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From The MacNeil/Lebrer Newshour. Tuesday, June 16. In a lead-in to a report on corporate...

TEENS ON DRUGS: WHO CAN HELP?

Anne Fullerton

If a teenager in your family has a drug problem, numerous organizations in the Dallas area offer...

Crime "Wave" in West Dallas Beauty Shop

Skip Hollandsworth

Saturday, June 6, was turning into an average day at Zelma’s Beauty Salon on Singleton Boulevard....

EDITOR’S PAGE

Ruth Miller Fitzgibbons

"Your article about Rodney Clark was terrible. Call out to Southeast Patrol and arrange to ride in...

Classical Gas: Debate Over Selling WRR Heats Up Again

Jeff Posey

Paul Gleiser wants a radio station. But not just any radio station. He’s picky. He wants WRR-FM,...

BISHOP COLLEGE R.I.P.?

CECIL SHARP

Dr. Levi Watkins thumps a yellowing page from the Dallas Times Herald and laughs his soft,...

EVERY PARENTS NIGHTMARE

ELIZABETH FRANKLIN

THOUGH HE HAD LONG SINCE stopped dreaming in his sleep, seventeen-year-old Ken Saun-ders could not...

WINDFALLS A Class Act

L.N.

Egads! An answering machine for school lackers? Called Express-It, this battery-operated gizmo...

PARTING SHOT

Chris Tucker

once dated a woman who frequently announced her desire to see the entire world, every country,...

CITY SC0PE

Kit Bauman

More fallout from the April city council election: don’t expect to see too many of the familiar...

WINDFALLS Zoo Review

L.N.

The Dallas Zoo Gift Shop has more animals on board than Noah’s Ark. Perched on one long shelf...

THE ART OF TAI CHI CHUAN

Jeff Posey

In 1974, Richard Peck, MBA, was on the business fast track in Chicago when he decided that high...

It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s A Plastic Surgeon!

Linda Little

Watching the skies, the crew stopped by an open field. Then at a school yard. "He’s going to be...

CAN THE LOWLY CATFISH GO UPSCALE?

Brad Bailey

Had to happen sooner or later: the Dallas image-makers have gotten around to hustling catfish, as...

HERE & NOW How Not To Raise A Vidiot

Glenna Whitley

His bottom parked in a tiny yellow director’s chair, chubby hands gripping a tattered blanket, my...

WINDFALLS A Pet’s Paradise

L.N.

Looking to pamper your puppy or Persian? Toss those rubber balls and catnip-filledmice to the...

Who’s On First Republic’s Lapel Pin?

Sally Giddens

Others may deem it trivial, but to a banker, the corporate pin on his or her lapel is no small...

CHEAP EATS

LIZ LOGAN

You can run, but you cannot hide from American Express. As the local economy continues its...

LETTERS

Defending Gary Blair: "Anarchy and Public Murder" I find Mark Donald’s article on Rodney Clark...

THUMB AWARD Alex Burton: Reporter Less at Large

Thumbs down to KRLD for drastically cutting the air time of the Voice of Reason. Alex Burton. For...

Graffiti and Pavarotti: What The Penney’s People Will Miss Most About New York

Steve Frank

When JCPenney Co. recently announced that it will move its corporate headquarters from New York...

Concern Over Growth Sparks A Revolution In Richardson

John Keohane

Elections in Richardson have long followed the pattern of most suburban cities: low interest, low...

Is There Any WayTo Explain Football’s Most Confusing, Convoluted, Intellectually Taxing, Perhaps-No-Longer-So-Great Defense?

Skip Hollandsworth

WHEN THE WORD CAME THAT Tom Landry had refused my request for an interview regarding the Dallas...

Bidding for Bachelors

Liz Logan

What do women want? We still don’t know the answer to Freud’s question, but after the Cystic...

White Rockers To Arboretum: Don’t Pave Paradise

Jane Albritton

Prior to last April’s city council elections, a certain campaign flyer made its way into...

AUGUST EVENTS OPENERS

ALAN PEPPARD

DANCE Baryshnikov: The Legend Comes To Dallas He’s a celebrity, a motion-picture star, and a...

D DOZEN

The question, put to twelve local talk-show hosts: If you could have any living person as your...

THUMB AWARD A Time To Speak

Thumbs down to Walker Railey. former pastor of the First United Methodist Church, and his...

FILE IT AWAY

Tommy Allsup, head crooner at the C&W swing dance hall Tommy’s Heads 1 Up Saloon (soon to open in...

UPDATE

S.G.

(ISA INC. BITES THE DUST In October 1986, we featured a story about the high-gloss, high-grossing...

FROM THE COAST The Blonde Peril

Anne Fullerton

If you’ve ever considered wearing a wig, now may be the time. Dr. Werner Baumgartner, a California...

MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION

SALLY GIDDENS

AND IT WAS CALLED BEN’S Folly. Many less-than-forward thinkers also dubbed it Lost Colinas, in...

THE HAPPY HOOFER

Teena Gritch McMills

Don Chesshir two-stepped away from his three-piece life ten years ago and has been happily doing...

THUMB AWARD Hats Off To the Sidekicks

Thumbs up to the surprising Dallas Sidekicks soccer team for bringing Dallas its first national...

CARIBBEAN CRAVINGS

Liz Logan

Move over, Cajun; Caribbean has arrived. Those who follow food fads have been tracking sightings...

BEST & WORST: WHAT D0 YOU THINK?

In January, D will present the 11th annual Best & Worst issue. It’s our yearly chronicle of the...

Art Forgeries: Are Museums Powerless To Prevent Them?

Jane Albrittton

Last March, the Dallas Museum of Art learned that its monumental Veracruz sculptures, thought to...

THE LONG AND SHORTS OF IT

Anne Fullerton

Many men don’t place buying new shorts at the top-or even the middle-of their priority list....

DALLAS City of Winners THE CONSTANT TORCH

Once again, Highland Park High School has been singled out for national recognition as one of...

WINDFALLS Ins And Outs

Lucie Nelka

Housed in the old Hampton’s Fish Market is Cupolas, a sophisticated home furnishingsboutique. Fill...

DALLAS EXPLAINED

J.P.

Have you ever wondered about those two tall smokestacks at the corner of Woodall Rodgers and...

BACKYARD BATTLES

L.N.

Contrary to popular opinion, croquet isn’t just for little old ladies or the wealthy few. Although...