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Fiction — From the November 1917 issue
Poetry — From the June 1917 issue
Fiction — From the March 1917 issue
Fiction — From the September 1911 issue
Fiction — From the March 1910 issue
Fiction — From the November 1908 issue
Fiction — From the August 1908 issue
Fiction — From the May 1908 issue
Fiction — From the September 1906 issue
Poetry — From the July 1906 issue
Poetry — From the August 1905 issue
Fiction — From the July 1905 issue
Fiction — From the April 1905 issue
Fiction — From the July 1904 issue
Years of consideration preceding the inclusion of the word “phat” in Random House’s 1996 Compact Unabridged Dictionary:
Scientists created crash helmets that stink when cracked and fruit flies to whom blue light smells delicious.
In Belize, a construction company bulldozed a 2,300-year-old Mayan temple to make road fill.
“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”
