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  1. Seven Ways to Make You Squirm

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Style - Oct 16, 2008

    First, a cautionary note about tonight's screening of the film "Seven Easy Pieces" at the Hirshhorn: The easily shocked or squeamish will probably want to quickly leave/run screaming from the theater.

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  2. Unveiling a Tall Tribute to a Towering Abolitionist

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - Oct 5, 2008

    The sound of bells rang across Judiciary Square yesterday when the 850-pound bronze of Frederick Douglass was lowered onto its marble base.

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  3. A Veritable 'Who's That?' of U.S. History

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - The District - Oct 1, 2008

    When the first crowds surge through the doors of the lavish new Capitol Visitor Center this fall, they will be steeped in the saga of American Democracy and greeted with a statue of that pillar of the nation

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  4. All Yours, for $49 Million

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Business - Sep 26, 2008

    So the economy's in turmoil. But if you've got $49 million to spare, a piece of history can be yours.

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  5. A Towering City, Without Tall Buildings

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Letters to the Editor - Jul 23, 2008

    Thomas Cheplick seems to have the misguided notion that a few tall buildings make a city great ["In D.C., Let's Build a Skyscraper -- or Two," Close to Home, July 20]. He overlooks the people, environment, culture and

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  6. A Monumental Plan

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook - Jul 12, 2008

    EVER SINCE it was founded in 1791, Washington has had to reckon with the intersection of its dual roles as host to a nation and home to a city. Pierre L'Enfant's design of the federal city embraced that challenge

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  7. Appalled by the Mall

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook - May 25, 2008

    A LOT OF grand words were used last week to describe the Mall: "iconic landscape," "the people's place," "great swath of green," "hallowed ground," "America's civic stage" and -- in the vernacular of its famed designer

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