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...passed through the place came looking for oil. When George W. showed up in 1975, not yet 30, he was a curious amalgam of West Texas and East Coast--a Midland childhood mixed with schooling at Phillips Academy and Yale, then a succession of jobs, parties and girlfriends in Houston, none of which fired his imagination. After being rejected by the University of Texas law school in 1973, he applied to Harvard Business School--without telling his family he was doing so--and was accepted. M.B.A. in hand, he headed for a buddy's ranch in Tucson, Ariz., and stopped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How George Got His Groove | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...truth of Bush's words was on display all last week in Houston as the birthday celebrations went on with kids and grandkids and friends and entertainers and power seekers from all over the world. Wherever the Bushes congregated, they were rarely in family huddles; but when you watched, they seemed always to be connected--with a gesture, a glance, a joke from the podium, the President laughing at whatever lame jest one of the kids made, Barbara surveying everybody's manners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dad Says, I Don't Miss Politics | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

Life was so much simpler for '60s pop stars. When Carole King went on tour, she packed a poncho and jumped on a bus. Today singers won't hit the road without consulting pyrotechnic experts and an army of stylists. When WHITNEY HOUSTON kicks off her tour June 22, she'll bring trunk loads of costumes created for her by Italian designers Dolce and Gabbana. For each song, there is a fashion: gowns for ballads and edgy sportswear for up-tempo numbers. Alas, Whitney sings no zydeco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 21, 1999 | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...local cops crowded into his apartment. They cuffed him, carted off his Power Macintosh plus (inexplicably) 300 music CDs and slapped a $165 fine on him for possession of a can of beer they found in his refrigerator. Still, Davis got off lightly. Global Hell's other founder, a Houston-based computer whiz named MostHated, had to answer to his parents, whom he still lives with, and who weren't too pleased when the FBI took away the family PC that held all their financial records...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geeks vs. G-Men | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...Facing stiff competition on its spring trip--Baylor, Houston, Texas A&M and Pepperdine--the Crimson managed only one win, dropped contests to Baylor, Texas A&M and Pepperdine 5-4, 5-4 and 7-2, respectively. Harvard topped only Houston by a 5-4 final...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M., W. Tennis Perfect in Ivy, Fall in NCAAs | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

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