November 1979
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Features
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Grand Indulgences
Whether you have $2 to spend or $25,000, our Christmas gist selections show how to have a wonderfully indulgent holiday.
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The Radner Papers
A legendary event in the legendary lives of a legendary Texas family.
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The New Apartment Slums
Behind the gleaming faÃ�ades of many new apartment villages are the crumbling walls of next year’s urban blight.
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The Truth about John Connally
There are two questions about John Connally: Is he good enough to be president? Is he too bad to be president?
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Trial by Water
Marathon canoe racing is the toughest sport in Texas. It’s tougher than bull riding, more grueling than pro football. The canoeists say that’s why it’s fun.
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Funky Hotels
Why subject yourself to the dreariness of impersonal, prefab hotels when these country hostelries are just down the road?
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Columns
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Three’s Company
Some Texas funny people get serious about their jokes.
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East Meets Wet
The Dalai Lama encounters Houston. He finds it good.
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Big D, Big Red, and the Big Apple
The Recovery Room band is at home in Dallas and New York, too.
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Breaking the Sound Barrier
Silence may be golden, but not to a stutterer.
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Over There
Filmmakers flub: Schlesinger’s Yanks, Fellini’s Orchestra Rehearsal, and Jewison’s—And Justice for All.
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Kindred Spirits
Don’t both with séances or clairvoyants. There is a much better way to contact the shades of the past.
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Semiconductors
The leaders of Houston and Dallas symphony orchestras start off the season with two perplexing concert series.
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Onward Christian Soldiers
Joining God’s army at Berachah Church in Houston; joining the fine families of Beaumont’s Trinity United Methodist.
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Behind the Lines
A modest proposal for the eighties.
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The Little Red Warehouse
Institutional green walls and stuffy classrooms are not a part of Houston architect Eugene Aubry’s Awty School design.
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Reporter
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Texas Monthly Reporter
A down-home journalist; the privileged pew; gas for a price.
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Miscellany
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Touts
The beat of a different strummer.
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State Secrets
Texas Democrats run scared over Teddy; Arkansas bigwigs cry foul over gas lease; Mexican diplomats make waves over salt water.
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The Inside Story
Copy cats.
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