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"...concert and were surprised to find dozens of security guards protecting the large, unused parking lots that now surround..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column

Open the Parking Lots!

"...concert and were surprised to find dozens of security guards protecting the large, unused parking lots that now surround..."

Oct. 9, 2006 Postmarks

Mr. October

"...self-imposed silence. As visions of Jamaal Charles following pulling guards around the farthest reaches of the right hash-mark soothe..."

Oct. 9, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

Welcome to Toros Country

"...talent to work with and will be looking to guards Ramel Curry and Andre Emmett to carry the load..."

Sept. 26, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

What's So Funny About Peace, Love, and Ice Cream?

Matt Allen's free ice cream melts the hearts of rockers everywhere

"...Train practicing their swings in the batting cage. Security guards lined the gates armed with Bomb Pops. Disco Biscuits,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Taco Kings, Besieged

A conflict with neighborhoods has made the previously independent street taco vendors organize in self-defense

"...the taco stands closest to homes and requiring security guards. It's clear that the main problem lies with a..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

Airline Discrimination?

Burundian author and runner Gilbert Tuhabonye has check-in trouble at Denver airport

"...friends at the airport, including one of the security guards that Coe had summoned. Having been in Denver to..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

Good Morning, Afghani-Stan!

Stan Knee will be one of thousands of former U.S. police officers now working abroad in lucrative postings, typically as private employees of international conglomerates under contract to the U.S. government

"...rebuke the company for the "aggressive behavior" of its guards, after complaints by Afghanis as well as European diplomats...."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Fortunate Son

Bass player to the stars, past and present, Mark Andes

"...have been replaced with silver guitar knobs backed by pick-guards cut into diamond shapes...."

May 19, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

2006 State Races

A sampling of some of the livelier contests taking shape in the March 7 primary and the general election in November

"...to result in a changing of the major party guards – at least until November.Texas Legislature (Travis Co. Delegation)HD..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Paradise, Loss

The year in reading, 2005

"...me at a TBF party, Graham had two personal guards accompanying her throughout her stay in Austin. I don't..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"..."constitutional deprivation." In short, she said that, if the guards had indeed put feces in Trevino's food, and, presumably,..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature

Endorsements

Travis County Bond Election

"...expand or improve service-related facilities that should serve inmates, guards, and citizens alike. As long as we're jailing them,..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature

Endorsements

No on everything. Double no on Proposition 2.

"...expand or improve service-related facilities that should serve inmates, guards, and citizens alike. As long as we're jailing them,..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature

Page Two

After the fall

"...safe and where driving to the beach requires armed guards and bulletproof glass?..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Phaedra's Love

Renaissance Austin Theatre Company's staging of 'Phaedra's Love' is not for the prudish eye, what with its incest, murder, rape, and graphic scenes that require splash guards

"...incest, murder, rape, and graphic scenes that require splash guards. English playwright Sarah Kane's take on the ancient Greek..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Second Wind

As the Katrina crisis subsides, the small victories and the larger questions persist

"...plates," he said. The caravan included schoolteachers, licensed security guards, and a diabetic woman in her 60s in need..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

911, We've Got a Smoker

Austin's new smoking ordinance takes effect today

"...the first, no tolerance. We're going to post armed guards at every door. It's going to be three months..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

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Our readers talk back.

"...more vacation home. It is "communities" with fences and guards, where no one knows anyone else. No one knows..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column

Future Isn't Pretty

"...more vacation home. It is "communities" with fences and guards, where no one knows anyone else. No one knows..."

Aug. 2, 2005 Postmarks

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Klaatu, Barada, and Nikto

"...of the Jedi three of Jabba the Hutt's skiff guards are named Klaatu, Barada, and Nikto...."

July 29, 2005 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...disabled patrons, and the Bexar Co. Detention Center, where guards allegedly abused a mentally ill Muslim man in part..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Kitchen Door

Since 1975, the Kitchen Door has been selling hearty home-cooked American comfort food to go, and despite its longevity, it shows few signs of aging

"...on the other hand, is always perfect. The staff guards the recipe more vigilantly than classified military intelligence, and..."

July 8, 2005 Food Review by Rachel Feit

An Austinite in Iraq

Local man describes the progress, failures, and dangers in Iraq after humanitarian work there

"...of people stay in their homes surrounded by armed guards – the marketplaces are active, and children, oblivious to..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Jeff Tonn

Shantaram

In addition to bolstering tourism, Gregory David Robert's Shantaram' will do for India what Alex Garland's The Beach' did for Thailand: realistically color a foreign world as an accessible frontier for adventure, intrigue, and, most importantly, new beginnings

"...pages – were destroyed in prison," most likely by guards, whom Roberts shows a virulent distaste for in his..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Books Review

The Hightower Report

Newt Gingrich is back ... hooray! And, job numbers are up – but wages aren't.

"...expecting the most job growth were: retail sales, security guards, cashiers, food service, janitorial, waitstaff, nurses, telephone customer service,..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3AM

This month celebrates the 400th anniversary of Cervantes' 'Don Quixote,' the first great novel of Western literature and the most prophetic, in which deconstruction, postmodernism, and literary theory wind up bumping into one another and falling down hard

"...A nail file, even? A ruse to con the guards? Does it do anything to get you out of..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

After a Fashion

"...as "quite lovely. If it weren't for all the guards, it would look sort of like a New England..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

AISD Goes Global

Johnston High School welcomes immigrant students and makes waves in the neighborhood

"...presence (Johnston has two police officers and three security guards, an apparent consequence of the district's increasing emphasis on..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Bicycles, Roses, and Survivors

The Lance Armstrong Foundation and the spirit of its founder

"...status imposes enormous obligations and petty aggravations (like security guards), Armstrong still keeps in touch personally with many cancer..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

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