Readings — From the February 2013 issue
Smuggler Nation
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Searching for deadly toys in China???s Pearl River Delta
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It’s the newly globalized consumer economy, stupid
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Culture, identity, and the free-trade agreement
Notebook — From the April 1987 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.”
