D Magazine July 1986
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BUSINESS Raiding The Friendly Skies
What happens when a Dallas developer tries to take over Aloha Airlines? He gets Hawaiian punch.
By Sally Giddens
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DISCOUNT BY DESIGN
It’s a year-round hunting season for off-the-rack bargains
By T.G.M.
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HIT ME, I NEED THE MONEY
IS Texas a plaintiff’s haven where juries hand out millions for whiplash? Or have insurance companies cooked up a “crisis” so they can raise the rates? That depends on who you’re listening to.
By MIKE SHROPSHIRE
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KING RUCK
Why Jerry Rucker is the only interesting North Dallas politician and could be mayor or even congressman one day (inhale)… if he ever stops talking long enough to do it.
By Skip Hollandsworth
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MEDIA Meet Mild-Mannered Phil Meek
How a publisher of a great metropolitan newspaper leaps empires in a single bound
By Dennis Holder
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PARTING SHOT
From the podium: the worship of money, the meaning of work, and the creeping menace of “The Lib.”
By Chris Tucker
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POLITICS Prophet of the Purse Strings
Under Bob Bullock, Texans are spenders in the hands of an angry comptroller.
By Dave McNeely