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Articles in December, 2003 issue of Texas Monthly

• Bows to Holley
  by Stacy Hollister
• The infirmation age: the greatest challenge facing baby boomers has nothing to do with cancer or cholesterol--and everything to do with mom and dad
  by Jim Atkinson
• Bearbaiting
• One ticked-off grandma: comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn says Governor Rick Perry is messing with her: better him than us
  by Evan Smith
• Hair today ... Yep, I recently had my "Lyle Lovett starter kit" straightened by a Palestinian. Can peace in the Middle East be far behind?
  by Friedman,Kinky
• Hallelujah
  by Chester Rosson
• You don't know Diddley
  by Katharyn Rodemann
• James Baker forever: genteel, old-money Houstonian. Suave citizen of the world. Above-it-all statesman. Partisan knife-fighter. Big-picture visionary. Detail-obsessed consigliere. He's all of these things. Still
  by S.C. Gwynne
• Restaurant guide: a selective guide to food and drink
  by Patricia Sharpe
• Alamo heights
  by Don Graham
• Pappas Restaurants
• Joe Jamail: the larger-than-life trial lawyer on tort reform, his first big case--and why he would bring back public floggings
  by Evan Smith
• And then there were none
  by Paul Burka
• Do you want your life back? Beth's story: women should feel healthy, vibrant and strong throughout their adult lives. If you have been told "it's in your mind" or "live with it," read on
• Dream for sale: buy your very own W TX town! 4 houses, 128.8 acr., 2 gas pumps, 1 cafe. Loaded w/upgrades! Serious buyers only. $1.3 million. Contact May Carson, prop
  by John Spong
• J.J. Sedelmaier Production, Inc. presents ...: "how dry I am"! Or: "what's a girl gotta do to get a drink in this place"
  by Cameron Siewert
• The accidental city: a new book paints a witty, perceptive portrait of Houston, a metropolis as culturally complex as it is commercially crass
  by Michael Ennis
• Home free: four years ago I was arrested in Tulia and sentenced to prison for a crime I didn't commit. They finally let me out this fall, but I'm still afraid to leave my house
  by Katy Vine
• Jasper: what happens to a town identified with one of the worst hate crimes in American history?
  by Pamela Colloff
• Around the state: a selective guide to amusements and events
  by Patricia Busa McConnico
• Patrick J. Moran
• Phoenix: this Southwest city has the perfect mix of rugged outdoor fun and spoil-yourself city pleasures
• The ballad of Billy Joe Shaver
  by Michael Hall
• Buried treasure: if you were shopping only at your local record store, you probably missed some of the best albums to come out of texas this year
  by John Morthland
• Ruthless people: in the new Texas politics, civility is a casualty. But do the ends justify the meanness?
  by Paul Burka