Article — From the February 2011 issue
Tiny Little Laws
A plague of sexual violence in Indian country
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Article — From the February 2011 issue
A plague of sexual violence in Indian country
By Kathy Dobie
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The many uses of the Daniel Boone National Forest
By Kathy Dobie
Article — From the March 2005 issue
When desertion is the only option
By Kathy Dobie
Article — From the January 2002 issue
Saturday night in West Virginia
By Kathy Dobie
Article — From the August 1996 issue
A remembrance of promiscuity
By Kathy Dobie

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.”
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