D Magazine December 1985

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Is Dallas the Most Christian City in the NATION?
On a single Sunday last October, a Baptist congregation offered up $1.8 million to the collection plate. Each week some 900 meetings are staged at a Methodist church in Highland Park. We are perceived as a city with a church on every corner and a Rolex on every wrist. Do we worship at the altar of salvation or success?
By W.L. Taitte
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PROFILE HITS AND MISSES
After “It’s Impossible,” songwriter Sid Wayne charts the long course back to the top
By Richard Abrams
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SPORTS MAVS AND THE MEDIA
How a slam-dunk PR machine hypes a winning team
By Dan Baldwin
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TALES OF THE CITY
A last rite: Albanian wedding in a strip shopping center
By John Bloom
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The Miracle OF KEVIN CURNUTT
Four years ago, a sniper’s bullet pierced the brain of an Arlington teenager. For three weeks he lay in a coma, with little hope for recovery. But Kevin Curnutt defied the odds. Last month he crawled nine inches across the floor.
By Carlton Stowers