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The Nation - The Nation -- In late December, more than a half-dozen major museums and organizations, including the Smithsonian Institution and the New York Historical Society, announced they would begin collecting materials produced by the Occupy movement.

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Many notable deaths marked the year 2011. Among them, the following individuals stand out as people whose defiance of convention forever changed their respective industries. A technological innovator, a humanitarian actress and a soulful songstress rewrote the rules and redefined the very meaning of excellence. As a result, our expectations of greatness have been altered forever.

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