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October 1981

  • Features

    • Feature

      Throw It to Me!

      By

      Drew Pearson, Tony Hill, and Butch Johnson are wide receivers for the Dallas Cowboys – in other words, they’re artists, egomaniacs, fierce competitors, and the heart of the team.

    • Feature

      City of Destiny

      By

      An antinuclear neutralist, animal liberationist, Welsh nationalist, aspirant anarchist – and consummate travel writer – spends five full days in Houston, Texas.

    • Feature

      I Have a Scheme

      By

      Andrew Jefferson was on his way up in the judicial system. Larry Cager was a rising star in the Houston Area Urban League. Together they were giving the city’s black population the leadership it had always needed. And then along came trouble.

    • Feature

      Bats!

      By

      They’re ugly little things, but you’ve got to respect them.

    • Feature

      The Failures That Made Texas

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      When it comes to flops and fiascos, Texans can outdo anyone.

    • Feature

      Losing Big

      By

      Everybody knows the story about the young Texan who goes into business, works hard, and makes millions. But what happens when his luck runs out?

    • Feature

      How to Catch a Pass

      By

      Easy lessons from the three masters of the art.

  • Columns

    • Books

      Waste Makes Money

      By

      In With No Fear of Failure you’ll learn how you, too, can turn rags into riches. Daddy’s Girl knows Southern discomfort. Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission is the history of our own little OPEC.

    • Film

      Smitten Kittens

      By

      The lovers in The French Lieutenant’s Woman are just this side of maudlin, but the movie itself is harder to take than they are.

    • Education

      The Minds of Babes

      By

      With the Doman method of learning, your child may know as much as you do before he starts first grade.

    • Dance

      A Fan in Exile

      By

      One man’s long-distance love affair with the New York City Ballet.

    • Business

      A Little Bit of Heaven

      By

      Once the Hill Country meant small towns and Spartan values; now it’s ranchettes and easy living.

    • Behind the Lines

      Behind the Lines

      By

      In defense of failure—and success.

  • Reporter

  • Miscellany