Articles

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They Drink the Wind

Famed for their "floating-on-air" gaits, Arabian horses run in 100-mile races and ask for more

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Meet Me at the Automat

Horn & Hardart gave big city Americans a taste of good fast food in its chrome-and-glass restaurants

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Verbal Shorthand

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Finding the Eye of the Whirlpool

Adventure photographer Peter McBride tells what it was like to shoot whirlpools while hanging from a ship's radio antenna.

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Narrow Escapes in Literature

Curl up under a blanket and enjoy these whirlpool-inspired excerpts from works by Poe, Verne, Homer and others. Hot chocolate is recommended.

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A Descent Into the Maelström

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The Ballad of the Corrievreckan

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Excerpt from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

A 15th-century manuscript of the Odyssey

Excerpt from Homer's Odyssey

At every chance the gods throw up mighty obstacles to prevent him from getting home even as the Lady Circe gives him the advice he needs to survive

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The Trade Show of Shows

In the $12 billion business expo industry, Las Vegas Comdex is the premier attraction

Asafo Flag, No. 2 Company; created by Akwa Osei, Ghana, Fante people; c. 1900, Cotton and rayon, embroidery and appliqué

Dueling Banners

Proverbs in the asafo flags of Ghana

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The Painter and the President

Gilbert Stuart and the Creation of an Icon

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The Divine Sarah

Bewitching her admirers around the world, Sarah Bernhardt dazzled audiences as she pioneered the cult of celebrity

Stuart's Lansdowne portrait of George Washington

A Gift to the Nation

George Orwell

Excerpt from George Orwell: A Life

Camping at the Zoo

Popular "snore and roar" sleepovers give visitors an up close nighttime adventure with animals

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The Little Foxes

Their habitat is disappearing fast, but San Joaquin kit foxes are finding ways to survive

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Suiting Up for the Honey Wars

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Take Two and Call Me in the Morning

Once we didn't know how aspirin works; now we know that it does a lot more than ease pain and inflammation

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Close Encounters With the Old Sow

Local expert Robert Godfrey relates true life-and-death stories of people sucked into the Old Sow whirlpool

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