Readings — From the November 2012 issue
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Readings — From the November 2012 issue
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Wraparound — From the November 1974 issue
Article — From the May 1920 issue
Following Sherman’s footsteps to-day (part II)
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Following Sherman’s footsteps to-day (part I)
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Article — From the May 1914 issue
Article — From the December 1913 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.”