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Articles in February, 2002 issue of Texas Monthly

• Green with envy: just once I'd like my alma mater, the University of North Texas, to get as much respect as, say, the University of Texas. Is that too much to ask?
  by Brian D. Sweany
• First person: Patricia Busa McConnico reconnected: visiting my folks after the Causeway was repaired, I found that--on the surface, at least--South Padre was getting back to normal. (Texas Monthly reporter)
• Don Imus has heart: in New Mexico--far west Texas to you and me--my old friend the radio jock runs a ranch for kids with cancer. And you thought he was all talk
  by Kinky Friedman
• Bioterrified? After ingesting huge amounts of cable-channel blather about anthrax, I most certainly was--so I made a few calls.
  by Jim Atkinson
• Up in the air: how the CEOs of American, Continental, and Southwest Airlines are navigating the uncertainty of the world since 9-11.
  by Kathryn Jones
• Onward, Christian: the wisest, kindest man in Texas politics has cancer, and he has rejected chemotherapy. But the fight hasn't left George Christian yet. (Behind the Lines)
  by Paul Burka
• The player: when Champ Hood succumbed to cancer last fall at age 49, we lost a musician's musician--one of the most talented sidemen not just in Texas but anywhere. (The State of our State)
  by Michael Hall
• Can Rick Perry stand on his own? With George W. Bush no longer at the top of the ballot for the first time in five elections, Texas can look forward to the most intriguing political year in a generation: four big races, two strong tickets, and a healthy d
  by Paula Burka
• Around the state: a selective guide to amusements and events.
  by Patricia Busa McConnico
• Polka dotty: Brave Combo never knew how crazy polkaholics were until the Dentonites won a Grammy. Now--perish the thought--they could win another.
  by John Morthland
• Durst case scenarios: how did a human torso end up floating in Galveston Bay? That's just one of the many unknowns that police officers in several states (and true-crime junkies in the popular press) are grappling with as they learn more about the bizarre
  by Gary Cartwright
• Mission: impossible: rumor has it that director Ron Howard and screenwriter John Sayles are coming to Austin this spring to make a $100 million movie about the Alamo. It may be too much to ask that they get Texas' defining battle right (since no one knows
  by Don Graham
• Test of faith. (Roar of the Crowd).
• Love birds: when it comes to lasting romance, we humans could learn a thing or two from the whooping cranes that winter on the Texas coast.
  by Suzy Banks
• Which side of the fence are you on? All over Texas, ranchers are putting up eight-foot fences to keep their deer from roaming so they can charge more for hunting leases. Purists say shooting such deer doesn't amount to "fair chase." Biologists s
  by Joe Nick Patoski
• Where to eat now: want to know the Indian restaurant all of Houston is talking about? The Dallas dining room with "crackling chicken" that's to die for? The Austin cafe where the elite meet to eat? Just ask me.~(restaurant review)
  by Patricia Sharpe
• Restaurant guide: a selective guide to food and drink.
  by Patricia Sharpe
• A few words with ... Todd Hays: how the Del Rio native iced a spot on the U.S. bobsled team and raced to Olympic heights. (Texas Monthly reporter)
  by Brian D. Sweany