The latter-day viking: the scholar who showed that Norsemen beat Columbus to America was an explorer himself
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Ingstad pursued his Nordic forebears into a life of exploration, making dangerous journeys to the Arctic in the early twentieth century. He gained attention later for discovering evidence of the legendary American outpost of Vinland established by Vikings in the Middle Ages.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
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Imposing values
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A woman reflects on her grandfather in light of the current debate on 'family values.' Her grandfather was a man of deep principles who would not have been taken in by cynical posturing.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1992
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The good lie
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The results of a survey of morality carried out in America are presented, with reference to attitudes to lying, immoral thoughts and the income gap.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
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