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October 1997

  • Features

  • Columns

    • Texana

      Historical Friction

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      Conflicting accounts of the killing of German immigrants in the Hill Country during the Civil War are creating a certain amount of dis-Comfort.

    • Television

      Pup Culture

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      Thanks to his penchant for classic literature, Wishbone is the new top dog in kids’ entertainment.

    • Politics

      Cop-out

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      Why is it so hard for cities like Austin to hire a police chief?

    • Music

      Rare Byrd

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      Beaumont’s Tracy Byrd may be a hunky, hitmaking hat act, but if it’s all the same, he’d rather be singing an old Bob Wills tune.

    • Books

      Writes of Passage

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      Getting published was supposed to be a cure-all, but for Austinite Louise Redd, it was just another chapter in the life of a struggling novelist.

    • Behind the Lines

      Seven Women

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      Should Texas execute a woman? You could debate that question to death.

    • Religion

      Jailhouse Flock

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      What is ex–football star Bill Glass’s plan for reforming hardened prison inmates? God is in the details.

  • Reporter

    • Topic A

      The (Non)candidate

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      George W. Bush faces a dilemma. What’s a poor front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination supposed to do when all anyone in the media wants to talk about is when he’s going to announce his intentions? Why don’t interviewers ask him about shoes or ships or sealing wax—anything but that? The key to success in …

    • Reporter

      Titillating

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      A new sports bar inspires Abilenians to get something off their chest.

    • Reporter

      Car Talk

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      Stanley Marsh 3’s mobile autos.

    • Reporter

      Air Fair?

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      The plane truth about airline surcharges.

    • Reporter

      Mrs. Ed.

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      Is the most outspoken member of the State Board of Education a selfless public servant or simply a prima Donna?

    • Low Talk

      Burning Bridges

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      For Robert James Waller, life imitates art—and irritates wife.

    • Face

      Reneé O’Connor

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      Their mission is to save the world, not conquer it, but the stars of Xena: Warrior Princess are winning television-ratings battles from San Angelo to Slovakia. The two-year-old syndicated show airs in more than eighty countries, making Lucy Lawless, who plays Xena, the first leather-clad TV lead since the Fonz—and making Katy native Reneé O’Connor, …

    • The Ex Files

      Dan Rather

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      MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, Grandma Page, was up at three-thirty or four o’clock in the morning to bake and churn and get ready for the cotton fields on our family farm in Bloomington. At night, after all the cooking and sewing, there was energy left for her reading. “Come, Danny, I’ll read to you,” she would …

    • Hot Box

      CD and Book Reviews

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      Hot CDs Few voices evoke the pathos of country and western tragedy as genuinely as the rich, honeyed timbre of George Jones. By 1962, the year Jones signed with the United Artists label, the East Texan had been divorced, jailed, and was already as legendary for his hard drinking as his handful of top-ten singles. …

  • Web

    • Recipe

      Wrap It Yourself

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      How to stuff a wild tortilla.

    • Recipe

      Rigatoni With Basil-Pecan Tomato Pesto

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      Tomato Pesto Pesto 1 cup chopped pecans 4 medium garlic cloves 3/4 cup olive oil 25 large fresh basil leaves 10 sprigs Italian parsley, leaves only 10 leaves fresh mint salt and pepper to taste 1/2 to 1 tablespoon red-pepper flakes 1 1/2 pounds tomatoes, blanched and seeded 3 tablespoons good-quality Parmesan cheese 1 pound …

  • Miscellany

    • Roar of the Crowd

      Shop Talk

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      The ins and outs of Saks appeal.

    • Last Page

      “Tex”

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      Which Tex sang “High Noon” and which was a member of the Manson family?

    • The Inside Story

      Travelin’ Man

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      Senior editor Joe Nick Patoski provides readers with what you used to get at your local gas station: full service. Writing so-called service pieces—mini-guidebooks that offer readers do-it-yourself instructions and suggestions for trips and other leisure activities—has taken the 46-year-old resident of Wimberley all over Texas. Says Patoski: “I’ve climbed the state’s highest peak [‘Show …

    • State Fare

      State Fare

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      Pesto, change-o: Luigi’s in Galveston serves up a magical veal dish.