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Aviation History September 2005 David H. Grover	Harrowing 1927 California to Hawaii Flight The accomplishments of two pioneering civilians -- Emory Bronte and Ernie Smith -- who piloted a Travel Air across the Pacific in 1927 have been largely overlooked.
American History October 2005 Eric Niderost	'The Birth of a Nation': When Hollywood Glorified the KKK Ninety years after its first screening and 100 years after the publication of the novel that inspired it, D.W. Griffith's motion picture continues to be lauded for its cinematographic excellence and vilified for its racist content. The film came from Griffith's personal vision, and as such it reflected the strengths and weaknesses of the man himself.
Wild West August 2005 Robert Nightengale	Custer's Last Stand Still Stands Up Although George Custer may have made some mistakes at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, he had a solid plan that summer day in 1876 and might have defeated Sitting Bull and allies had two subordinate officers obeyed his orders.
Science News July 30, 2005	From the July 27, 1935, Issue "Geometry" of Bees is Not Result of Planning... Man-Made Gamma Rays Six Times as Piercing as Nature's... Electrical Device Aids in Measuring Speeds of Cars...
America's Civil War David A. Norris	Bloody Day at Boteler's Ford Just two days after the Battle of Antietam, the deadliest day of the Civil War, the savage Battle of Shepherdstown made for a bloody little coda to the 1862 Maryland campaign.
Civil War Times October 2005 Allen Guelzo	Ambrose Bierce's Civil War: One Man's Morbid Vision For Ambrose Bierce, the enemy was not really the gray-clad host at the other end of the field, but death, and the terror of death and wounds.
Science News July 23, 2005	From the July 20, 1935, issue Boiling clouds make for difficult flying... Cancer patients may benefit from radioactive elements... Supersonic waves speed the growth of potatoes...
British Heritage September 2005 Claire Hopley	The Puritan Migration: Albion's Seed Sets Sail As tensions between Parliament and the Crown heated toward what became the English Civil War, dissenting Puritans in the Eastern Counties sought refuge from economic hardship and religious persecution. To the shores of Massachusetts Bay they brought their spiritual ideals and way of life.
Science News July 16, 2005	From the July 13, 1935, Issue Soundproofing Gives Wall Look of Underground Cave... Professor Albert Einstein Announces a New Theory... Expansion of Universe Sole Explanation of Red Shift...
IEEE Spectrum July 2005 Stephen Cass	Genius on the Block From the early mechanical calculators of the 17th century through the birth of electronic computing during World War II up to the founding of the Internet in the 1970s, some of the most important documents in the history of computing and telecommunications went under the gavel.
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