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June 1997

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Features

Grace Coolidge with Laddie Boy, an Airedale Terrier, and Rob Roy, a white Collie

All the Presidents' Pooches

Ranchers form a 'radical center' to protect wide-open spaces

Fire, modified fencing and a "grassbank" are rejuvenating rangeland. Where woody weeds once grew, the grass is stirrup high

Patch test

A Hypochondriac Knows Those 'Germs' That Threaten Him Are Real

Review of 'The World of Edward Gorey'

Review of 'Silver Rights', 'His Promised Land'

Review of 'The Classical Greek Reader', 'Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World'

Around the Mall & Beyond

Kites aren't just for kids. Ben Franklin knew it, as did the 20,000 kiters and kite fans at this year's 31st annual Smithsonian kite festival

The Object at Hand

From a forest that flourished 207 million years ago, the Sherman Logs bear stony witness to a general's curiosity--and life in an age gone by

Smithsonian Perspectives

Through object-based education and other programs, the Smithsonian reaches out to teachers and students

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