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Article — From the August 1988 issue
Reading the newspapers of Central America
Notebook — From the March 1988 issue
Readings — From the August 1987 issue
Notebook — From the December 1984 issue
The fourth estate — From the June 1977 issue
Article — From the July 1976 issue
Article — From the July 1976 issue
Article — From the August 1974 issue
Article — From the April 1974 issue

Minimum number of baboons forced to smoke crack in a 1989 study testing the efficacy of cigarettes as a drug delivery device:

A reduction in distrust toward atheists was documented among pious Canadians who are reminded of the Vancouver police.

A Missouri cinema apologized for hiring an actor dressed in body armor and carrying a fake rifle to appear at a screening of Iron Man 3.
“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.”