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The easy chair — From the November 1979 issue
Further reflections on the national consensus of anger
The easy chair — From the April 1979 issue
Further remarks on the heirs to the American fortune
The easy chair — From the April 1978 issue
On the American grudge against children
Wraparound — From the November 1973 issue
Books — From the January 1970 issue
Cartoon — From the October 1968 issue
Article — From the October 1967 issue
Article — From the October 1967 issue
Article — From the October 1967 issue
Article — From the October 1967 issue
Article — From the October 1967 issue
The lion's mouth — From the May 1932 issue
Article — From the January 1930 issue

Percentage by which the risk of type 2 diabetes increases for every two hours a day that a person watches television:

Two bottled ghosts—of an old man and a young girl—were sold at auction in New Zealand.

The practice of sexualized eyeball licking was causing conjunctivitis in Japanese sixth graders.