Painting — From the May 2013 issue
A synopsis of our May 2013 cover feature
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Painting — From the May 2013 issue
Précis — April 15, 2013, 2:37 am
A synopsis of our May 2013 cover feature
A synopsis of our May 2013 cover feature
Readings — From the November 2011 issue
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After hours — From the March 1955 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.”