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Readings — From the October 2011 issue
Readings — From the June 2008 issue
Readings — From the November 1996 issue
Readings — From the February 1996 issue
Readings — From the September 1991 issue
Article — From the March 1984 issue
An account of mores as well as money
The easy chair — From the August 1974 issue
Article — From the October 1960 issue
Article — From the October 1960 issue
Article — From the August 1942 issue
A practical way to care for air raid casualties
The easy chair — From the April 1940 issue
Article — From the June 1934 issue
Article — From the January 1929 issue
Editor's drawer — From the September 1908 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.”