Smithsonian Magazine: February 2003
Features
The Enduring Splendors of, Yes, Afghanistan
A writer and photographer crisscross a nation ravaged by a quarter century of warfare to inventory its most sacred treasures
By Rob Schultheis
Testimony from the Iceman
The 5,000-plus-year-old Neolithic man discovered a decade ago is telling scientists how he lived and died
By Bob Cullen
Mission Impossible?
An international campaign to rid the world of polio has made dazzling progress. But some experts question whether the scourge can ever be eradicated
By Smithsonian magazine
Matisse & Picasso
As a new exhibition makes clear, these friendsand rivalsspurred each other to change the course of 20th-century art
By Paul Trachtman
Shoot-out at Little Galloo
Angry fishermen accuse the cormorant of ruining their livelihood and have taken the law into their own hands. But is the cormorant to blame?
By Susan Mcgrath
Iceberg Wrangler
When a million-ton iceberg threatens your $5 billion oil platform, who you gonna call? Jerome Baker
By Michael Ryan
Marching on History
When a "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans converged on Washington in 1932 to demand a promised payment, MacArthur, Eisenhower and Patton were there to meet them
By Paul Dickson and Thomas B. Allen
A Field Guide to the Rich; Wildland Firefighters
By Smithsonian magazine
Departments
Indelible Images
The Calm Before Desert Storm
Two months before the Gulf War began in 1991, President George H. W. Bush greeted U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia
By Christopher Buckley
The Object at Hand
Cast in Bondage
Copper neck tags evoke the experience of American slaves hired out as part-time laborers
By Victoria Dawson
People File
Southern Comfort
Traveling back roads, brothers Matt and Ted Lee track down authentic foods for mail-order customers hankering after a taste of the Deep South
By Marialisa Calta
From the Secretary
World Class
Smithsonian associates circle the globe for fun and firsthand adventure
By Lawrence M. Small
The Last Page
Going Postal
If I can't be on a stamp, can I at least put in my 37 cents' worth?
By Mary Roach
