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Notebook — From the December 1998 issue
Article — From the November 1983 issue
“I have no use for politicians,” says Fritz Leutwiler, head of the Bank for International Settlements. “They lack the judgment of central bankers”
Article — From the July 1979 issue
Article — From the July 1979 issue
Article — From the July 1979 issue
Article — From the July 1979 issue
Article — From the January 1932 issue
A backward glance and a New Year’s reappraisal
Article — From the July 1916 issue

Amount British Nuclear Fuels paid the British Scouts last year to add its logo to their scientist badge:

The majority of young Swedish women are attracted to both men and women.

“My body was quite happy,” said ISS mission commander Chris Hadfield. “I learned to talk with a weightless tongue.”
“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.”