Searching for signs of greatness in the tepid rom-coms of this year’s best actor.
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Thanks to Netflix, DVDs, and multiplexes, nearly everything about moviegoing has changed since I first fell in love with film as a child. Then again, maybe nothing has changed at all.
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Decades ago, one huge discovery by a UT graduate student changed the field of paleontology forever.
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How a casual interest in kolaches got totally out of control.
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Millennia ago, the Columbian mammoth strode across Texas, stripping the bark from trees and fighting off human predators and saber-toothed cats. And for as long as I can remember, I've been fascinated by these colossal creatures. So I finally went looking for them.
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I arrived at UT as just another clueless freshman from the provinces. More than forty years later, I’m happy to say that I, my friends, and the place we call home have all grown up. But not so much that we can’t still appreciate that lost golden age of cheap rent, good music, and profound countercultural time-wasting.
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Why fish can't resist sunken ships, tanks, and subway cars.
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Reflections on a career writing made-for-TV movies.
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Frank James – who preyed on banks and railroads and robbed and murdered innocent civilians – walked freely into a new life.
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Just 11 miles from Reagan National Airport, Washington’s ‘Home House’ still imparts a sense of remoteness and serenity.
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