Topic: James Michener
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Rural America: 'If government's the problem, shoot it.'
The grand American tradition of disregard for the law – especially rural lawlessness – still thrives. This antigovernment flouting of the law may seem harmless, but it is corrosive and destructive, dismantling society rivet by rivet.
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Classic review: Space
A fact-laden novel on the space program.
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An Afghanistan refugee camp that's state-of-the-art
Some 400 Afghans live in Traiskirchen, a refugee camp outside Vienna, Austria. It looks more like an Ivy League campus than a center that's housed more than 1 million refugees over the past 50 years.
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Chile quake 2010: Tsunami warning system worked as intended
The Pacific basin's warning network detected the Chile quake's tsunami accurately, and computer models are improving, tsunami experts say.
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Would you rather read a book by a journalist – or a writer?
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Fifty years of musical memories
Musicals such as 'South Pacific' marked an era.
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