Smithsonian Magazine: November 2004
Features
Whale of a Tale
When Luna, a people-loving orca, chose Vancouver Island's Nootka Sound for his home, he set in motion a drama of leviathan proportions
By Michael Parfit
Departments
Indelible Images
Subway Spy
Walker Evans' underground-breaking photographs resurface for the centennial of New York City's rapid transit system
By Terence Monmaney
Uncategorized
People's Choice
With the advent of mechanized vote counting in the 1890s, a ballot could be tallied in minutes not hours or days
By Owen Edwards
Phenomena & Curiosities
Twin Science
Researchers make an annual pilgrimage to Twinsburg, Ohio, to study inherited traits
By Mark Wheeler
People File
Art That Goes Boom
Fireworks, exploding balloons, skywriting: Gai Guo-Qiang's sizzling works defy gravity and expectations
By Ann Wilson Lloyd
Presence of Mind
TET: Who Won?
A North Vietnamese battlefield defeat that led to victory, the Tet Offensive still triggers debate nearly four decades later
By Don Oberdorfer
Editor's Note
Close Encounters
Northwest of Seattle, an overly friendly orca polarizes a community.
By Carey Winfrey
From the Secretary
Americans at War
A new exhibition explores the personal dimensions of war: valor and resolve—but also sacrifice and loss
By Lawrence M. Small
