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Relief For Tired Eyes

April 2023
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A number of readers have written us to celebrate the fact that we have lately taken to running our articles all in a piece, rather than “jumping” them to the back of the issue. Apparently many people appreciate not being forced to rummage around in the lost-and-found region of the back pages, and we plan to continue this new policy whenever possible.

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Stories published from "June 1977"

Authored by: The Editors

Saving Hundred-Year-Old Buildings

Authored by: E. M. Halliday

The granite was tough—but so was Gutzon Borglum

Authored by: The Editors

A Last Link with the Living Frontier

Authored by: John Brooks

Corruption, Yesterday and Today

Authored by: Rodman W. Paul

From Poverty and Persecution to Prosperity and Power

Authored by: James Wesley Baker

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Authored by: Spencer Klaw

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