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October 2005
Features
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ANWR: The Great Divide
The renewed debate over drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge hits home for the two Native groups nearest the nature preserve
The Dying of the Dead Sea
The ancient salt sea is the site of a looming environmental catastrophe
Matisse and His Models
The author of a new biography of the artist argues that the women he painted were full partners in the creative enterprise
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Hiding in Plain Sight
A veteran photographer shows the extraordinary knack that some animals have for...disappearing
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The Glory That Is Rome
Thanks to renovations of its classical venues, the Eternal City has never looked better
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Building A Better Banana
It is the world's No. 1 fruit, now diseases threaten many varieties, prompting a search for new hybrids of the "smile of nature"
Departments
Fashion Faux Paw
Richard Avedon's photograph of a beauty and the beasts is marred, he believed, by one failing
Oh Deer!
Contraception shows promise, but other measures may be needed to lessen the toll that the deer boom is having on forests and suburbs
When Union Leader Cesar Chavez Organized the Nation's Farmworkers, He Changed History
Cesar Chavez' black nylon satin jacket with the eagle emblem of the United Farm Workers is held in the Smithsonian collections
Dive Bomber
Underwater archaeologists ready a crashed B-29 for visits by scuba-wearing tourists at the bottom of Lake Mead
People's Choice
Almost from birth, Andrew Jackson was in training to become democracy's champion
Wealth of a Nation
An exhibition of portraits from Latin America highlights the region's many contributions to U.S. cultural life
Push to the Pacific
Guided by the Nez Percé, the men and women of the corps reach the Columbia amid threats for their lives