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Asleep at the Switchboard During the Trinity Test | December 1997
The super-secret atomic bomb made a giant, bright yellow fireball like a super-sun that hurt the eyes. Read >>
Early Color TV | December 1997
In the Navy, we found parts to make a color television in 1946. Anything to watch the heavyweight championship. Read >>
Grab the Wheel, Bull | December 1997
I asked one of the guests to take the helm while I went to check the engine. Read >>
The Tragedy of Bridget Such-a-one | December 1997
A hundred and fifty years ago, famine in Ireland fostered a desperate, unprecedented mass-migration to America. Neither country has been the same since. Read >>
1945: The Famine’s Children A Century Later | December 1997
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This Special Issue | December 1997
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A Neglected Classic Called "American Humor" | December 1997
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The Electrocution of Luigi Storti | December 1997
Can it be fair? Humane? Does it deter crime? These very current questions troubled Americans just as much in the day of the Salem witch trials as in the day of Timothy McVeigh. Read >>
Confessions of a British Invader | December 1997
He was in the vanguard of that wave of young Britons who, in the 1960s, stormed our shores and gave us back our musical heritage. Read >>
A British-invasion Time Line | December 1997
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Correspondence | December 1997
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A British-invasion Top Ten | December 1997
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Finding My 11-Year-Old Self in a Historic Book | December 1997
A LIFETIME AGO, A QUIET STRANGER passed through the author’s hometown and came away with a record of both personal and national importance. Read >>
More Martini Lore | December 1997
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More Martini Lore | December 1997
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More Martini Lore | December 1997
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More Martini Lore | December 1997
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One Hundred And Seventy-five Years Ago | December 1997
Out off Africa! Read >>
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One Hundred And Fifty Years Ago | December 1997
Lincoln and Thoreau Get Pious Read >>
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Seventy-five Years Ago | December 1997
Aimée and Coué Improve Your Life Read >>
1947Fifty Years Ago | December 1997
The Transistor Read >>
1947Fifty Years Ago | December 1997
The Kinsey Report Read >>
Bound To Be Big | February/March 1998
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1973 Twenty-five Years Ago | February/March 1998
The Watergate Bursts Read >>
A Lot Of Change | February/March 1998
As production grew more efficient, the yard took on 19,500 workers, and they turned out 20 ships in 61 days. Read >>
Young Hollywood | February/March 1998
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Best Bessie | February/March 1998
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Discovering Gold in the American River | February/March 1998
The rush for treasure in the West is more than part of a picturesque past; it has profoundly shaped our present. Read >>
Tampa: An Old Florida Melting Pot | February/March 1998
Visiting the Tampa area’s turn-of-the-century Cuban and Greek communities Read >>
To Plan A Trip | February/March 1998
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