D Magazine December 1990

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A LOOTER’S LEGACY
As a soldier in WW II, Joe Meador of Whitewright stole priceless art treasures from Germany. But that was only one of his secrets. Was he an art-loving patriot, or just a petty thief?
By Jeremy Leggatt
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BUSINESS If They Can Make It Here…
Will the minimalist chic of New York’s Barneys translate to froufrou Dallas?
By FRANK SOMMERFIELD
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EDITOR’S NOTE
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS . . . IS A BREAST IMPLANT?
By Ruth Miller Fitzgibbons
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FIRST PERSON Oh… You Shouldn’t Have
Ye shall know them by what they give you- like it or not.
By SHEILA TAYLOR
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LOW PROFILE A Cosmic Willy Loman
Dallas’s oldest living Bohemian opens a shop in the West End.
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POLITICS Do Aliens Have Rights?
14-1 is just the start, say proponents of voting rights for resident aliens.
By Dennis Holder
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THE RIDDLE OF LARRY BARAKA
I don’t expect to be in politics very long, says Dallas’s controversial black Republican judge. But I have to be me for the rest of my life.
By Dennis Holder
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THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
Eight years ago, Beth Rader was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, a mysterious, incurable disease that is stealing her mind and erasing her memory. Now she is helpless, like a child. But Frank Rader refuses to forget the woman she was.
By Rebecca Sherman
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we’re so VAIN
When it comes to physical perfection, all is vanity and all is definitely not fair. But if you weren’t born with it, buy it-everyone else is.
By Mary Brown Malouf