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May 1995

  • Features

    • Feature

      Fear and Loading

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      At the state capitol, where talk of concealed weapons consumes us still, emotion is winning the day.

    • Feature

      Are Texans Gun Crazy?

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      During the first week of April, as the Legislature considered the case for concealed weapons, Texas mourned the consequences of two gun-related tragedies in Corpus Christi: the murder of Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla Perez and the shooting of five workers at a refinery inspection company by a disgruntled ex-employee. The question before us is whether …

    • Feature

      Burning Down The Woods

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      In 1990 the state banned the use of dogs to hunt deer. Ever since, a rogue group of East Texas hunters has exacted a fiery revenge.

    • Feature

      Take Me to the River

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      A complete guide to the coolest stretch of the Guadalupe: 22 miles of tubing, rafting, and all-around fun in the sun.

    • Feature

      Pump Fiction

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      Should Hollywood remake Giant? On the fortieeth anniversary of the filming of the Texas epic, we imagine Brad Pitt playing jett Rink’s grandson, Quentin Tarantino directing, and other scary scenarios.

    • Feature

      To Pack and Pack Not

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      We asked twenty famous Texans: Will you carry a gun?

    • Feature

      “I Shot to Kill”

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      When burglars targeted my Dallas business for repreated break-ins, I felt violated—and I fought back.

    • Feature

      Open Season

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      Are gun sellers responsible for gun deaths? Gun store owners and gun show promoters each say no, but that may be all they agree on.

    • Music

      The Queen Is Dead

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      When Selena Quintanilla Perez was killed on March 31, Texas mourned—and around the world, the veneration began.

  • Columns

    • Travel

      Greens With Envy

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      Want to golf this summer on three of the best-designed, least expensive courses in the world? Swing on down to los cabos, mexico.

    • Texana

      Davy Crock?

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      New York fireman Bill Groneman is disputing a critical piece of Alamo lore—and historians everywhere are burning mad.

    • Profile

      Spooking the CIA

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      Jennifer Harbury’s career as a lawyer in Texas was the prelude to her front-page fight with the U.S. intelligence community.

    • Politics

      Right, but Wrong

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      In his memoirs, archconservative state GOP chair Tom Pauken refights the cultural wars of the sixties—and loses.

    • Behind the Lines

      Some Shots at Guns

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  • Reporter

  • Web

    • Recipe

      Vegetable Stack

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      Recipe from Boulevard Bistro, 4319 Montrose, Houston. Okinomi-yaki Pancake Batter 6 eggs 1 cup flour 1 cup water 2 tablespoons fines herbes 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1/4 teaspoon fennel Pinch of cayenne Whisk ingredients together in a mixing bowl, let rest for 10 minutes, whisk again. Okinomi-yaki Vegetables 2 cups each thinly sliced …

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