CURRENT ISSUE
January 2007
Features
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Peace at Last?
Though political tensions linger, terrorists agreed to a cease-fire this past March. Will it mean peace at last?
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End of the Road?
Development threatens to block the migration of pronghorn antelopes. Without new protections, conservationists say, the animals are running out of time
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Arresting Faces
A new book argues the case for the mugshot as art
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Extreme Polo
There are no holds barred at the annual grudge match in northwest Pakistan's "land of mirth and murder"
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House Proud
High design in a factory-made home? Michelle Kaufmann believes she holds the key
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Americans in Paris
In the late 19th century, the City of Light beckoned Whistler, Sargent, Cassatt and other young artists. What they experienced would transform American art
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The Shadow Knows
Why a leading expert on the history of timekeeping set out to create a sundial unlike anything the world has ever seen
Departments
Bleeve It, Hon
The tentative city the sportswriter grew up in has regained a bit of swagger
Paleozoic Vermont
What's the world's oldest communal ocean reef doing in the Green Mountain State?
Doctor Feelgood
Stricken by "vile melancholy," the 18th-century critic and raconteur Samuel Johnson pioneered a modern therapy
Treasures Trove
America's most singular sensations are at the National Air and Space Museum
Gathering Rosebuds
A sled in the Smithsonian collections just might provide a clue to Hollywood's most celebrated symbol
Wild Things: Life as We Know It
Tree frogs, conservation maps and the northern swordtail fish