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Loser Take All

News flash: Lloyd Bentsen is still running for president.

The Great Airline War

Will Texas International Airlines's “whiz kids” fizzle?! Will sexy Southwest conquer all?! Will Braniff lose its routes?!

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The Runaround

The people of No Man‘s Land are wondering whether government really works.

Who Was Jack Ruby?

If you thought you knew, you were probably wrong.

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Big Mamas

Two women—one a conservative Republican, the other a liberal Democrat—are the best politicians in Houston.

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Democracy, Mexican Style

All political parties are equal, but one is more equal than all the rest put together.

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You Be the Judge

The battles in John Connally’s trial were fought before the jury, but the war may have been won offstage.

The Last Aggie Joke

Behold the miracles at College Station!

The Hottest Place in the Whole U.S.A.

How the Texas heat can sap your energy, dull your intelligence, send you to an early grave, and make you sweat.

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1975: The Ten Best and (Sigh)…The Ten Worst Legislators

Guess which list had the most competition.

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Power Politics

How Coastal State Gas pulled the plug on the Texas consumer.

Under the Rug

Some embarrassing (and perhaps illegal) aspects of Dolph Briscoe’s campaign.

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What Your Mother Never Told You About Rice

A grain of truth about the high cost of food.

The Most Dangerous Airports in Texas

Pray now, fly later.

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Off with Their Heads

Is the new Congress out to strip the Texas delegation of its power?

H. L. Hunt’s Long Goodbye

The strange legacy of the world’s richest man.

Pomp and Circumstance

The private life of a public high school.

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Sirens in the Night

Great ambulance drivers are made, not born.

Om, Om on the Range

Alpha waves, past lives, and other explorations of the subconscious.

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Give Me Liberty

Price Daniel, Jr. begins his premature retirement (maybe).

The 1975 Bum Steer Awards

Last year’s disreputable moments, lowest jinks, outrageous events, and preposterous personalities.

A Matter of Life and Death

If you have to be critically injured in Texas, be sure to pick the right place.

Sole Brothers

Can the legislature’s black caucus hang together?

The Best Show in Town

Here’s the plot for the legislature’s 140-day run, opening soon.

A Place in the Sun

Can Texas still make it as a nation? Can Dolph Briscoe make it as a sheik?

Is Texas Obsolete?

The question is not so hard; it’s the answers that are the problem.

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The Men with Bentsen’s Ear

It’s going to take more than one man to run the country.

The Unveiling of Lloyd Bentsen

The White House is the only challenge left.

Open and Shut

This is a free country. Isn’t it?

There’s No Business like Snow Business

There’s money in them there hills.

The Unmaking of a President

The University of Texas is playing the same old game—politics.

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The Fastest Gun in the West

Being a straight shooter is its own reward.

Barons of the Court

Need a criminal lawyer? Here are the biggest names in the state.

Warren Burnett for the Defense

He may have pleased the court, but what about himself?

The Wildcatter’s Wildcatter

Glenn McCarthy still roars like a lion.

The Lonely Search for Oil

Of doodlebugs, boll weevils, rockhounds, and wildcatters.