Tagged: UT

Prominent Texans
8:56 am
Thu February 14, 2013

A Texas Valentine: LBJ's Love Letters To Lady Bird

Credit LBJ Presidential Library and Museum

Originally published on Thu February 14, 2013 10:37 am

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum is releasing never-before-seen love letters written by the former president and his soon-to-be bride.

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Linguistics
3:47 pm
Wed December 5, 2012

It Ain't Got That Twang Deep In The Heart Of Texas

Credit AP
Lyndon Johnson, then the vice president-elect, with a prize-winning Hereford bull on his ranch near Johnson City, Texas, in 1960. Linguists say the twang that has long been synonymous with Texans is fading.

Originally published on Wed December 5, 2012 7:25 pm

4:58 pm
Wed November 7, 2012

Former UT Coach Darrell K Royal Passes Away

Lead in text: 
University and State officials share their remembrances of the legendary coach who won the most games all-time at the University of Texas and whose name adorns the stadium.
Longtime University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal passed away this morning. He was 88-years-old. Royal coached the Longhorns from 1957 to 1976 and
Texas Matters
12:39 pm
Fri September 28, 2012

Presidential Campaign, Infighting at UT, and the Dallas Cowboys

Credit Jay Root
Texas Tribune reporter Jay Root's book,

Texas Tribune reporter Jay Root has written a book about the Perry presidential run called “Oops! A Diary From the 2012 Campaign Trail.” The latest issue of Texas Monthly says there’s a battle over the future of UT; Paul Burka is the Texas Monthly senior editor and wrote the article “Storming the Ivory Tower.” Joe Nick Patoski talks about writing his new book: “The Dallas Cowboys: the outrageous History of the Biggest, Loudest, Most Hated, Best Loved Football Team in America.”

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