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January 28, 2000

Volume 19, Number 22

features

  • The Sick Jock Guide

    Marion Winik has discovered yet another addiction, but this time, she probably won't quit. The Sick Jock Guide outlines her 10-step plan to late-life fitness.

    BY MARION WINIK

  • The Naked Gym Ape

    Stuart Prestidge wades into the exotic jungle of the Corporate Gym and surveys its creatures.

    BY STUART PRESTIDGE

news

  • Natural Selection

    Responding to market demands and consumer pressure, Whole Foods decides to banish genetically modified ingredients from its store-brand product lines.

    BY DAN OKO

  • A GE Glossary

  • Shopping Savvy

    BY DAN OKO

  • Growth Industry

    Whole Foods, Wild Oats, Bank on Consumers' Hunger for Natural Foods

    BY ERICA C. BARNETT

  • Whole Foods: Facts and Figures

  • Hitting the Bottleneck

    The Texas Department of Transportation tries to fix bottleneck project.

    BY AMY SMITH

  • On the Road Again

  • Naked City

    thomas "hollywood" henderson pulls out of council race, county democratic clubs offer candidates endorsements, linda curtis is at it again.

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Naked City

    The Colorado River Park plan enters its final stages, but several details, including the relocation of a bike path and a proposed environmental assessment, have to be worked out.

    BY DAN OKO

  • Naked City

    Texas Department of Housing and CommunityAffairs board members have begun questioning TDHCA staff guidelines for administering the agency's low-income housing tax credits, which critics say are arbitrary and too subjective.

    BY KEVIN FULLERTON

  • Naked City

    Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop's drkoop.com, an Austin-based online pharmacy, has established close ties with a "scientific" organization widely viewed as a front for its corporate underwriters.

    BY NATE BLAKESLEE

  • Naked City

    Action Items

  • Road Show

    watson goes to washington to talk transportation; city backs off of terrace pud money, no settlement yet with gary bradley, city may step in to stop expansion of hyde park baptist church, council to consider retail space at csc.

    BY JENNY STAFF JOHNSON

food

music

screens

the arts

columns

  • Page Two

    Hyde Park Baptist Church expansion update.

    BY NICK BARBARO

  • Postmarks

    City council elections must be coming up soon...

  • Public Notice

    Public Notice dips deep into the well of depression, but looks on the bright side, noting that Austin is full of cool groups like the SIMS Foundation and Project Transitions, not to mention fine, compassionate people who put themselves before others.

    BY KATE X MESSER

  • Day Trips

    Oak Thicket Park on Lake Fayette received a complete makeover when no one was looking.

    BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

  • After a Fashion

    Reflections on Saint Laurent.

    BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER

  • Mr. Smarty Pants

    Two-for-one holidays in Lithuania

    BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

  • Coach's Corner

    Coach weighs in on UT men's basketball (still lacks reliable offense), Super Bowk 34 (the Tennessee Titans should take it in an upset), and Bobby Phills' fatal car crash (tragic, but it was after all his own fault, and at least he didn't kill any innocent bystanders).

    BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON

  • About AIDS

    The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal against an insurance company's cap on lifetime benefits for AIDS treatment.

    BY SANDY BARTLETT

    • The Luv Doc: Real People vs. Smart Phones

    Nothing breaks the ice like a flawless recitation of the Monty Python 'Albatross' sketch

    Postmarks

    Letters to the editor, published daily

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