Articles

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Winslow Homer, the Quintessential American Artist

He would chronicle it all the Civil War, the schoolyard games, the raging coast of Maine yet the man remained a mystery to the end

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Review of 'Scenes from the Life of a City'

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Review of 'Tales My Father Never Told'

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Review of 'Peculiar People: The Story of My Life'

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It Comes Out Only Once a Week, But the Sun Never Sets

Can a weekly paper in rural New Mexico raise enough hell to keep its readers hungry for more, issue after issue? Don't ask

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Smithsonian Perspectives

The National Zoo and its branch, the CRC, pioneer conservation biology and seek new ways of support

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Around the Mall & Beyond

The Smithsonian, the world's largest museum and research complex, has yet another address: the World Wide Web

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That 'Little Armored Thing' Doesn't Get by on Looks Alone

It appears to be made out of spare parts, but the only mammal equipped with a carapace is actually a model of ecological efficiency

A 24-hour roller skating endurance competition in Paris, held in 1911

Don't Look Now, but Here Come the Bladerunners

Whether stunting on the streets, gliding off to work or lining up for the orthopedist, nowadays in-line skates are the way to go

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Making a Dent in the Trafficking of Stolen Art

From their modest Manhattan digs, Constance Lowenthal and her staff do their best to foil the criminals who swipe treasures for a living

Daring Deeds, Bold Dreams, in a Land Removed From Time

In The World Beneath, the sequel to his best-selling Dinotopia, author-artist James Gurney unveils a ravishing, action-packed adventure

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Review of 'Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines'

Review of 'Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines'

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If You Reckon Your Own Cousins Are Weird...Wait Till You Meet Ned and Bessie

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Smithsonian Perspectives

Exhibits at the National Museum of American History commemorate our diverse World War II experiences

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Around the Mall & Beyond

To teach science, says the ten-year-old National Science Resources Center, there is nothing better than getting young hands on simple experiments

Elephant Seals

Elephant Seals, the Champion Divers of the Deep

These ponderous pinnipeds continually set new records for diving to crushing depths; researchers are hard at work to discover just how they do it

Chimney Sweeps Are Plunging Into Their Work Again

With more of us using fireplaces and modern high-efficiency wood stoves, the ancient profession is getting a new lease on soot

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Phenomena, Comment & Notes

Iceberg armadas and flickering climates: how one good idea led to more, and we appreciated anew the world's complexity

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In Small Town, U.S.A., Everyone Is a Somebody

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There Was Never a Harder Place Than 'the Rock'

Used for 29 years to house the nation's worst criminals, the penitentiary on Alcatraz earned its reputation as 'Uncle Sam's Devil's Island'

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