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Literary notes — From the March 1898 issue
Editor's easy chair — From the May 1889 issue
Editor's study — From the October 1888 issue
Article — From the August 1887 issue
Editor's drawer — From the July 1872 issue

Amount of cash CNN reporter Peter Arnett says he wore sewn into his clothes while covering the Gulf War:

Babies prefer to look at attractive people.

A woman testified that prostitutes at the “bunga bunga” parties thrown by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had dressed up as President Obama.
“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.”