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December 2007
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Features
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Keepers of the Lost Ark?
Christians in Ethiopia have long claimed to have the ark of the covenant. Our reporter investigated
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Christmas in Lalibela
50,000 pilgrims descend on Ethiopia's "new" Jerusalem
Ike at D-Day
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's defining moment comes to life in an excerpt from Michael Korda's best-selling new biography
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Miami Splash
Art Basel Miami Beach is a giant fair that's fueling the city's explosive arts scene
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The Strange Lives of Polar Dinosaurs
How did they endure months of perpetual cold and dark?
Taking a Dinosaur's Temperature
Polar species heat up one of paleontology's great debates
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Revolutionary Real Estate
Statesmen, soldiers and spies who made America and the way they lived
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Marseille's Ethnic Bouillabaisse
Some view Europe's most diverse city as a laboratory of the continent's future
Departments
Growth Industry
For 26 years, marketing whiz Joe Pedott's green-pelted figures have been holiday-season hits
Jenny Holzer
The artist Jenny Holzer created For SAAM, a column of light and text, for the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)