American Heritage Oct 1997 Author:Society Of American Historians and American Association For State & Local History Saratoga Springs, NY: Great American Place by Gene Smith -- For its use of an extraordinary past to engage visitors today, we name this town--pivot of the Revolution, playground of the Gilded Age, healing spa, racing capital, and more--the winner of a new annual award. — Words Of Watergate by Hugh Rawson -- 25th anniversary look back at the bigg... more »est presidential scandal ever, through the myriad ways it enriched--and impoverished--our language.
Return of Pragmatism by Louis Menand -- William James' exhilarating movement to sweep aside all philosophies and replace them with simple practical common sense is making a surprising comeback a century later.
Sputnik by Edwin Diamond and Stephen Bates -- 40 years ago this month the Soviet Union orbited a "man-made moon" whose derisive chirp persuaded Americans they'd already lost a race that had barely begun.« less