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Article: Rand's Story.(author Ayn Rand is remembered in a new postage stamp issued by the US Postal Service)
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- Insight on the News
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- May 31, 1999
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A new postage stamp and a cable-television movie demonstrate that this goddess of individualism still makes her presence felt 17 years after her death.
Ayn Rand finally is receiving her just due, courtesy of that oldest of America's statist institutions -- the U.S. Postal Service. On April 22, a 33-cent stamp was issued to honor the late author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Yes, there are ironies involved in the champion of individualism receiving state-sanctioned recognition of this sort, but they are not as rife as one might think. And even the most avid followers of Rand, who have not been averse to internecine feuding, agree that it's a beautiful ...