October 1991
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Features
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Benny and the Boys
Sure, they were gangsters, but they were our gangsters.
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The Best and the Worst Legislators 1991
We bring you the heroes and the villains of the Capitol circus. Guess which list had more contenders?
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The Eye of the Bull
All I wanted to do was photograph the running of the bulls. I never intended to risk my life.
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What a Dish!
We cleaned our plate at restaurants across Texas. Here are the results: 66 irresistible specialties of the house.
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Columns
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Unsung Hero
Austin’s Kevin Schwantz is one of the world’s most famous and highest-paid athletes, and no one in Texas knows who he is.
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Born Again
Like Houston, the Galleria was hit hard by the bust. Now savvy marketing and a face lift have brought back its glamour.
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This One’s a Beaut!
How a Fort Worth glass manufacturer became a modern-day medici.
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Sincerely, Clint
Oilman, sports-man, high liver, Clint Murchison also knew how to write a good letter.
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Buried Treasures
Sifting through stored collections, the Dallas Museum of Art discovers a tradition of spiritual subtlety among Texas artists.
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Reporter
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Let’er Rip!
Brown’s formula for success guarantees a happy ending.
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Le Rave On
Where else but Texas would a rocker go to record Buddy Holly?
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Club Hubbub
A private club’s prolonged turf war of the sexes leaves everyone teed off.
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S.A. Print Wars Revisited
It seems like only yesterday that media czar and San Antonio Express-News owner Rupert Murdoch rallied his troops in Texas’ most heated daily newspaper war with the battle cry “Bury the bastards.”
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Late Bloomer
Recognition has come very late for Texas’ oldest living artist.
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Video of the Month
We’ve Never Been Licked, the World War Two vintage drama starring the Texas Aggies.
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Class Speaker
Jim Wright is passing out copies of his book again-and this time it’s required reading.
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Web
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Bread
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast 1 3/4 cups warm water 1/2 cup active sourdough starter (see recipe, below) 5 scant cups unbleached all-purpose flour or bread flour 1/2 cup powdered milk 2 teaspoons sea salt or plain salt 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter …
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Miscellany
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Firefighter at the End of the Day
Paris-based Sebastião Salgado was among the international corps of photographers who converged on Kuwait last February to document the oil-field inferno that the retreating Iraqis left behind. On assignment for the New York Times Magazine, Salgado also captured the crushing weariness of the firefighters, many of whom worked for Texas firms. His images and those …
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State Fare
LocuStreet Bakery, San Antonio