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Peter Carl Fabergé: How Communism crushed the Faberge egg
Peter Carl Fabergé created a jeweled-egg empire, commemorated Wednesday by a Google doodle. But as the Russian Revolution toppled the Czar, it also upended the famous line of Imperial Faberge eggs.
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Westminster Dog Show 2011: Can my dog join Westminster Kennel Club?
Membership in the Westminster Kennel Club is 'by invitation only,' says a spokesman. That's OK. Fido and Spot didn't want to compete in the Westminster Dog Show 2011 anyway.
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In Pictures: Extravagant auctions
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Beware the Ides of March? A look at March 15 in history
Julius Caesar was forewarned about the "Ides of March." March 15 wasn't his best day.
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If everything's 'revolutionary,' nothing is
From corn chips to deodorants, marketers tout new products as 'revolutionary.' But real revolutions are rare. And revolutions that endure depend on a secret ingredient: democracy
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