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Contents: Smithsonian Horizons, Letters to the Editor, Phenomena, Comment and Notes, The Object at Hand, March Events at the Smithsonian, ‘Don’t Cut the Metal Toward You…’ (Work-based learning is tried anew as skilled workers train novices in a modern version of apprenticeship.), Roadrunners: Galloping Gourmets (When they’re not making fast food of lizards, these Southwestern birds rustle up meals by wrestling snakes.), On the Not-so-Lonesome Road to Bluegrass (To hundreds of mountain-music festivals worldwide, folks go for the pickin’ and stay for the sociability.), The Fine and Friendly Art of Luis Jimenez (The sculptor’s colorful fiberglass works celebrate the unsung, from steelworkers to vaqueros to sodbusters.), Topiary and that Old Urge to Prune (The gardener’s snip-snip, clip-clip art of growing plants in unnatural shapes has its roots in history.), The U.S. Capitol, 200 years into the Project (A new book reveals how the building came to look as it does, from stairways to statues to halls of state.), For Department Stores, It’s Retail Wars (Grand emporiums were once kings of the city, setting consumer tastes; now they scramble to stay in business.), The Wolverine – Doing What Came Supernaturally? (The great strength and tenacity of this member of the weasel family have earned it a devilish reputation.)
Issue: March 1993
Condition: Very Good