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• Smithsonian all aflutter over new exhibit

  - 2008-02-14

  Best known for dinosaur bones and a giant stuffed elephant, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., opens a new permanent exhibit on Friday: a butterfly pavilion. "Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution" lets visitors get up close and personal with 400 of the fluttery creatures and...

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• Farmers Insurance is the National Sponsor of "Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon" National Tour

  - 2007-10-05

  LOS ANGELES -- Farmers Insurance announced it has become the national sponsor of the Smithsonian's "Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon" exhibition that explores the story of the Vietnamese American experience in America from 1975 to the present through photographs. "We are pleased to present the exhibit which will cover...

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• Remarks by the First Lady to the Travel Pool After Touring National Constitution Center's First Ladies: Political Role and Public Image Exhibit

  - 2007-10-01

  PHILADELPHIA -- National Constitution Center 10:42 A.M. EDT MRS. BUSH: This gives me a chance, standing here by the suit that I wore for the second inaugural of the President -- gives me a chance to also talk about this whole exhibit and ask people and encourage people...

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• Code talker exhibit comes to Barrington.(News)

  - 2007-07-28

  Byline: Chad Brooks cbrooks@@dailyherald.com Today, talking in code may look something like "RUOK?" or "TTYL." Many teens enamored with text-messaging would know this to mean, "Are you OK?" and "Talk to you later." But decades ago,...

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• Deja-voodoo

  - 2007-05-29

  The energy crisis of the 1970s led to the creation of a U.S. Department of Energy, as politicians sought to assure the public they were responding seriously to the situation. But what did the creation of yet another federal department do for Americans, in terms of lessening our dependence on...

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• US museum toned down global warming exhibit to please officials

  - 2007-05-24

  WASHINGTON AFP — The Smithsonian museum institute in Washington toned-down and delayed an exhibit on global warming it feared would displease Congress and the White House, a former museum director said. The exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History that finally ran from April to November 2006 focused...

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• Key Ingredients Michigan Foodways Opens at May 26 Chelsea Market Faire

  - 2007-05-23

  The Michigan Humanities Council MHC kicks off the 2007-2008 Key Ingredients Michigan Foodways tour on Saturday, May 26, at the Chelsea Market Faire, McKune Memorial Library, Chelsea. Key Ingredients is a Smithsonian exhibit depicting our national food culture. Michigan Foodways is a Michigan State University Museum exhibit exploring our...

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• EVENTS Good neighbors

  - 2007-03-11

  Straddle it, jump it, climb it, lean on it. Fence it out, fence it in. That ubiquitous feature of the American landscape is the subject of a traveling Smithsonian exhibit that puts down its posts in Paola on Friday. During the show's six-week stay at the...

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• If you go ... Smithsonian Institution exhibit "Between Fences"

  - 2007-01-16

  What: The Smithsonian Institution exhibit "Between Fences." Where: John Hutchings Museum of Natural History, 55 N. Center, Lehi When: Museum is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, but special arrangements outside of these times can be made for groups. The exhibit opens today...

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• 'Between Fences' exhibit offers Lehi a taste of the Smithsonian

  - 2007-01-16

  LEHI -- Museum lovers who have a hard time traveling to Washington, D.C., will only have to go as far as Lehi for the next eight weeks to sample a Smithsonian Institution exhibit. Starting today, the John Hutchings Museum of Natural History in Lehi will host a traveling...

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