TxDOT Shell Game

"...Texas Department of Transportation is running a $355 million shell game southeast of Austin. TxDOT claims that the proposed..."

March 8, 2004 Postmarks

Shell Game

It's not a party until something gets broken. The Intel shell, that is.

"...story here. So after yesterday's announcement of the Intel shell demo-date, the Statesman is reporting there's a flurry of..."

Feb. 7, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

A New Budget Shell Game

Request for five percent agency spending cut doesn't add up

Jan. 16, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Cable Channel Shell-Game Shuffle

The FCC is investigating Time Warner; African-American weekday news anchors are few and far between

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Visually stunning sequel to the cult 1995 anime.

"...the characters onscreen. Think of it as a 100-minute game of Go, with the pieces informed by sundry existential..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Farewell, Intel Shell

Gigantic Downtown symbol of bust-and-boom economy comes down

"...The strange saga of the Intel shell compresses in haikulike fashion the meteoric arc of Austin's..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

It's All in the Game

"...leading the horde. Undeterred, many let loose their corporeal shells for the adventure of an on-line persona. Here they..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Learning the Game

Learning Buddy Holly's game, 203 tracks at a time

"..."So we're gonna have a bash at 'Learning the Game.'"..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Rules of the Game

How Hudson's on the Bend captures the spirit of cooking fearlessly

"...Hudson's solid reputation is built on the preparation of game, and rightly so. A few years back, chef-owner Jeff..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Food Feature by MM Pack

The China Hustle

The next global economic meltdown, in terrifying detail.

"...Renshaw on the East – worked out how to game the system when it came to China's rules restricting..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nine Queens

Inventive and lively caper film is as low-key in its technical execution as a sidewalk shell game but fueled by a frisky energy and a blithely circuitous storyline.

"...as low-key in its technical execution as a sidewalk shell game but fueled by a frisky energy and a..."

May 31, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Naked City

School Finance Shell Game

"...declining in Texas for some time. While the diversionary shell game proceeds at the Capitol, school districts (including Austin..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Off The Desk:

"...disappointment for someWestlake boosters. First, the Chaparrals lost their 67-game football win streak with a 23-21 loss to Killeen..."

Sept. 25, 1998 News Feature

Tim Berne

"...Tim BerneThe Shell Game (Thirsty Ear) If jazz scares you, then don't..."

June 15, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"...streets early, fleecing San Francisco tourists with the three shell game: "Lookee, lookee, lookee, it's the one in the..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

A Walking Contradiction: Texas High Schools, Football, and Concussions

Thousands of students mash helmets every weekend – at what cost?

"...Trojans’ clash with the McCallum Knights in the first game of the 2013 season, one of many involving thousands..."

Oct. 30, 2013 Sports Post by Joseph Baucum

Passing the Buck

With the special session nearly gone, the goal continues to recede

"...for describing House Bill 1 that morning as a "shell bill" that had been "gutted" the previous day in..."

May 14, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Guy Ritchie's turbocharged debut.

"...(Fletcher) -- who go in on an illegal card game hoping to double their money. Unbeknownst to ringer Eddie,..."

March 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seventh Son

Fantasy film about an apprentice Spook battling Julianne Moore's evil witch.

"...planet who aren’t ravening for the new season of Game of Thrones to commence, then you’re already aware of..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

You Again

A high school loser who reinvents herself as a successful adult regresses when she returns home in this comedy starring Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, and Betty White.

"...nemeses similarly forced to reunite – are just as game to get physical, even if the film, so relentlessly..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Aztex 1, New Orleans 0

"...until right at the end. Austin completely dominated the game, but with the Shell Shockers playing 10 men behind..."

May 25, 2008 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

COTA Withdraws Support From IndyAustin

Pepe the Frog gaffe costs anti-stadium drive big bucks

"...the subject line, “Video of Steve Adler's Shall [sic] Game on Austin.” The now-deleted silent animated video shows a..."

Oct. 29, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders

Catwoman

The fur flies as Halle Berry tempts us in leather.

"...the look and feel of a bizarre Eurotrash video game, the type conceived over several bottles of fine French..."

July 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW: The Demographic of One, The Impossible Girl, and the Crowd

Molly Crabapple and Kim Boekbinder on crowdsourcing

"...finance her project on the collapse of Wall Street, Shell Game. She was an early adopter of Kickstarter: In..."

March 16, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...TxDOT Shell Game..."

March 12, 2004 Column

Capitol Chronicle

The legislative leadership sends out feelers about a pilot voucher program.

"...single student out of a supposedly "failing" public school.A Shell Game That won't happen, of course. Need we recall,..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Column by Michael King

The Hightower Lowdown

PG&E's shell game, Bush Incorporated & Nestle's genetic engineering

"...carnival side show to get suckered by the old shell game -- all you've got to do is be..."

June 15, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Pro Bowl

Who cares?

"...point where they practically live and die with every game. For six months their emotions rise and fall with..."

Feb. 5, 2009 Sports Post by Justin Sanders

Aztex Win Again, Close in on U.S. Open Cup Berth

"...DFW Tornados squad, 3-0. Austin pretty well dominated the game, out-shooting Dallas 16-4, even while playing a man down..."

May 21, 2008 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: Backstage at the Circus

The Lege melodrama can be a hard act to swallow

"...de Putte reiterated her welcoming catchphrase: "Bienvenidos, y'all." Hard Shell Game..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Column by Michael King

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