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"...public hospital complex. Dr. Connolly casually refers to Seton's new state-of-the-art children's hospital that will grow and prosper "albeit..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Column

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"...Here's the new deal: You liberals keep up your mindless, agenda-seeking, condescending..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Column

Letters at 3AM

America has engaged in a long-term strategy, through three presidential administrations, to take over the Iraqi people whom we've made helpless from a ruthless form of bio-warfare.

"...about to relate come from his recent book The New Rulers of the World. The book is well-footnoted; if..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

The Secret Ingredients

Meet the best chefs you've never heard of.

"...the city's growth -- and the arrival of many new residents of different backgrounds and nationalities -- transformed its..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Beaten by Wackenhut

A former Travis County inmate alleges that Wackenhut Corporation bears responsibility for his prison beating.

"...court and 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans -- is factually simple but legally complex. Prater..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...of the Black Women's Political Caucus, the African-American community newspaper The Villager, People's Community Clinic director and head of..."

May 17, 2002 Column

'The Territory' Schedule

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"..."Fire of Time," Adam Cohen, New York, 28 min.: This experimental documentary captures the bleak..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Screens Column

Letters at 3am

We are swiftly losing our civil liberties as a result of the USA-PATRIOT Act, although this administration has shown it is not impervious to citizen complaints.

"...Our Founders knew about the emergencies of war; they'd just fought a..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

TV Eye

Entertainment television struggles to address the events of 9 / 11.

"...they were getting back to normal, the U.S. and Britain began bombing Afghanistan on Sunday. As a result, the..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Blow Up Your Video

MTV forces American youth to sell their souls, but has Joan Jett in a bikini!

"...music videos. Director Richard Lester combined elements of French New Wave cinema (e.g., quick cuts, restless camera work) with..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Explosive Dynamic Super Smash Hits!

Remembering ultimate cheese label K-tel

"...After almost two decades of chart success in Great Britain, NOW compilations were introduced to America in 1998. Last..."

May 4, 2001 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Storyteller

Talking turkey with X-Ray

"...about labels and stuff like that [see intro]. I knew my musician friends would come through with flying colors..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

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Defending the death penalty, the new Gov, the schools, and all that Jazz.

"...of public schools is unfair and unrealistic ["Sterling Lands' New Mission," Jan. 12]...."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column

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"...heard in the Texas Legislature. If more of us knew the rules of getting involved, we might not be..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column

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"...her die, he was just doing the best he knew how in a grim situation to ease his mother's..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Column

Forced From Home

Tim Miller Fights to Stay in the U.S. With the Man He Loves

"...going without having his say. He has written a new work titled Glory Box, which taps into the legal..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three/
Get Carter

"...movie and an excellent snapshot of a shabby, rundown New York that has largely been forgotten in the Giuliani..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Mr. Mom

More men are taking time off from work to enjoy fatherhood

"...School. From Delgado to the prime minister of Great Britain, today's fathers are faced with the decision of whether..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

The Return of Wayne Douglas

A flood of posthumous Doug Sahm CDs, both old and new, hits record stores

"...such as Commander Cody's Bill Kirchen on lead Telecaster, New Braunfels singer-songwriter Clay Blaker, Tommy Detamore on steel guitar,..."

June 23, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Kings of Monterrey

Hanging out in Monterrey with a passel of up-and-coming Mexican rockers

"...look to them for guidance, because they're experimenting with new sounds and rescuing elements of traditional music...."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

From Here to Eternity

The only punk rock band that mattered, and why they still do

"...a sort of earth-toned, earth-shoed woodgrain plastic drift. Seventies Britain, on the other hand, was a dreary place, light-years..."

May 19, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

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"...provided in the full coverage. We can't understand why newspapers, in their capacity as a public trust, don't provide..."

May 12, 2000 Column

Exit 'Downtown,' Right on Sunset

In her latest project, singer Petula Clark sets aside her image as chirpy pop starlet to play mad screen diva Norma Desmond in the musical version of Sunset Blvd. Clark tells Stephen MacMillan Moser how she came by this radical departure in roles.

"...a major star for most of her life in Britain and across Europe. She was a child star of..."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Stephen Bruton, Jon Dee Graham, and Billy Joe Shaver (New West), a new album produced by onetime local/forever Silo..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Postscripts

Austin is clearly experiencing a bout of literary event mania.

"...has been selected as a Literary Lion by the New York Public Library. She has published 10 collections of..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Small Wonders

They just nabbed two festival awards, next up is HBO, and Ed Wood is their greatest influence. Meet Austin's most successful 12-year-old filmmakers.

"...Saturday afternoons since filmmaking began. Growing up in upstate New York in the mid-Seventies (well before the advent of..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Articulations

Is That Another Raindrop?

"...it's almost never an isolated event. Shortly after the news of that breaks, another area arts organization will also..."

July 30, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Landmark Change

"...New Dobie Manager Holden Payne photograph by Todd V. Wolfson..."

June 25, 1999 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Spirit of 76th

The Presidential Card

"...his allies in Texas for potential compatriots in Washington, New York, Israel, and Britain, many of whom doted on..."

June 18, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett

Summer Reading

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

"...is "On His Deathbed, Holding Your Hand, the Acclaimed New Young Off-Broadway Playwright's Father Begs a Boon." It is..."

June 4, 1999 Books Review

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