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September 2003
Features
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Defusing Africa's Killer Lakes
In a remote region of Cameroon, an international team of scientists takes extraordinary steps to prevent the recurrence of a deadly natural disaster
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Two Weeks at Camp David
There was no love lost between Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin. But at the very brink of failure, they found a way to reach agreement
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Beacon of Light
Groundbreaking art shines at the extraordinary new Dia: Beacon museum on New York's Hudson River
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Keeping Up with Mark Twain
Berkeley researchers toil to stay abreast of Samuel Clemens' enormous literary output, which appears to continue unabated
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Focus on the Blues
Richard Waterman's never-before-published photographs caught the roots music legends at their down-home best
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Eureka!
Accident and serendipity played their parts in the inventions of penicillin, the World Wide Web and the Segway super scooter
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A Walk Across England
In the 1970s, British accountant Alfred Wainwright linked back roads, rights-of-way and ancient footpaths to blaze a beguiling trail across the sceptered isle
Departments
September 11 From a Brooklyn Rooftop
Photographer Alex Webb captured a moment that showed, he says, the "continuity of life in the face of disaster"
Dressed to Kill
In beating the pants off Bobby Riggs, Billie Jean King inspired feminists and fashionistas alike
Uncle Sam's Dolphins
In the Iraq war, highly trained cetaceans helped U.S. forces clear mines in Umm Qasr's harbor
Talking to Horses
Stanford Addison uses intuition, compassion and persistence to "break" wild horses
Stopping a Scourge
No one knows if SARS will strike again. But researchers' speedy work halting the epidemic makes a compelling case study of how to combat a deadly virus
Man's Reach
The Cooper-Hewitt explores the wide-ranging impact of historical and contemporary designs
James Smithson's Legacy
The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum