Christmas gifts for those who have everything: service with a smile.
November 1977

Features
Feature
A Little Help for Your Friends

Design
View From the Top
Inside the cushy private boxes at Texas’ top sports stadiums, far from the madding crowd.



National Magazine Award Winner
The Last Frontier
The pioneers who came to tame the West met their match in the land of Giant.
Miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
Roar of the Crowd
Readers choose up sides on issues of Houston cops, gas derregulation and raising kids.
Reporter
Review
Texas Monthly Review
The case of the missing ear; a musical World Series with plenty of winners; and a big book with a small chance for success.
Columns
Energy
Port’s Complaint
What happened when Big Oil and Big Government fought it out over the superport?
Behind the Lines
Some nice words about the police, exploring Texas, and listening to opportunity knock.