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Editor's drawer — From the December 1920 issue
Editor's drawer — From the August 1920 issue
Editor's drawer — From the October 1917 issue
Editor's drawer — From the May 1916 issue
Editor's drawer — From the November 1912 issue
Editor's drawer — From the May 1912 issue
Editor's drawer — From the July 1910 issue
Fiction — From the August 1899 issue
Fiction — From the July 1899 issue
Editor's drawer — From the April 1895 issue
Fiction — From the May 1894 issue
Editor's drawer — From the October 1889 issue
Editor's drawer — From the February 1883 issue
Poetry — From the December 1882 issue
Poetry — From the October 1865 issue
Article — From the March 1855 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.”
