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The special 35th anniversary issue about people who have made a difference, chosen from those covered in past issues, is one of the finest that I have ever seen. It is a keeper! Thanks for the depth of this issue.
Jack Holcomb
West Reading, Pennsylvania
I eagerly await my copy of Smithsonian each month, but this issue was a total disappointment. It was lying in the recycling bin within 15 minutes. Your magazine hardly ever gets recycled at all, except to another reader. Why would you deviate from your regular format to celebrate an anniversary? Why leave what has been successful? If you want to give your readers a special surprise, give them more of what you normally do, give them a double issue. I feel like I've been cheated.
Wayne Weiss
Middleton, Wisconsin
You finally did it. After 35 years, during which I read every issue cover to cover, you have produced a boring magazine. If you will just continue doing what you have done so well for the past 35 years, I will forgive this one lapse.
Warren McFarland
Winter Springs, Florida
I have every Smithsonian, beginning with the first issue, and have read each one from cover to cover. I find articles that I wouldn't read anywhere else. When I saw the November cover my first reaction was, "I don't want to read about a bunch of people," but then as I looked at the names, I thought "Well, I'd be interested in that person and that person..." So, once again, I read it from cover to cover. Here's to another 35 years.
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I saw that John Occhuizzo responded. It would be great to hear from him. He was instrumental in my life and time has put a distance between us. In the mid '80s he was a teacher at a school in Pennsylvania and he had an impact on many lives. I wish there were more teachers like him.
Posted by ben on September 4,2008 | 05:54PM