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us Offline docfossil

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SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
on: December 24, 2017, 06:03:19 PM
Sometime ago I posted an article that was, I believe, from the NY Times on the SAK.

Here is the second installation of articles from my files. This is an article which appeared in the Smithsonian Magazine in Oct. 1989.

The resolution is a bit low, however, that was necessary to get all the pages in on PDF. I was not able to get it as one PDF and keep within the guidelines of the group. Thus it comes to you as 4 PDFs.

Hope you enjoy the article.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.
* Smithsonian a.PDF (Filesize: 294.01 KB)
* Smithsonian b.PDF (Filesize: 338.06 KB)
* Smithsonian c.PDF (Filesize: 310.2 KB)
* Smithsonian d.PDF (Filesize: 472.96 KB)
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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #1 on: December 24, 2017, 06:40:34 PM
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What a great read!  Thank you for uploading it!

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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #2 on: December 24, 2017, 08:32:56 PM
Nice read! Thanks

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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #3 on: December 24, 2017, 09:44:08 PM
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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #4 on: December 24, 2017, 10:08:20 PM
Thank you very much sir, what a great piece of literature!!

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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #5 on: December 24, 2017, 10:16:28 PM
Thank you docfossil for a great article, I have really enjoyed the read.
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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #6 on: December 24, 2017, 11:05:48 PM
Glad that you folks enjoyed it. I hope to post another one around New Year's Day.
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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #7 on: December 24, 2017, 11:25:01 PM
Thanks for sharing the article doc! It was an enjoyable read.  :like: :tu: :tu:
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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #8 on: December 25, 2017, 12:42:25 AM
just read it all. Saved it for future reading. Gracias!
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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #9 on: December 25, 2017, 05:24:51 AM
Great read.  Thanks nfor sharing.
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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #10 on: December 25, 2017, 08:08:25 AM
Thanks for sharing!  :salute: :cheers:
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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #11 on: December 25, 2017, 09:54:25 AM
Love the artwork!
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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #12 on: December 25, 2017, 10:04:31 AM
Outstanding!  :like:
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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #13 on: December 25, 2017, 10:06:30 AM
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Re: SAK Article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Reply #14 on: December 26, 2017, 09:11:36 AM
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