Dining Out
May 31, 1978
Currying Flavor
If you think lamb korma is a wooly creature with good vibes, you’ve got a lot to learn about Indian food.
Columns
Lifestyle
May 31, 1978
Uphill Racer
If the race is to the swift, what’s lefty over for the slow?
Health
May 31, 1978
Our Bodies, Our Cells
Life is a riffle. Cancer is a riddle. Are they all the same riddle?
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1978
Behind the Lines
What energy crisis?
Sports
April 30, 1978
Pennant Wise, Dollar Foolish
The Texas Rangers are spending their way to an American League pennant—or bankruptcy.
Dealing
April 30, 1978
High Risk Policy
An insurance company imbroglio—full of high rollers, big deals and pitched battles—ended with a bang, and a few whimpers.
Cityview
April 30, 1978
It’s Delightful, It’s Delovely, It’s Decatur
If you’re looking for the best place to live in Texas, think small.
Business
April 30, 1978
Unfriendly Skies
Braniff is hopping the Atlantic to London; Pan Am is just hopping mad.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1978
Behind the Lines
Why we don’t endorse candidates.
Health
April 1, 1978
The Agony and the Allergy
You don’t have to move to Arizona to cure your allergies, but you may have to get rid of your cat.
Dining In
April 1, 1978
Ooh La Lamb
Texas has always had lamb; now we give you lamb chops.
Country Notes
April 1, 1978
Stayin’ Alive
Varmints: we can’t live with ‘em and we can’t live without ‘em.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
Requiem for a heavyweight.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1978
The Case Against the Farmers
Everybody says they want to help the farmers, but nobody wants to face up to what they really need.
Lifestyle
March 1, 1978
Past Tense
Anybody can make history, but you have to go to a convention to become an historian.
Country Notes
March 1, 1978
Fencing Myself In
The best defense is a good fence.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
Crime and punishment.
Sports
February 1, 1978
The Boys of Winter
At the state touch football tournament, winning wasn’t everything—or was it?
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1978
Grasping At Strauss
For Bob Strauss, power is its own reward.
Dining Out
February 1, 1978
Fire and Rice
Now that you’ve mastered the art of using chopsticks, here’s something fantastic to put between them.
Dealing
February 1, 1978
Finders Keepers?
The feds are trying to get our gas again; this time they’ve gone all the way to the Supreme Court.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of this magazine.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1978
Corpus Delicti
Corpus Christi is the victim - what is the crime?
Lifestyle
January 1, 1978
The Line Forms Here
It’s tough to select food in a fast-moving serving line. A cafeteria is no place for the timid.
Dealing
January 1, 1978
Split Decision
Analysts can’t decide whether Tom Browne, Inc., is a silk stock or a sow’s ear.
Country Notes
January 1, 1978
Poultry in Motion
There are two ways to raise chickens: the right way and this way.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
Like most wrong ideas, the concept of the sunbelt didn’t matter until people started putting it into practice.
Lifestyle
December 1, 1977
Paternity Suits
If you think parenthood begins with dirty diapers and 2 a.m. feedings, you’re nine months off.
Dining Out
December 1, 1977
Cheap Frills
We offer you a weekend in Mexico City you can’t refuse.
Country Notes
December 1, 1977
Ol’ Blue
A good country dog is loyal, obedient, and knows the difference between a chicken and a possum.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1977
Behind the Lines
This may be the Me Decade, but fortunately a great many people haven’t gotten the word.
Energy
November 1, 1977
Port’s Complaint
What happened when Big Oil and Big Government fought it out over the superport?
Dining Out
November 1, 1977
A Very French Bean
Will a vegetarian starve in France?
Dealing
November 1, 1977
Between the Sheiks
John Connally proves that business makes for strange bedfellows.
Business
November 1, 1977
Word of the Profits
Move over Harold Robbons: religious books sell big.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1977
Behind the Lines
Some nice words about the police, exploring Texas, and listening to opportunity knock.
Sports
September 30, 1977
Identified Flying Object
Frisbee, the sport of the counterculture, is going straight.
Health
September 30, 1977
Jennie
A child with Down’s syndrome is neither Mongolian nor an idiot.
Dining Out
September 30, 1977
Matzo Luck
Visit a deli. You’ll feel better.
Country Notes
September 30, 1977
The World to Wine
Try the house wine; I made it with my own feet.
Citywise
September 30, 1977
Solar On Ice
You can get burned with solar energy equipment—and not by the sun.
Politics & Policy
September 30, 1977
Behind the Lines
“Give me your tired, your poor . . . ”
Lifestyle
August 31, 1977
Masculine/ Feminine
Renewing the old adage of child rearing—you can’t fool mother nature.
Energy
August 31, 1977
The Heretic
It’s been Us and Them in the deregulation fight, but one of us has become them.
Dining In
August 31, 1977
To Herb Is Human
Bored? Lonely? Put some herbs in your life.
Food & Drink
August 31, 1977
Meat
The raw truth about out steaks and chops.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1977
Behind the Lines
Houston has the healthiest urban economy in the nation, but money can’t buy happiness.
Politics & Policy
July 31, 1977
Pipe Dream
You’ve heard of the Texas Water Plan; now meet the Texas Coal Plan.
Dining In
July 31, 1977
Cream of the Crop
Ah, ice cream. Name another 200 calories more worth it.
Country Notes
July 31, 1977
Of Bees and Men
Oh bee, where is thy sting?