Readings — From the June 2005 issue
Boys, uninterrupted
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Readings — From the June 2005 issue
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Literary notes — From the April 1894 issue
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Literary notes — From the June 1892 issue
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Literary notes — From the November 1890 issue
Literary notes — From the November 1889 issue
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Literary notes — From the August 1887 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.”
