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April 2002
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Features
Goya and His Women
An exhibition at Washington's National Gallery of Art takes a fresh look at one of Spain's most celebrated artists and the women he painted
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Blending statecraft and sport, table tennis matches between American and Chinese athletes set the stage for Nixon's breakthrough with the People's Republic
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Lost at Sea
What's killing the great Atlantic salmon?
Rising Sun
Opening this month on Alexandria's Mediterranean waterfront, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina reflects the spirit of its ancient forebear
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Multiple Viewpoints
Photographer Edward Burtynsky's politically charged industrial landscapes are carefully crafted to elicit different interpretations
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Building to a Different Drummer
Today's timber frame revivalists are putting up everything from millionaire mansions to a replica of Thoreau's cabin
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Absence of Malice
In a new book, Historian Ronald C. White, Jr., explains why Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, given just weeks before he died, was his greatest speech
Departments
Shades of Merriment
Robert Capa, famous for his battle photographs, made friends along the way
Sweet Taste of Spring
The season's first sap makes the finest maple syrup but not without some backbreaking labors of love
It's a Wurlitzer
The giant of the musical instrument collection makes tunes rootin 'tootin' or romantic
Crystal Moonbeams
A pair of Mexican miners stumble upon a room filled with what could be the world's largest crystals
A Model Son
Chesapeake Bay's maritime history comes alive in miniature wood carvings by a Maryland craftsman
Wittgenstein's Ghost
When two philosophers nearly came to blows, they defined a debate that rages a half century later