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...independence streak came from her mother. Harrington, also a deer hunter and flayer, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin magna cum laude with dual degrees in education and accounting. She taught high school business and authored sample problems for McGraw-Hill textbooks on the side. When Watkins was 14, her parents divorced. While they weren't the first Tomball couple to split up, it was a move radical enough that their church had refused communion to another divorce. But Harrington was hardly fazed. "I am going up there and kneeling, and I dare them not to give...
After the divorce, money grew tight. Her mother stopped buying ice cream and began limiting the kids to one pair of shoes each. At 16, Watkins started working the register at her uncle's market and helped put herself through the University of Texas at Austin, where, taking her mother's advice, she earned a degree in accounting. The older she got, the more claustrophobic Tomball seemed. "I had the feeling that the world was happening elsewhere," says Watkins...
...plenty of choices, at attractive prices. Hunting for a sexy machine under $40,000, he surveyed vehicles ranging from Detroit's muscle cars to newer models by Audi, BMW and Honda. What really caught his eye was Nissan's sizzling new two-seater, the 350Z. A mortgage banker from Austin, Texas, Beverly loved its specs: a powerful engine, modern design, solid engineering and a price around $36,000, with all the trimmings. After reading raves about the vehicle, he says, "I knew I had to have...
Although Nissan is recording strong orders for the 350Z, it's too early to tell whether the car will drive showroom traffic and sales of other vehicles. "It's bringing us a wider range of buyers," says Kevin Worfe, a Nissan dealer in Austin, "but we aren't seeing the effects on volume yet." For new owners, however, the car seems to be performing robustly. David Beverly says he got into a race last week with a BMW, clocking 115 m.p.h. before backing off. "I'm not 18 anymore," he says, "but it was heart-throbbing." --With reporting by Joseph...
...Austin L.Y.B. Spencer ’03 faces a vexing dilemma. “I will not wed the daughter of Lord Sothersby,” he announced. “Though my family doth wish it, she hath not my heart.” Word on the street is that he pines for Mary Kelly ’04, who is exceeding clever, but unfortunately Irish. “She is more fit to be a chambermaid than a bride,” sniffed Spencer’s father, Lord Nigel Spencer...