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The Artrain in 2006

An Art Museum That Can Go Wherever the Railroads Run

It started in 1971 in Michigan; now, Artrain is on a three-year nationwide tour, bringing an exhibition from the Smithsonian to 100 towns

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Making Up for Lost Time: the Rewards of Reading at Last

At the age of 64, a Vermont farmer takes on the demanding task of learning his letters and discovers the new world found in books

William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic

Book Reviews: William Cooper's Town

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Review of 'A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece'

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Review of 'William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic'

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How a Weed Once Scorned Became the Flower of the Hour

The gaudy sunflower is the ornament of the Nineties, turning up everywhere and on everything, including baseball players' faces

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Smithsonian Perspectives

From its start, the Smithsonian had international interests, and it is now more than ever a global institution

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Around the Mall & Beyond

Every belfry must have its bell, and what better time than the Smithsonian Institution's 150th birthday to hoist one up to the Castle clock?

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Let's Hear It for the Lowly Sound Bite!

In which it is amply demonstrated that the sound bite, long a pariah of pundits and pooh-bahs, is really a help meet to man

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When Cubism Met the Decorative Arts in France

From side tables to the dazzling dress designs of Sonia Delaunay, a new exhibition at the Portland Museum in Maine surveys the scene

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How to Take on an Ailing Company--and Make It Hum

When three biz-school-trained entrepreneurs rescued Nashville's Gibson Guitar Corp., they created jobs —and saved a musical tradition

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Olympic Rowing—You Need Both Grace and Guts

And a day job. There will be no "Dream Team" of pro rowers in Atlanta; that's because in 1896 rowing for profit was banned in Boston

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The Life and Resurrection of Alexandre Dumas

The grandson of a Haitian slave, he became the most famous author in France; now, his rousing Romantic novels are enjoying renewed popularity

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Review of 'Coming of Age With Elephants: A Memoir'

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When Dad Makes Tennis a Family Game, 'Love' Means More Than Zero

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Taking Liberties With An American Goddess

Mocked, martyred and marketed, our favorite statue is still hard at work "enlightening the world"

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Smithsonian Perspectives

In the Smithsonian's long history of studying cultures, we've learned to help people represent themselves

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Around the Mall & Beyond

After many an 18-hour day 'tinkering,' and more than 500 patents to his name, Jerome Lemelson is America's most prolific living inventor

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The Inverted Jenny

How an upside-down biplane on a 24-cent stamp, at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum, seemed to jinx early attempts at carrying the mail by air

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Geologists Worry About Dangers of Living 'Under the Volcano'

The experts believe Mount Rainier will give plenty of notice before it erupts again--the problem is that it can kill in other ways

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