Winter wonderland

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Microarchitecture became a mass-market phenomenon in the 1920s when department stores, and mail-order catalogs began selling inexpensive cardboard Christmas villages that were made in Japan. Ranging from matchbox to shoebox sizes, these structures were designed to alternate as children's toys, model-railroad props and tree ornaments.

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Scenes from everyday life: the realism of Stone Roberts suggests mysteries beneath familiar surfaces

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Forty-one-year-old painter Stone Roberts creates still life paintings worthy of the Dutch masters whose works inspired him as a child. His eye for detail is reflected in his uncannily realistic and often thought-provoking works.

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Bermuda primeval

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Nonsuch Island is being tapped as a sanctuary to preserve Bermuda's native species, such as the rare cahow, and its rich vegetation. Two man-made marshes have already been constructed in the island's microecosystem.

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