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Historical Era

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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) A Biography of America on TV	Herbes-sommers, Christine	October 2000
Blame And (a Little) Praise		October 2000
Blame And (a Little) Praise		October 2000
The Confederate Flag		October 2000
The Confederate Flag		October 2000
Blame And (a Little) Praise		October 2000
Blame And (a Little) Praise		October 2000
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Aircraft 53-1876A Has Lost a Device	Rumrill, Clark	September 2000
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Visiting The Cold War Today	Patton, Phil	September 2000
Sites Of The Cold War		September 2000
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Our Ugly New Money	Dorgan, Eugene	September 2000
The Lost Quarter		September 2000
Correspondence		September 2000
To Plan Trip		September 2000
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) The Day We Shot Down the U-2	Khrushchev, Sergei	September 2000
A Few Words In Defense Of Francis Gary Powers	Powers,, Francis	September 2000
But On The Other Hand…	Heppenheimer, T.	September 2000
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Fragments of a War	Snow, Richard	September 2000
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Anti-Catholicism in the USA	Baker, Kevin	September 2000
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Monopoly That Nobody Loathes	Gordon, John	September 2000
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) When Sex Drives Technological Innovation	Allen, Frederick	September 2000
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) The Twenty-Second Greatest Battle		September 2000
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Frederick, Maryland: A Civil War Crossroads		September 2000
Something To Annoy (almost) Everybody		September 2000
Something To Annoy (almost) Everybody		September 2000
Something To Annoy (almost) Everybody		September 2000
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Two Intimate Enemies	Ellis, Joseph	September 2000
Moving Forward		September 2000
1850 One Hundred And Fifty Years Ago	O'Brien, Frederic	September 2000
Coed Confidential	O'Brien, Frederic	September 2000
1925 Seventy-five Years Ago	O'Brien, Frederic	September 2000
1975 Twenty-five Years Ago	O'Brien, Frederic	September 2000
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Mr. Smith Goes Underground	Mallon, Thomas	September 2000
On The Scene At The Crime Of The Century		July/August 2000
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Since When Can You Patent a Gene?	Allen, Frederick	July/August 2000
To Plan A Trip		July/August 2000
Hearing The Jubilee		July/August 2000
They Brought The Jubilee	Ward, Andrew	July/August 2000
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Introducing the Glove to Baseball	O'Brien, Frederic	July/August 2000
My Father: A Man of the Century	Snow, Richard	July/August 2000
My Favorite Convention	Ward, Nathan	July/August 2000
Miracle Drug		July/August 2000
Presidential Spinach		July/August 2000
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) George Freeth, the Original Beach Boy	Whitcomb, Ian	July/August 2000
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Alternatives to That Odious Flag?	Baker, Kevin	July/August 2000
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) The Invention of the Sewing Machine	Gordon, John	July/August 2000
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Riding America's Orient Express		July/August 2000
Wright Hand?		July/August 2000
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Conventional Wisdom: Why It’s Wrong	Golway, Terry	July/August 2000
1925 Seventy-five Years Ago	O'Brien, Frederic	July/August 2000