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Recent coverage of light rail and of access-TV personality Alex Jones pushes readers' buttons this week.

"...of extinguishing oil well fires in hours rather than days...."

July 28, 2000 Column

Eating Between the Lines

Summer Reading, Culinarily Speaking

"...that are churned out at an alarming rate these days, this collection gives a much-needed lesson on what makes..."

June 2, 2000 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Day Trips

Mineral Wells, Texas: "Where America Drinks Its Way to Health."

"...the water. He sold an eye-bath solution in the days before contact lenses. Dismukes' Pronto-lax had many of the..."

May 26, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

TV Eye

Television shows are using direct addresses to the audience more and more. What hath Ferris Bueller wrought? Also, say goodbye to Boy Meets World and, quite possibly, Sports Night.

"...sporting events. There's something about the size of an ordinary television, a relative peephole to the rest of the..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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"...seekers, and leaders in solidarity with the needs of ordinary people everywhere."..."

April 14, 2000 Column

More Flava Than Juicy Fruit

Wednesday Night SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...NYC, Kranz's debut album has been out, literally, only days (really, it's not available at night). Kidding. Released the..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Melissa Sconyers

Face of the Future?

"...the face of Austin's high-tech future, or just an ordinary kid living an extraordinary life?..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

The Waiting Game

"...other provisions, sent the neighbors back for 30 more days of negotiations with Hyde Park Baptist Church, giving both..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Flaming Idiots: Agog and A-Giggle

Robert Faires gets a kick from the Flaming Idiots at the Zachary Scott Theatre Center.

"...comic commentary from Gyro and his partners, this otherwise ordinary kitchen activity becomes high entertainment indeed...."

Dec. 31, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Money to Burn

John Cornyn tries to keep tobacco case lawyers from reaping all of the financial benefits.

"...-- things they could not have done in an ordinary personal injury-type claim...."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

A Day

First Place

"...brought out flavors you'd swear were tropical from mud-sucking ordinary catfish. We sat down to the golden brown filets,..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Karl Monger

Bruised Egos

Fourth Place

"...Two days into the reading of the play, Mr. McGinty asked..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Jackie Dana

Second Coming

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Definitive Director's Cut (1977)

"...In Close Encounters, flashing spaceships blaze through Indiana, captivating ordinary working joe Roy Neary (Dreyfuss) and leading him on..."

July 30, 1999 Screens Feature

Reflections

"...traces the story of African-American journalism from its earliest days in the 1820s through the Civil War, Reconstruction, the..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

Dancing About Architecture

The SXSW Wind Blows In

"...SXSW and not notice that something out of the ordinary is going on. The first non-sanctioned events that I'm..."

March 12, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Internet Outlaw Michael Wolff Shoots Straight

"...These days, the Internet is starting to have shape and substance..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Going Back to "Lake Charles"

"...regularly roust a bunch of us by phone on Fridays: me, Ed Ward, a few friends. "Hey!" he'd say...."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dialogues With Allie Light

"...Allie Light: Irving says our films are about the extraordinary lives of ordinary people. We've really gotten away from..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Art Fights the Power

The Liberating Artwork of Malaquías Montoya

"...managed to work only eight hours a day, five days a week. The only problem he foresaw was that,..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Coach's Corner

"...special. Baseball players, on the other hand, look so ordinary; we tend to think, "if only for a break..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Day Trips

"...that gives all of us a choice beyond the ordinary. Like the difference between Folgers Coffee and fresh-roasted whole..."

May 29, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Harnessing Anger

"...Wilson says government should be more responsive to the "ordinary guy." He pledges, if elected, to spend his time..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

In Person

"...whose husband dies in an airline crash. In the days following the announcement of his death, several revelations come..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Books Feature

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"...black skirts with daringly low-cut tops. This was no ordinary casino -- I was in rock & roll heaven!..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Column

The Year in Books

What New Book Brought You the Most Enjoyment in 1997 and Why?

"...that we needed an epic of the Alamo? These days, "epic" is a term rarely used except to describe..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Books Feature by Phil West

Family Matters

The Texas Documentary Tour: Alan Berliner

"...manufacturer has become a symbol of sorts -- an ordinary man whose life is proven to be worthy of..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature by Jason Silverman

Control Freaks

Film Top Tens

"...all of which were released during the last few days of 1997 but did not open in Austin until..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Live Shots

"...to forget these things when 20 minutes of "Three Days" is churning away on stage, and Perry Farell is..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Music Feature

Post Marks

Muddying the Waters

"...How much does a full-page, full-color ad cost these days? Richards is also blasted for helping to build a..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Column

Exhibitionism

Bocón: Filling the Air with Color

"...stand for the bombs that once exploded on those holidays, gunshots that were fired to win freedom. Francis Scott..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Arts Review

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