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The Bosporus: A Disaster Waiting to Happen

Within the past ten years, 150 serious accidents have occurred in the world’s most dangerous strait. Each tanker that passes through is a potential bomb

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Muscle Beach

America’s love affair with fitness began a long time ago in Southern California (where else?) at a place called… Muscle Beach

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Protect and Serve

In a small town that practices community policing, officers faithfully fulfill their mission with courage and compassion

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Together They Stay A World Apart

For the Hutterites, the way to heaven lies through faith, communal living and a lot of hard work

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Movie Magic on the Mall

Museum flicks – from German silents to a comedy starring kangaroos – are not the typical fare

Chuck Close, self-portrait

Close Calls in Art and Life

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The Hit Parade from Hell

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Old News is Good News

For the collector of history in print, old news is good news

John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832

Chief Justice Marshall Takes the Law in Hand

Upsetting Presidents and setting precedents, he helped forge a nation

The Smithsonian Castle

Engaging a Child’s Mind

At the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, the museums are a classroom for the very young

Campaign banner for the ill-fated ticket of President Grover Cleveland and Senator Allen Thurman.

The Vote That Failed

Old style ballots cast illegally in Indiana helped topple a president then he helped topple them

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The Battle of the Dams

Those who think some of our rivers are a dammed shame argue for the structures to come down

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The Sargasso Sea

Out in the Atlantic, strange creatures make their home among seaweed in a floating lens of warm water

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Van Gogh’s Van Goghs

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The Old Ball Game

It’s two, three, four strikes you’re out

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Fired with Finesse

In North Carolina, artisans drawing on tradition and looking to the future are creating a hot market for pottery

Cornel Wilde

Conversation Stoppers

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