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Secretary Lawrence M. Small A Note from the Secretary: Increase,
Diffusion and \ldots INSPIRATION . . . . 12
Anne Geracimos The Object at Hand: a Mystery in
Miniature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Michael Kernan Around the Mall & Beyond: a Renaissance
Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Donovan Webster Introducing: Points of Interest . . . . 26
Jake Page Making the Chips that Run the World . . 36
Wendy Mitman Clarke Moving Big Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Bennett Schiff Martin Johnson Heade: An American
Original . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rudolph Chelminski Jeu de Paume, Anyone? . . . . . . . . . 72
Evan Hadingham Ready \ldots Aim \ldots Fire! . . . . . 78
Adele Conover Sloth Bears: They Eat Ants, but Take on
Tigers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Mimi Minnick Breck Girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Robert Wernick Yalta: Witness to History . . . . . . . 100
Donald Dale Jackson The Last Page: Good-bye, Rhode Island 120
Anonymous Additional Sources . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Book Reviews: \em A Mediterranean Feast,
by Clifford A. Wright . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Highlights Calendar . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Smithsonian Highlights: Easy Does
It\ldotsSteady\ldotsUpsy-daisy . . . . . ??
Secretary Lawrence M. Small A Note from the Secretary: a Smithsonian
for this Century . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
T. H. Watkins Points of Interest: The End of the Road 22
Hanna Rose Shell The Object at Hand: Last of the Wild
Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Bernice Wuethrich Phenomena, Comment & Notes: When
Permafrost Isn't . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Mark Wheeler When Magma's On the Move . . . . . . . . 40
Mark W. Moffett Casting Light on Iranian Deserts . . . . 50
Constance Bond A Fury from Hell --- or Was He? . . . . 62
Paul Trachtman Redefining Robots . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Stanley Meisler Splendors of Topkapi . . . . . . . . . . 114
Bruce Watson ``You Gotta Remember, Eels Are Weird.'' 124
Richard Wolkomir and
Joyce Wolkomir Day by Day, In Pursuit of Justice . . . 134
Mary Augusta Rodgers The Last Page: For a Bedtime Reader, Not
Any Book Will Do . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Anonymous Additional Sources . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Beasts on High . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Book Reviews: \em Mind of the Raven, by
Bernd Heinrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Highlights Calendar . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Smithsonian Highlights: Mom Earns
Another Stripe . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Secretary Lawrence M. Small A Note from the Secretary: The New Man
at Air and Space . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Donovan Webster Points of Interest: Two for Tea . . . . 24
Edwards Park Phenomena, Comment & Notes: a Tale of
Fatal Feuds and Futile Forensics . . . . 32
Adele Conover The Object at Hand: Hawaii's Vanishing
Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
James Chiles A Second Wind . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rudolph Chelminski And the Artists Who Play Them . . . . . 64
Derek Grzelewski Night Belongs to the Kiwi . . . . . . . 76
Doug Stewart Scythian Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
David A. Taylor A Noble and Absurd Undertaking . . . . . 100
Bruce Watson A Unique Home for Cutting-edge Art . . . 114
David Standish Myles and Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Ted Gup The Last Page: He's Shopping for Pants
but Coming Up Short . . . . . . . . . . 148
Anonymous Additional Sources . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Book Reviews: \em The Tulip: The Flower
that Has Made Men Mad, by Anna Pavord ??
Anonymous Highlights Calendar . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous In Praise of Pianos\ldots . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Smithsonian Highlights: Driven to
Explore America . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Michael Kernan Around the Mall & Beyond: Bonding through
Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Additional Sources . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Book Reviews: \em Fire on the Mountain:
The True Story of the South Canyon Fire,
by John N. Maclean . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Highlights Calendar . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Petal Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Smithsonian Highlights: The Reality of
Illusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
John H. Chettle When War Called, Davis Answered . . . . ??
Richard Conniff Points of Interest: Wanted, Dead or
Alive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Adele Conover The Object at Hand: The Biggest One That
Didn't Get Away . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Richard Covington Beirut Rises from the Ashes . . . . . . ??
Jim Doherty Requiem for a Middleweight . . . . . . . ??
Helen Dudar The Grandeur That Was Rome . . . . . . . ??
Ted Gup Empire of the Dead . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Michael Kernan Around the Mall & Beyond: Bone Specialist
On Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Mark Kurlansky The Basque History of the World . . . . ??
June Lemen The Last Page: Earning a Halo Can Stink
to High Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
David M. Schwartz Birds, Bees and Even Nectar-feeding Bats
Do It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Secretary Lawrence M. Small A Note from the Secretary: The Gem of
the Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
James Trefil Phenomena, Comment & Notes: Evidence for
a Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Richard Wolkomir and
Joyce Wolkomir Reading the Messages in Everyday Things ??
Secretary Lawrence M. Small A Note from the Secretary: From Paper to
Pixels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anonymous Phenomena, Comment & Notes: a Celestial
News Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Michael Kernan Around the Mall & Beyond: Art's Moving
Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Bruce Watson Points of Interest: Bound for Glory . . 36
Edwards Park The Object at Hand: Portraits on the
Plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Michael Parfit ``The Corn Was Two Feet Below the
Wheels'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Bruce Watson Squaring the Circle Is No Piece of Pi 70
Diane M. Bolz The Timeless Art of Crafts . . . . . . . 86
Derek Grzelewski Batty About Flying Foxes . . . . . . . . 100
Jake Page Beauty and the Beasts . . . . . . . . . 110
Doug Stewart The Pinhole Point of View . . . . . . . 124
Stephan A. Schwartz George Mason: Forgotten Founder . . . . 142
Richard Conniff The Last Page: Who's a Yuppie Twit? . . 160
Anonymous Additional Sources . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Book Reviews: \em For the Love of It:
Amateuring and Its Rivals, by Wayne
Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Highlights Calendar . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous People in Glass Houses\ldots . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Smithsonian Highlights: ``I Commenced to
Singing'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Valerie Jablow Phenomena, Comment & Notes: a Celestial
News Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Minna Morse Points of Interest: Camping in Concert 16
Julie Wakefield The Object at Hand: The ``Indomitable''
MRI: Raymond Damadian's Medical Imaging
Machine Set Off a Revolution --- But Not
Without Controversy . . . . . . . . . . 22
Michael Kernan Around the Mall & Beyond: The Talking
Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Richard Wolkomir Charting the Terrain of Touch . . . . . 38
Susan Hornik Afloat with Fly Boats and Leggers . . . 50
Richard Covington A Swoopy, Funky Fun House of Rock . . . 68
Phyllis Tuchman The Quiet Mastery of Jeon-Siméon Chardin 80
Steve Kemper Horning In? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Joseph A. Harriss For the Love of Mustard . . . . . . . . 102
Bruce Watson The Amazing Author of Oz . . . . . . . . 112
Anonymous The Last Page: Shop for This Label: ``No
Assembly Required.'' . . . . . . . . . . 124
Anonymous Additional Sources . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Highlights Calendar . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Smithsonian Highlights: Art Recalls a
Forgotten War . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Supermodels with Six Legs . . . . . . . ??
Danny Heitman The Last Page: Shop for This Label: ``No
Assembly Required'' . . . . . . . . . . ??
Secretary Lawrence M. Small A Note from the Secretary: Whole Worlds
to Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Secretary Lawrence M. Small A Note from the Secretary: Evidence From
the Skies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Sue Allison Points of Interest: No Return Address 18
Edwards Park The Object at Hand: Our Flag Was Still
There . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Edwin Kiester, Jr. Battling the Orange Monster . . . . . . 32
Lucinda Moore Capturing America's Fight for Freedom 44
Stanley Meisler The Poetic Vision of Spanish Sculptor
Eduardo Chillida . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Virginia Shepherd Down on This Farm the Times They Are
A-changin' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
William Burt Nightjars Are Everywhere, But Just Try
Finding One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Richard Stone Vostok: Looking for Life Beneath an
Antarctic Glacier . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Bruce Watson The Last Page: Every Dog Wants to Have
Its Day in Court . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Anonymous Additional Sources . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Highlights Calendar . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous The Mad Hatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Smithsonian Highlights: It's a Drum . . ??
Marian Smith Holmes Rescue and Restoration . . . . . . . . . ??
Secretary Lawrence M. Small A Note from the Secretary: Reading the
Bones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rudolph Chelminski Points of Interest: The Last Schoolhouse 22
Adele Conover Phenomena, Comment & Notes: Foreign Worm
Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Michael Kernan Around the Mall & Beyond: Turning a New
Leaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
David DeVoss Searching for Gavrilo Princip . . . . . 42
Douglas Whynott Something's Fishy about this Robot . . . 54
Bil Gilbert Ringtails Like To Be Appreciated . . . . 64
Steve Kemper High on Grass . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Scott R. Ferris ``The Stormy Petrel of American Art.'' 78
James Conaway Renaissance of the Long-rifle . . . . . 96
Kathryn Allamong Jacob Vinnie Ream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Robb White The Last Page: Signs of the Times . . . 120
Anonymous Additional Sources . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Book Review: \em The Real Wild West, by
Michael Wallis . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Highlights Calendar . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Smithsonian Highlights: The Soul of the
Hispanic Santos . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Tickling the Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Secretary Lawrence M. Small A Note from the Secretary: a Monumental
Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Anonymous Points of Interest: ``The Jitterbug Met
R&B'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Michael Kernan Around the Mall & Beyond: a Storied
Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Donovan Webster Malaria Kills One Child Every 30 Seconds 32
Rudolph Chelminski An American in Bourron-Marlotte . . . . 46
Doug Stewart Imagining the Orient . . . . . . . . . . 60
Richard Conniff So Tiny, So Sweet\ldotsSo Mean . . . . . 72
Heather Millar Dancing on Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Julie Wakefield Waterlogging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
T. J. Stiles As Good As Gold? . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Gerald Dumas The Last Page: a Fellow Can't Be Too
Careful These Days . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Anonymous Additional Sources . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Highlights Calendar . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Smithsonian Highlights: Diamond Days . . ??
T. Edward Nickens Points of Interest: ``The Jitterbug Met
R'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Secretary Lawrence M. Small A Note from the Secretary: The
Impossible Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Bruce Watson Points of Interest: Welcome to Jungle
Jim's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Marika Carley The Object at Hand: Libba Cotten's
Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Julie Wakefield Phenomena, Comment & Notes: The Return of
the Phage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Charles Bergman The Cat That Walks by Itself . . . . . . 54
Doug Stewart Kudzu: Love It --- or Run . . . . . . . 64
Stanley Meisler Art Nouveau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Donald McCaig The Bozeman Trail . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Richard Wolkomir and
Joyce Wolkomir You Are What You Buy . . . . . . . . . . 102
Bruce Watson The Judge Who Ruled Baseball . . . . . . 120
Janice L. Kaplan The Last Page: The Book That Tells
Stories About You . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Anonymous Additional Sources . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Book Review: \em Faster, by James Gleick ??
Anonymous Highlights Calendar . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous A Lofty Tribute to Barns . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Smithsonian Highlights: Building a
Better Dinosaur . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Wanted: Big Men . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Secretary Lawrence M. Small A Note from the Secretary: a Passionate
Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
W. Hodding Carter Points of Interest: Roadside Attractions 28
Michael Kernan Around the Mall & Beyond: a Stellar
Imagemaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Valerie Jarlow The Object at Hand: Presidential Designs 46
Anonymous Smithsonian's Notable Books for
Children, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Anonymous Recollecting the Presidents . . . . . . 74
Joseph A. Harriss The Pygmalion of the Avant-Garde . . . . 88
Per Ola and
Emily D'Aulaire Baking Up a Business . . . . . . . . . . 108
Scott Weidensaul The Rarest of the Rare . . . . . . . . . 118
Bruce Watson What's Wrong with This Picture? . . . . 130
Lisa Newman Andrew Carroll: Man of Letters . . . . . 152
Gerald Dumas The Last Page: Hide the Catalogs --- I'm
Out of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Anonymous Additional Sources . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Farewell, Bright Soul . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Highlights Calendar . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Mountains of Pain . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Smithsonian Highlights: Images from
Imperial India . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Kathleen Burke Smithsonian's Notable Books for Children
2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Additional Sources . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Highlights Calendar . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous Smithsonian Highlights: a Gift of Rhythm
and Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Anonymous The Twigman Cometh . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Kent Black The Last Page: The Public Bath . . . . . ??
Jennifer Lee Carrell Newton's Vice . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Rudolph Chelminski Warning: Log-o-phil-ia is Addictive . . ??
Carolyn H. Crowley The Object at Hand: Race for a Remedy ??
Susan Dunn Book Reviews: Sister Revolutions: French
Lightning, American Light . . . . . . . ??
Michael Kernan Around the Mall & Beyond: Portraits of
Her People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Ed Leibowitz Out from under the Wrecking Ball . . . . ??
T. Edward Nickens Points of Interest: The Cypress Grill ??
Per Ola and
Emily D'Aulaire Inscribing the Word . . . . . . . . . . ??
John F. Ross People of the Reindeer . . . . . . . . . ??
Secretary Lawrence M. Small A Note from the Secretary: The Liveliest
Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Bruce Watson The Dogs of War . . . . . . . . . . . . ??
Richard Wolkomir Shod for Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . ??