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What good are they? Well, they make people smile and dogs bark. Isn't that good enough?
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Joshua Slocum was the first to do it, a hundred years ago, then wrote about it; the world is still awed by his seamanship and his prose
The contemporary artist combines primordial forms and highly expressive content to produce haunting and monumental works of uncommon power
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At the National Portrait Gallery, American Icons Revealed
Review of 'Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World'
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At Vermont's Shelburne Farms, a 19th-century showplace fulfills a quest to teach love for the land
150 Years of Capturing the Moment
Mexico's Copper Canyon is home to great athletes, the Tarahumara
Legendary trainer Buck Brannaman relies on trust, not terror
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Computer technology is expanding the way we preserve and develop our photographic memory
But 60 mph was a breeze to Barney Oldfield, better known as the "speed king" of the horseless carriage world
At the National Museum of American Art
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A look into the life of the museum's leading lady
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