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Prescriptions for Survival
When it comes to going back to school, what will be, will be…
"...down, right, and left, made the face of a lion and a lemon, relaxed, and prevented any strain to..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Features Feature by Abe Louise Young

Same as It Never Was
Some airports, forts, and boondoggles were never meant to be

July 4, 2003 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Have You Ever Been to Carrascolendas?
The Bilingual Education Act in 1968 sparked an unprecedented number of bilingual television programs for children, and the Austin-produced children's series Carrascolendas, which premiered in 1970, was among the first.
"...the fanciful, fast-moving show featuring Agapito the playful bilingual lion and "living" dolls Berta and Dyana who lived in..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Letters at 3AM
Seniors graduate into the world of the Bush junta.
"...cry, cry till you laugh. It's the scarred old lion tamer who now shovels elephant shit; asked why doesn't..."

June 13, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

News/Print
This humidity's making me hot.
"...story") to Rudyard Kipling's "How to Bring Up a Lion" ("When other people read this story, I would guess..."

May 23, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
The mayor-elect faces opportunities and awkward options
"...unpleasantness of arguably disrespecting Garcia just as the old lion rides back into the sunset, and it's easy to..."

May 23, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

TCB
Rockin' out with KISS and Godsmack in spite of the poster ban and smoking ordinance
"...Although the smoking ban has gotten the lion's share of attention recently, another ban that's been less..."

May 9, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Naked City
Mayor's Race Livens Up
"...Shores, Nofziger also singled out Austin Energy's new $100 million Sand Hill power plant, built without voter approval, as..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The 'Mold Queen' Fights Back
Melinda Ballard beat the insurance companies in court. Now she's carrying her fight to the politicians and the public.
"...In 2001, the former advertising executive won a $32 million judgment against Farmers Insurance, a controversial courtroom victory that..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City
Several Shades of Green
"...example, that from 1966 --2001, local taxpayers covered $193 million in subsidies to relocating or expanding companies, with high..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Southern Destroyer
Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute
"...or William Gay on a given Thursday night. The lion of American independent bookstores, Square Books, helps make that..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

What's in a Face?
A lot, Mike Woolf discovered while making his short doc 'Growin' a Beard' -- and especially If the face Has got whiskers on the chin and Jowls
"...dripping with brogue -- describes it in the track "Lion's Mane":..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

Naked City
Headlines
"...published Feb. 2. Maverick -- lawyer, legislator, columnist, and lion of the Texas progressive movement for a half-century --..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

(Re)learning Japanese
One was a hardworking Renaissance man, a student of literature. The other was a hard-living military veteran, a cameraman-in-training who stumbled into acting after his grizzled mug and gruff mien won a talent search. Together, Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune created some of the Japanese cinema's most enduring treasures.
"...A jidai-geki well-known internationally -- winner of a Golden Lion and an Academy Award, it established Kurosawa's reputation --..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...projects that end up costing struggling workers hundreds of millions of dollars. Perhaps, dare I dream, elect a mayor..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Column

Naked City
Beyond City Limits
"...Defense Lawyers Assoc. says that it should get the lion's share of available dough. But the TCDLA may be..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature

News/Print
"...Rights Project Bill of Rights Dinner at the Red Lion Hotel on Oct. 19 (call 474-5073 for tickets, or..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

The Devil in the Details
After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.
"..."the private sector, not the city, will do the lion's share of reshaping -- and yes, dare I say,..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
Happenings
"...Bill of Rights Dinner, Oct. 19 at the Red Lion Hotel. A 7pm dinner will follow a 6pm reception...."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King
The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.
"...former host of Austin public affairs TV program The Lion Speaks, who has been highly critical of the police..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

In Person
Though the crowd at New York literary lion Darin Strauss' June 27 appearance at BookPeople was thin, he still read and signed The Real McCoy, while telling Mike Shea all about the life of a "hugely talented" young writer.
"...room on Thursday, June 27, for New York literary lion Darin Strauss' reading and signing of his second novel,..."

July 5, 2002 Books Feature

Day Trips
"...30-06 rifle that Hallie used to nail a mountain lion between the eyes...."

June 21, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

What Goes Up
In their new show What Goes Up, advertising "40 percent new Idiocy," those juggling, bantering fools the Flaming Idiots incorporate a Sam Hurt cartoon, giant puppet limbs, and lots of audience participation for a family-friendly show guaranteed to get you on your feet and clapping.
"...on purpose? Either way, Gyro does take on the lion's share of chat, Pyro seems ready to break out..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The 2002 Austin Chronicle Restaurant Poll
Readers Poll
"...Honorable MentionTaco Shack, Juan in a MillionItalianVespaio..."

May 24, 2002 Food Feature

Greener Pastures
Youth, Joy, and Jean Arthur
"...TV. Please, Lord ... not that. Not the Six Million Dollar Man. Everyone at school watches WKRP in Cincinnati...."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City
Wimberley: City or Not?
"...on Wimberley: Development and real estate interests contributed the lion's share of money collected by the Take Back Wimberley..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Big Circus of Life
Books Editor Clay Smith and Litera columnist Ric Williams handicap which of the 200-plus international poets attending this year's Austin International Poetry Festival will be best bets.
"...slammer in the world -- big, bold as any lion tamer committed to bringing beauty and truth roaring to..."

April 19, 2002 Books Feature by Ric Williams

Accepting the Challenge
Meet the candidates for AISD Board of Trustees.
"...consequence of the district having to return nearly $167 million to the state next year, under "Chapter 41" provisions..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Picks & Sleepers
Picks & Sleepers
"...Albuquerque citymates the Shins, as well as Pedro the Lion, is kiss 'n' telling. (Rehab Lounge, 8pm) -- Raoul..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

A Land Shaded in Melancholy Hues
The Austin Museum of Art exhibition "Visualizing the Blues: Images of the American South, 1862-1999" connects the blues aurally and visually, and reveals how the South, like the blues, is full of contradictions: dark and woeful yet beauteous and jubilant.
"...life: two races, separate and unequal, one with the lion's share of the resources -- more than he can..."

March 8, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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