Smithsonian Magazine: January 2004
Features
Top Dogs
The Polar Inuit's ancient bond with the sled dog remains intact, thanks in part to a ban on snowmobiles. But the lure of technology threatens these "sturdy, magnificent animals"
By John F. Ross
Reading Faces
Is that a scowl or just disgust? Facial expressions can be harder to interpret than most of us realize, but help is on the way. Read on
By Richard Coniff
Coming to America
A Somali Bantu refugee family leaves 19th-century travails behind in Africa to take up life in 21st-century Phoenix.
By Gregory Jaynes
Divided Loyalties
Descended from American Colonists who fled north rather than join the revolution, Canada's Tories still raise their tankards to King George
By David DeVoss
Big!
Pop artist James Rosenquist returns to the limelight with a dazzling retrospective of his larger-than-life works
By Bruce Watson
Vieques on the Verge
The Navy is gone; the bombing has stopped. What happens to Puerto Rico's Vieques now?
By Shane Dubow
Shooting Stars
Photographer Jack Pashkovsky disarmed Hollywood's royalty with his ardor and persistence
By Barry Avrich
Policing America's Ports
The 19,000 cargo containers flowing into the United States each day pose a needle-in-the-haystack challenge to security officials worried about hidden terrorist weapons
By Fen Montaigne
Riding the Steppes
A 1,000-mile odyssey across Mongolia on horseback
By Smithsonian magazine
Departments
Indelible Images
Profile in Courage
Fifteen years later, a photograph of an anonymous protester facing down a row of tanks in Beijing's Tiananmen Square still inspires astonishment
By Dana Calvo
Phenomena & Curiosities
Sleepless in Hawaii
Insomniac islanders are hopping mad over a tiny frog from that threatens their fragile ecosystem
By Rita Beamish
Lewis and Clark
Looking For a Few Good Men
While the budding Corps of Discovery plans the expedition near St. Louis, William Clark grades the recruits
By Smithsonian magazine
From the Secretary
Fascinating Relics
Smithsonian's wide-ranging mummy collection still speaks to us from centuries past
By Lawrence M. Small
