle-necked, and bull-headed, but they’re stars just the same.
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The Old Man and the Secret
Thirty years ago, people couldnt believe it: The old man’s elixir boosted crops, ate up sewage, and made the desert bloom. Today half a dozen Texas companies claim the elixir does all that and a whole lot more.
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The Fab Flacks
The nouvelle stars of Houston society are none other than Becca Cason and Holly Moore, the founders of the hippest, most with-it PR machine in the city.
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Columns
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One Tough Bird
After rescuing hundreds of birds from horrible deaths, a Midland woman has finally gained an ally in her war on open oil pits.
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Behind the Lines
The big buyout.
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Sacred Meets Profane
Benito Huerta reconciles the religious and the worldly in powerfuul new works at Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum.
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Reporter
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A Ride On the Wild Side
Conquering Arlington’s Texas Giant.
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Finding Mr. Goodbar
Author Don Diebel offers how-to tips for hungry gals in search of available guys like himself.
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Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Go. And While You’re At It, Don’t Light Up, Either
Kicking the habit in Randall County Jail.
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Clean-Clothes Workout
Pumping iron at Austin’s laundro-gym.
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Miscellany
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Roar of the Crowd
Recruiting for the environmental team: tackling Texas’ education crisis: seeking justice at the Court of Criminal Appeals.
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State Secrets
Hunting for hunting land in the Panhandle: hunting for new legal theories in the Supreme Court: hunting for a reason Bill Clements does what he does.
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