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• IMAX® Theater Film Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag Surpasses 150 Million Viewers Worldwide

  - 2008-07-28

  Film Has Reached Over 1 Million Viewers at the Smithsonian IMAX[R] Theaters Alone, Making It the 2nd-Highest Grossing Aviation Film Ever at the Smithsonian EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- According to Smithsonian V.P. of IMAX[R] Theater Operations, Toby Mensforth, the dynamic Giant Screen film "Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag" has...

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• CODY MAY GET SMITHSONIAN ARTIFACTS

  - 2008-06-22

  Wyoming - The Buffalo Bill Historical Center may soon be displaying rare and priceless artifacts on loan from the Smithsonian Institution. The Cody center announced Friday that it has been accepted as an affliate of the Smithsonian, a status granted to 159 museums in 40 states, Panama...

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• Georgia Tech president to lead Smithsonian

  - 2008-03-16

  WASHINGTON AP -- The Smithsonian Institution returned to its academic roots on Saturday, naming the president of Georgia Tech as the new leader of the museum complex beleaguered by financial scandals. G. Wayne Clough, an engineer by training, will become the 12th secretary of the world's largest museum...

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• World Renowned Nature Photography Competition Opens for Entries

  - 2008-01-30

  Nature's Best Photography , the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History , and Sony Electronics, Inc. are pleased to announce the CALL FOR ENTRIES for the 2008 Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards. Presented by Sony Electronics, Inc. and its Alpha DSLR Camera system team,...

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• Museum of American Finance Appoints Makovsky + Company

  - 2008-01-09

  NEW YORK -- Makovsky + Company, one of the nation's largest independent public relations and investor relations firms, today announced that it has been retained by the Museum of American Finance, a Smithsonian affiliate, to manage the communications for its grand opening at 48 Wall Street. Kristin Aguilera, Communications...

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• Ex-museum director linked to lavish trips

  - 2007-12-29

  WASHINGTON AP -- The former director of the National Museum of the American Indian spent more than $250,000 in Smithsonian funds on first-class transportation and luxury hotels over the past four years, according to records obtained by The Washington Post. During that time, W. Richard West Jr. was...

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• The churning sector: no storms, at least from a weather perspective.(YEAR IN REVIEW)

  - 2007-12-01

  If March goes in like a lion and out like a lamb, 2007 might well be remembered for all the commotion toward the middle of the year. The latest nonprofit scandal The Smithsonian hit the fan in the spring while the summer went out with a howl...

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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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• The Fertilizer Institute announces a $1 million commitment in the name of the Nutrients for Life Foundation to the Smithsonian Institution for an exhibition about soils at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington

  - 2007-07-01

  The Fertilizer Institute TFI announces a $1 million commitment in the name of the Nutrients for Life Foundation to the Smithsonian Institution for an exhibition about soils at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The 5,000-square-foot soils exhibit is being developed by the Smithsonian in...

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• International Bank Offers $100 Million to Fight Climate Change

  - 2007-05-30

  LONDON, UK ENS — --> The financial institution HSBC today announced a five year, US$100 million partnership to respond to the "urgent threat" of climate change worldwide. Four partner organizations will share in the funding - The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the...

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