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2001 Stories by Bob Burtman

• Travail-less Travels

  published December 27, 2001

  The vacation plans of the average American have been severely dampened by the fallout from September 11. For many yanqui adventurers, the... More >>

• Playbill

  published July 12, 2001

  Sacred cows make the tastiest burgers, says the Reverend Billy C. Wirtz, and he should know: The grill master has no equal in skewering and... More >>

• Rejected

  published May 24, 2001

  George Dismukes had no experience managing rhinos, but it didn't take an expert to see that the rhinos weren't the problem. Recruited as an animal... More >>

• Catch-22

  published May 24, 2001

  The case against George Dismukes never had much substance. The state accused him of shooting Richard Tyson, who on the evening of December 24,... More >>

• Emerald Bayou

  published April 19, 2001

  Popular as it is stateside, Irish music struggles to find its place among the masses who consider world music a monolithic other. As various... More >>

• Nature of the Beast

  published April 12, 2001

  When Colleen Guidy went to see plastic surgeon Billy Ringer last December, she was feeling more than a little uneasy. Two days earlier she'd had... More >>

• Win a Few, Lose One

  published March 8, 2001

  When a federal jury in Miami decided on February 20 that Exxon had defrauded its service station dealers out of $500 million, the company had its... More >>

• Devil in the Details

  published March 1, 2001

  As he plays tour guide at his engineering firm's expansive north Houston headquarters, Fred Martinez radiates pride. He shows off the advanced... More >>

• In the Chops

  published January 25, 2001

  Martial arts grandmaster Kim Soo sits in his tiny office and spins another of his inspiring tales of success. A tenth-degree black belt and... More >>