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Small is beautiful — except at the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington.

There, Lawrence M. Small, the former top official of the institution, resigned last week, after he came under fire for inappropriate expenditures, lavish personal spending, and a disregard for established Smithsonian rules.

The Smithsonian experience offers major...

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