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Reason January 2006 Tim Cavanaugh	Rant: Critics in Blue Helmets At the same moment France's culture apparatchik voted to keep Hollywood out, his countrymen were voting very differently with their euros: They made Dreamworks' Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit the top French film two weeks running.
Financial Advisor January 2006 Richard B. Wagner	Deal With It To live life effectively in 21st century first-world environments, money skills are required. Without them, at least some of them, we do not survive.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Gaming Grandmas Not So Unlikely The media spotlight on one geriatric gamer illustrates the increasing pervasiveness of video games. Recent questions about short-term issues, however, have plagued video game-related companies.
Smithsonian January 2006 Owen Edwards	The Object at Hand - American Idol Once upon a time, Miss America reigned supreme: Before "Survivor," "The Apprentice" and "Fear Factor," only two elimination contests mattered to America. One gave us a president, and the other gave us Miss America.
Smithsonian January 2006 Simon Worrall	Full Speed Ahead A railroad, finally, crosses Australia's vast interior -- linking not only the continent's south with its north, but also its past to its future.
Smithsonian January 2006 Michael Gee	The Last Page - Royal @ In a web-based monarchy, there are no bans on fox-hunting: Now that the real world is an obsolete concept, the Windsors are on even terms with us commoners, at least on the Internet, where they can indulge that most priceless of perks -- anonymity.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2005 Flaum & Flaum	Leadership: Where Have All the Heroes Gone? As a society we owe it to ourselves to recognize the heroes among us. The same is true for business. We need to celebrate selfless bravery, but will our culture let us? A debate.
Reason December 2005 Jeff Taylor	The Crisis That Wasn't In their 1992 book Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage, William Rathje and Cullen Murphy noted the historical forces that drive cultures to be more efficient in dealing with garbage, predicting today's waste disposal efficiency.
American Family Physician December 1, 2005 Gregory Juckett	Cross-Cultural Medicine Cultural competency is an essential skill for family physicians because of increasing ethnic diversity among patient populations.
Smithsonian December 2005 Doug Stewart	West African Gold: Out of the Ordinary The inventive goldwork and royal regalia of Ghana's Akan people - on display in a new exhibition - are drawn, strikingly, from daily life.
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