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September 1997

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Volume

48

Issue

5

Alien Anniversary The N.B.A.’s Infancy The Lone Eagle The Lone Eagle Desecration CBS, NBC, and JFK

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Stories published from "September 1997"

1847
One Hundred And Fifty Years Ago

Authored by: Frederic D. O'Brien

“Oh! Susanna”

1897
One Hundred Years Ago

Authored by: Frederic D. O'Brien

The Big Question

1922 Seventy-five Years Ago

Authored by: Frederic D. O'Brien

New York Knickerbockers

1947
Fifty Years Ago

Authored by: Frederic D. O'Brien

Speed

What Made The Government Grow

Authored by: Bernard A. Weisberger

…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.

Super Mario Nation

Authored by: Steven L. Kent

THE VIDEO GAME turns twenty-five this year, and it has packed a whole lot of history into a mere quarter-century

Authored by: The Editors

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

Authored by: David Lehman

At the height of the American avant-garde movement, Fairfield Porter’s realistic paintings defied the orthodoxy of Abstract Expressionism— and risked rejection by the art world. But today his true stature is becoming apparent: He may just be the best we have.