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The American Fireworks Fetish | July/August 1997

What lasts a couple of seconds, ravishes the eye, and calms the soul? Americans have known since 1608. Read >>

Dinner At Antoine’s | July/August 1997

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Untitled | July/August 1997

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Dinner At Antoine’s | July/August 1997

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Lifeline to a Sinking Continent | July/August 1997

American self-interest was involved, of course, but the Marshall Plan remains what some have referred to as a rare example of “power used to its best end.” Read >>

Unlike Clinton's Rich Guests, Lincoln Never Slept in "The Lincoln Bedroom" | July/August 1997

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1847
One Hundred And
Fifty Years Ago | July/August 1997

A Sticky Situation Read >>

1897
One Hundred Years Ago | July/August 1997

Old Paint’s New Rival Read >>

1947
Fifty Years Ago | July/August 1997

Death of a Demagogue Read >>

Desecration | September 1997

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1847
One Hundred And Fifty Years Ago | September 1997

“Oh! Susanna” Read >>

1897
One Hundred Years Ago | September 1997

The Big Question Read >>

1922 Seventy-five Years Ago | September 1997

New York Knickerbockers Read >>

Cbs, Nbc, And Jfk | September 1997

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1947
Fifty Years Ago | September 1997

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Boys Of The Road | September 1997

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Terms of No Endearment | September 1997

Bill Clinton is having a rocky second term. But so has almost every president who made it back into office. Read >>

The Short Run of the Collins Transatlantic Line | September 1997

The most glamorous business of the industrial era almost always lost money. But nobody paid a steeper price than Edward Knight Collins. Read >>

The Wonder and the Vapidities at Niagara Falls | September 1997

For two centuries, it’s been attracting tourists and tourist traps. Read >>

To Plan A Trip | September 1997

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Zip It, Admiral Halsey! | September 1997

“Shut up!” I blurted out at the voice behind me while I was trying to hear a critical weather report on the U.S.S. Missouri. Read >>

LBJ's Spiritual Brokenness Even by 1965 | September 1997

Many of us had ghastly wounds or missing limbs from shrapnel, bullets, or fire. “I know just how you boys feel,” the president announced. Read >>

Alf Makes His Pitch in a Deep Fog | September 1997

I had a special reason for covering myself with Alf Landon campaign buttons. Read >>

Peeping on the Nuke Lab at Alonzo Stagg Stadium | September 1997

I played with the knobs and dials, not knowing I might have blown up Chicago. Read >>

What Made the Government Become Huge | September 1997

…and grow, and grow, from almost no employees to three million. Don’t blame the welfare state, or the military; the truth is much more interesting. Read >>

This Super Mario Nation | September 1997

The video game turns 25 this year, and it has packed a whole lot of history in that time. Read >>

Game Not Over | September 1997

WHOEVER WANTS to know the heart and mind of America had better learn Space Invaders. A traveling exhibition makes it easy. Read >>

Listening to "The Education of Henry Adams" | September 1997

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Among the Cowboys | September 1997

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Correspondence | September 1997

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