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The Boy Scout, the hustler, and the porn queen
Former Dallas police officer and onetime X-rated movie star Jordan Lee finds herself hunted by two ex-cops who say she did them wrong
By Mark Donald
Published: March 4, 1999
Things hadn't been right in the Kastler household for quite some time. Building a new life in suburban Los Angeles, raising a family, growing a business--none of this seemed to...
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Amazon.com
In cyberspace, no one calls you "Stretch"
By Mark Donald
Published: October 29, 1998
UxLINKxU: How tall are you women? What's the height in here? TallTXMs: ~6'3" Cyrpent: UxLINK, welcome, please be polite... UxLINKxU: What is you peoples ideal height...
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The Race Not Run
Republican Bill Hill is running against Democrat Rick Reed for district attorney. Don't think you have a choice.
By Mark Donald
Published: October 15, 1998
It was one of the hardest phone calls he ever had to make, a courtesy call all candidates running against incumbents are expected to make. But to phone District Attorney John...
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The bull market
Peter Lowe explains how to succeed in business without really trying: First, find 20,000 suckers Photographs by Mark Graham
By Mark Donald
Published: October 8, 1998
Certainly, I've known failure. In high school, the day I got cut from the varsity football team after the coach told me I had hands like feet; the night of the homecoming dance...
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Columns
Eye of Newt
Lessons I learned the hard way: a personal report
By Mark Donald
Published: April 23, 1998
Awaiting the arrival of Newt Gingrich at his Barnes & Noble book-signing in North Dallas, I figure the place should be silly with conservative Republicans: well-heeled women...
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Columns
Passover plot
The new kid at the Seder table fends off the matzo-crazed hordes
By Mark Donald
Published: April 16, 1998
The details would kill a mere mortal. Making gefilte fish from scratch, shaping matzo balls with your bare hands, chopping liver, stuffing cabbage, purging your kitchen of...
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Rambo Justice
Are bad-boy lawyers Bill Brewer and John Bickel building a bridge to Dallas' minority communities, or trying to sell them one?
By Mark Donald
Published: March 19, 1998
This is where the plot was hatched--or so the story goes. Not in some smoke-filled room at City Hall where politicos broker deals that placate rather than please, not on the...
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Alicia Comes Home (Part II)
How a determined father found his abducted daughter
By Mark Donald
Published: February 29, 1996
On November 3, 1993, both the letter and the tape were introduced as further evidence for terminating forever Pat Hope-Hall's parental rights. Court-appointed social worker...
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Alicia Comes Home (Part I)
How a determined father found his abducted daughter
By Mark Donald
Published: February 29, 1996
The cloyingly heartfelt sound of new-age music swells in the background as the credits brashly announce the topic for the day's show: "Help! My Daughter's Been Kidnapped." ...
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Suspense! Intrigue! Betrayal!
Jo Ann Miller spent 21 years nurturing the Granbury Opera House. But she won't be around for the final curtain.
By Mark Donald
Published: December 28, 1995
Act II The year is 1988. The scene is Granbury, now brimming with free enterprise, country charm, and overpriced antiques. After the Opera House began playing to sold-out...
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Attack of the Killer Gadflies (Part II)
You don't take Rick Finlan and Don Venable seriously? That could be a mistake you live to regret.
By Mark Donald
Published: September 14, 1995
The 1992 bond election passed by a 2-1 margin. The TEA audit had found no illegality in the use of the '85 bond funds. But Finlan and Venable were just getting started. "We...
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Feature
Attack of the Killer Gadflies (Part I)
You don't take Rick Finlan and Don Venable seriously? That could be a mistake you live to regret.
By Mark Donald
Published: September 14, 1995
Don Venable gulps down a cup of coffee, looking a bit bleary-eyed before court this August morning. Venable had stayed up late the night before with Rick Finlan, his...
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Charlotte's Web
At the Routh Street Women's Clinic, Charlotte Taft created a controversial feminist enclave and waged war with anti-abortion zealots. Then she questioned her movement's gospeland it all fell apart
By Mark Donald
Published: May 18, 1995
At 10 weeks, the procedure seems simple enough. The woman assumes the standard gynecological position--back flat against the table, thighs spread, feet elevated in stirrups....
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