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• Funding of portrait criticized

  - 2008-01-05

  WASHINGTON AP -- The recently retired director of the National Museum of the American Indian spent $48,500 in museum funds to commission a portrait of himself and selected a non-Indian artist to create it, a newspaper reported Friday. The portrait of W. Richard West Jr. by New York...

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• Bright spots in bedroom (Furniture Today)

  - 2007-04-09

  High Point-- Case goods might be made of hardwoods, but "soft" was the key word at market, with traffic down from a year ago in many showrooms. Like October, opening day was slow for many buildings, but traffic picked up some later in the week....

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• SHIP PLANS FROM THE SMITHSONIAN

  - 2006-11-01

  The Smithsonian's collection of watercraft plans, maintained by the History of Technology Division of the National Museum of American History, is a valuable resource for the maritime historian, the student of Naval architecture, other scholars, the model builder, and craftspeople. To make this collection more accessible to the public, blackline...

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• Carousel to spin again at Please Touch

  - 2006-05-10

  The Please Touch Museum intends to resurrect the flamboyant carousel that bobbed and flashed around and around in Woodside Park before the park was demolished in the 1950s, museum officials announced yesterday. The 1924 carousel, considered one of the finest productions of the famous Philadelphia-based Dentzel Carousel Co., has...

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• U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for April 25: Appreciating Jazz

  - 2006-04-24

  WASHINGTON, April 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature for Tuesday, April 25 from the U.S. Census Bureau: TUESDAY, APRIL 25: APPRECIATING JAZZ Profile America -- Tuesday, April 25. This is Jazz Appreciation Month, an annual observance led by the Smithsonian's National Museum of...

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• A Museum of the Indian, not for the Indian.(Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian)

  - 2005-06-22

  Apparently, there's been some controversy brewing around the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. A bit of it is due to the dismay over the exclusion of so many tribes, which I'm sure in time will be remedied, given that the exhibits are supposed to...

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• D.C.-sons greetings.(Freeze Frame)

  - 2005-01-24

  At Turner's "Christmas In Washington" dinner at the Smithsonian (l. to r.): the Stacy family, Molly, Courtney, Cindy and Ted, senior partner and director of national broadcast for Ford; and the Cinis, Rachael, Phil (VP, Detroit sales at Turner) and Julie. ...

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• Repairing a Saturn V Rocket

  - 2005-01-18

  In the 1960s, NASA built 15 gigantic rockets to launch missions to the moon. The Saturn V, named in part for its five engines, weighed more than six million pounds and stood taller than a 30-story building. Only three Saturn V's—the three that were never launched—remain. The Smithsonian Air...

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• Briolettes.(Jewel of the Month)

  - 2004-09-01

  The briolette takes its name from an 1860s French alteration of brignolette ("little dried plum"). Today, it's as popular a cutting design as it has ever been--and it's been around for centuries. Commonly defined in Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language as "any pear-shape gem...

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• Protect Wild Dolphins Specialty License Plate Program Distributes Nearly $430,000 in Grants; Photo Available

  - 2004-08-04

  FT. PIERCE, Fla., Aug. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- This week, the Protect Wild Dolphins specialty license plate program is distributing nearly $430,000 in funds generated through plate sales to institutions around the state and beyond. The money will support six new or ongoing dolphin research programs by the Smithsonian Institution,...

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