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The Man Who Believed in Fairies

For Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, the proof was in the pictures

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In Praise of Shadows

Artfully balancing them is just one of the tricky tasks faced by designers of museum lighting

A game of Texas hold 'em in progress. "Hold 'em" is a popular form of poker.

Fake & Rake

Played for love or played for money, poker is coming out of the back room

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Tree Houses Take a Bough

It used to be kid stuff, but these days more and more adults are building in trees to get high

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“We Got Us Some Sky Today, Boy!”

It’s beat the clock at high altitude as a surefooted crew builds a 500-foot communications tower

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Pipe Dreams

The royal instrument is the most complex and powerful yet devised by the human mind

The interior court of on opening night of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 4 October 1974.

Art Night on the Mall

Summer evening twilight—perfect for a Hirshhorn gallery talk and a stroll among the sculptures

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Fire Deportment

As American as Apple Pizza Pie

Americans eat 350 slices every second, and pizza’s popularity is soaring from Sydney to Moscow. For purists, Naples is the only home of the genuine article

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