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Tandy (1986 revenues: $3.3 billion) has become the king of the retail market by selling computers through its chain of 4,798 Radio Shack stores in all 50 states. Tandy Chairman Roach, 48, an outgoing Texan, makes unexpected visits to about 200 stores a year, helping ensure that Radio Shack employees offer courteous and knowledgeable service. Roach's latest mission is to keep business customers happy with machines like the new $2,599 Tandy 4000, while he pumps up efforts in the educational market...
Bankruptcies in the depressed Energy Belt are almost as common as ten-gallon hats, but the Texan who filed papers last week was no ordinary sad case: John Connally, 70, former Treasury Secretary, three-term Texas Governor and onetime presidential candidate. Connally applied under Chapter 11 for personal bankruptcy protection and under Chapter 7 to liquidate the failed real estate business he owned with Partner Ben Barnes, a former Lieutenant Governor. Between them, they owe an estimated $170 million...
...dying to play for Harvard students andHarvard should do all they can so Rhythm Methodand other Harvard bands can play here all thetime," the native Texan said...
...slope, squatting sideways on a single plank of laminated wood that resembled a stubby ski. His body shimmied while he extended his arms like outriggers, hands flailing. "I'm going down again!" yelled the weekend warrior. He promptly crashed face down in the white powder. Nearby, a heavyset Texan leaned on his ski poles and watched intently: "Now what in the hell is that...
...great quarterback draft of 1983, gathered the Broncos in their own end zone with less than six minutes and more than 98 yds. to go. Just to tie, they needed a touchdown. "We've got these guys right where we want them," drawled Denver Guard Keith Bishop, a Texan, but everyone else was looking at Elway. "We have a long way to go, so let's get going," he said. "Do whatever it takes, and something good will happen...