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Article — From the July 1976 issue
Article — From the July 1976 issue
Wraparound — From the June 1975 issue
Article — From the February 1966 issue
The editor's easy chair — From the January 1958 issue
Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria
Article — From the May 1952 issue
Article — From the April 1931 issue
A protest against American humility
Editor's easy chair — From the August 1928 issue
Article — From the October 1927 issue
Article — From the July 1920 issue
Article — From the April 1920 issue
Editor's study — From the May 1895 issue
Our foreign bureau — From the June 1862 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.