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Travel/Culture
January 2011
Wayne Thiebaud may be best known for confections
He's best known for his bright paintings of pastries and cakes, but they represent only a slice of the American master's work
© Wayne Thiebaud / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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War Shirt
A new crop of skyscrapers symbolizes the Polish capital's effort to rebuild its downtrodden image
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Featured Comment
"I had the privilege of flying on British Airways Concorde from New York to London during the final week of flights in October 2003.... Concorde was a wonderful aircraft, way ahead of its time, and it is a shame that they no longer fly."

— commenter Steven Bragg on Around the Mall's "Concorde Begins Service 35 Years Ago"
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Think Fast
Philematology is the study of what?
  1. The science of scratching
  2. The science of sneezing
  3. The science of kissing
  4. The science of laughing
*Answer at the bottom of this email
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(Think Fast Answer: The science of kissing) Philematalogy is the study of kissing. One theory on the origin of kissing is that it evolved as an extension of the way mothers used to feed their children.