Readings — From the June 2011 issue
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Readings — From the June 2011 issue
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Churchill gave Londoners courage, Blair is serving them fear
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Reflections after the polo matches and the yacht races
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A study in mutual understanding
Editor's drawer — From the May 1918 issue
Article — From the March 1899 issue
Literary notes — From the December 1892 issue

Percentage by which the risk of type 2 diabetes increases for every two hours a day that a person watches television:

Two bottled ghosts—of an old man and a young girl—were sold at auction in New Zealand.

The practice of sexualized eyeball licking was causing conjunctivitis in Japanese sixth graders.