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BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Kate Hazelwood	I Am What I Buy Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture by Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter chronicles how the counterculture is still around, and its influence can be seen on the political left and among alternative-lifestyle advocates.
Science News January 29, 2005	Chaco's Past Explore the intersection of modern science and ancient cultures at a Web site about New Mexico's Chaco Canyon, launched by the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
Smithsonian February 2005 Leslie Allen	Phenomena and Curiosities: Back Home on the Range When a group of Native Americans took up bison ranching, they brought a prairie back to life.
Smithsonian February 2005 Richard Covington	Sicily Resurgent Across the island, activists, archaeologists and historians are joining forces to preserve a cultural legacy that has endured for 3,000 years.
Reason January 2005 David Weigel	Trans-Atlantic Tripe Jeremy Rifkin's theory is that America is really staggering into obsolescence. His latest work, The European Dream, is his chronicle of the society that will overtake it.
ifeminists January 5, 2005 Carey Roberts	Men Step Aside, The Rad-Fems Are Set To Win the Culture War The struggle to counter feminism will be more difficult than the fight against Communism. While socialism relied on political, economic, and military tactics, feminism targets the chinks in persons' emotional armor.
Financial Planning January 1, 2005 Nelson W. Aldrich	Security Blankets What can wealth really give us--and what does it mean for red-state and blue-state residents?
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Stanley Reed	Rule By Rigor Mortis "In the Rose Garden of Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran," Christopher de Bellaigue theorizes about an Iranian culture that places an unhealthy emphasis on death and martyrdom and defiance of outsiders.
Smithsonian January 2005 Craig Mellow	Cabin Fever As Muscovites get rich on oil, dachas--the rustic country houses that nourish the Russian soul--get gaudy.
Smithsonian January 2005 Tom Huntington	James Boswell's Scotland The author of the Life of Samuel Johnson spent much of his own life trying to escape the provincialism of the country of his birth.
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