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The Culture-Changing Words of Watergate

Author: Hugh Rawson

AN ANNIVERSARY LOOK BACK AT THE BIGGEST PRESIDENTIAL SCANDAL EVER, THROUGH THE CHANGES IT WROUGHT IN THE LANGUAGE

The Return of Pragmatism

Author: Louis Menand

WILLIAM JAMES’S EXHILARATING movement to sweep aside all philosophies is making a surprising comeback a century later.

Ike Shrugged Off Sputnik

Author: Stephen Bates

Sixty years ago this month, the Soviet Union orbited a “man-made moon” whose derisive chirp persuaded Americans that they’d already lost a race that had barely begun.

Exploring Saratoga Springs

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THE FIRST ANNUAL AMERICAN HERITAGE GREAT AMERICAN PLACE AWARD