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February 1999

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Saving Our Treasures

A devoted keeper of the past, the National Museum of American History looks ahead to the Millennium

View from the Cockpit

It's a fast and furious time in science and technology, and a man who knows promises only more of the same

Pictures of a Tragedy

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Conveying History Through Song

Bernice Johnson Reagon adds cultural nuance and period flavor to rousing a cappella renditions

Review of 'Trespassing: An Inquiry into the Private Ownership of Land and Acequia Culture: Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest'

Polly Wants a Porter

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