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Ron Sherr painted George H.W. Bush at the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, but used a West Wing backdrop. (Photograph provided by the National Portrait Gallery)

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Norman Rockwell said President Nixon was "the hardest man I ever painted," and opted to make him look good. (Photograph provided by the National Portrait Gallery)

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Edmund Tarbell's depiction of Woodrow Wilson in included in the new coffee-table book of presidential portraits. (Photograph provided by the National Portrait Gallery)

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Abraham Lincoln's portrait artist, George P.A. Healy, used photograph technology that was new at the time. (Photograph provided by the National Portrait Gallery)

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Long before the advent of photography and funding by the White House Historical Association, Rembrandt Peale painted first lady Martha Washington, allowing people through the centuries to see what she looked like. (Photograph provided by the National Portrait Gallery)

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In this Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 photo, Kenny Jenkins uses a lift bag to help him carry a weight and geocache marker to place it in about 33 ft. of water in Lake Denton in Avon Park, Fla. Interest in geocaching has grown significantly over the years. But combining the two hobbies, geocaching and scuba diving, has only recently taken off. About 100 geocaches around the world today are only accessible with scuba gear, according to the geocaching.com database. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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In this Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 photo, Kenny Jenkins places a weight and geocache marker in about 33 ft. of water in Lake Denton in Avon Park, Fla. Interest in geocaching has grown significantly over the years. But combining the two hobbies, geocaching and scuba diving, has only recently taken off. About 100 geocaches around the world today are only accessible with scuba gear, according to the geocaching.com database. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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The kitchen has a center island and breakfast bar, granite counters, white cabinetry and stainless steel appliances.

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The two-story family room has a floor-to-ceiling stone wood-burning fireplace and two skylights. A triple window overlooks the backyard.

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The home at 1307 Murray Downs Way in Reston is on the market for $773,900. The Colonial-style five-bedroom house, built in 1997, has approximately 4,000 square feet.

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The Pemberton model, priced from $384,900, has an open family room, breakfast area and center-island kitchen at the back of the home.

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First lady Michelle Obama and comedian Jimmy Fallon compete at tug-of-war at the White House during a taping of Mr. Fallon's "Late Night" program Jan. 25. Mrs. Obama has made the talk-show rounds while promoting her "Let's Move!" fitness campaign. (The White House via Associated Press)

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The Morocco Mall in Casablanca is dripping with glamour and luxury, yet the futuristic silver structure on the coast overlooking the Atlantic is a stark symbol of contrasts in a country where 8.5 million people live in poverty. (Associated Press)

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Actress Gillian Anderson (right) shows first editions of a Charles Dickens book to Britain's Prince Charles, his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and David Wootton (left), the lord mayor of London, during a tour of the Dickens Museum in London on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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Workers pick traminer grapes (above) and pinot grapes (right) from a vineyard near the village of Stosikovice na Louce, Czech Republic. Following an unusually warm winter, Czech winemakers finally got the deep chill needed to reap grapes for ice wine. "We never picked the grapes so late before," said winemaker Antonin Zatloukal. (Associated Press)

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A traveler walks Feb. 7, 2012, next to an information board at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France. (Associated Press)

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Iranians walk Feb. 2, 2012, at Tehran's old main bazaar. A simple trip the store these days offers a crash course in life under sanctions. The price tags on many imported goods are sometimes double from 2011. The money to buy them, meanwhile, has plunged in value against the U.S. dollar and other foreign currencies. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** This undated photo shows guests at an Alikewise.com launch party at the Gallery Bar in New York. (Associated Press)

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Tugendhat Villa is viewed from a different angle. Some 80 percent of the villa's original features have been preserved, making it "the most authentic Mies van der Rohe building on the European continent," said architect Iveta Cerna. (Associated Press)