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Since When Can You Patent a Gene? | July/August 2000
And why is it not really so different from patenting anything else? Read >>
Riding America's Orient Express | July/August 2000
Two unique trains provide the chance to relax into the luxury that travel by rail once promised. Read >>
To Plan A Trip | July/August 2000
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On The Scene At The Crime Of The Century | July/August 2000
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Miracle Drug | July/August 2000
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Presidential Spinach | July/August 2000
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George Freeth, the Original Beach Boy | July/August 2000
How Southern California capitalism and one mysterious loner met, courted, married, and gave birth to our modern surfing culture Read >>
The Conventional Wisdom: Why It’s Wrong | July/August 2000
When the two parties gather to select their candidates, the proceedings will be empty glitz, with none of the import of old-time conventions. Or will they? Read >>
My Favorite Convention | July/August 2000
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My Father: A Man of the Century | July/August 2000
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Introducing the Glove to Baseball | July/August 2000
BASEBALL WAS PLAYED FOR 30 YEARS BEFORE ANYONE THOUGHT ABOUT FINDING A WAY TO PROTECT PLAYERS’ FINGERS. Read >>
They Brought The Jubilee | July/August 2000
How a small group of former slaves taught the world about black music, the promise of emancipation, and the meaning of the Civil War Read >>
Hearing The Jubilee | July/August 2000
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How America Met the Mob | July/August 2000
Organized crime? Mafia? A lot of people, including J. Edgar Hoover, said it was mere folklore, until one day in 1957 when an alert New York state trooper set up a roadblock in a small town. What followed was low comedy with high consequences. Read >>
Kefauver Show | July/August 2000
The mob gave the nation its first major television event Read >>
The Perils of Immortality | July/August 2000
For centuries, the Newport rich have been commissioning portraits of themselves, and sometimes getting a surprise when they see the results. Read >>
1925 Seventy-five Years Ago | July/August 2000
Bryan Defeats Darrow Read >>
The Klan on Parade | July/August 2000
At the apex of its power, the Ku Klux Klan staged an enormous march on Washington in 1925  Read >>
1850 One Hundred And Fifty Years Ago | July/August 2000
Death in the White House Read >>
Power Of The Pig Stand | July/August 2000
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Leadville Exposed | July/August 2000
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Immigrants, Then And Now | July/August 2000
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Anti-Catholicism in the USA | September 2000
A look at one of America’s most resilient prejudices Read >>
The Monopoly That Nobody Loathes | September 2000
The game that has sold 200 million sets was born to teach its players about the evils of capitalism. Read >>
When Sex Drives Technological Innovation | September 2000
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The Twenty-Second Greatest Battle | September 2000
General MacArthur designated the author as engineer of the Marine invasion at Wonsan, and told him to accompany the first wave. This would sharpen his mind, MacArthur said, "like an imminent hanging." Read >>
Frederick, Maryland: A Civil War Crossroads | September 2000
How two devotees of the American flag and one Supreme Court justice shaped the story of a border town and the nation Read >>
To Plan Trip | September 2000
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The Day We Shot Down the U-2 | September 2000
Nikita Khrushchev’s son remembers a great turning point of the Cold War, as seen from behind the Iron Curtain Read >>
A Few Words In Defense Of Francis Gary Powers | September 2000
Setting the record straight about my father. Read >>

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