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Invention & Technology

October 2004 Volume 55, Issue 5

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Overrated & Underrated

Rudolph Valentino, Julie Andrews, Ulysses S. Grant, and Franklin D. Roosevelt enjoy the ascent in Edward Sorel’s drawing, while Susan B. Anthony, Eugene O’Neill, Johnny Carson, Ralph Nader, and Robert E. Lee plunge downward. But this particular ride never ends, and for the seventh year in a row, our critics follow the eternal flux of reputation.

Candy Bar
Civil War General
Cocktail
Comic Strip
European Observer
Feminist
Firearm
Football Star (College)
Founding Father
Musical
Industry
Mystery Novelist
Novelist
Patriotic Song
Playwright
President
Reformer
Regional Food
Robber Baron
Screen Legend
Space Initiative
Talk Show
Third-party Candidate
Western Hero

America’s Unknown Intelligence Czar

Why George Henry Sharpe’s Bureau of Military Information is especially worth remembering today.

By Stephen Budiansky

Franklin’s Forgotten Triumph: Scientific Testing

One of his least-known contributions to modern life is also one of his most important.

By Stephan A. Schwartz

Letter From the Editor

The biggest changes in the last 50 years: innovation.

By Phil Patton

The Business of America

An Empire of Wealth: Looking at the big picture.

By John Steele Gordon

The faces on the barroom wall; “jazz”; 200 years of Franklin Pierce; Accutron watches; plus more.

My Brush With History

The Collar: An early arrest proved no deterrent.

By the Readers

Let There Be Light.

By Frederic D. Schwarz

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