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December 1997

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Features

If a Mustache Becomes You, Don't Cut It Off

Review of 'House of Houses'

Review of 'Lady's Choice: Ethel Waxham's Journals and Letters, 1905-1910', 'Homesteading: A Montana Family Album'

Time Out--Sports in Art

Little Brother of War

Lacrosse sticks were tools of the trade in a rugged Indian game now growing popular around the world

Geology That's Alive

Volcanologist Richard Fiske loves fieldwork most of all--when he's on the job, the Earth moves

Coyote Creek

A Creek Defies the Odds

Thanks to 300 volunteers, steelhead are back again, despite highways, offices and a campus

Joseph Henry's Legacy

A man of science and compromise, the Smithsonian's first Secretary laid the foundation for success

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