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Article — From the April 2004 issue
How the Republican Party sows ruin on the Great Plains
The fourth estate — From the February 1982 issue
Found, in an office at the University of Texas at Dallas
Article — From the January 1958 issue
The easy chair — From the December 1951 issue
The easy chair — From the October 1951 issue
Article — From the May 1930 issue
Article — From the February 1892 issue
Article — From the June 1891 issue
Editor's drawer — From the May 1886 issue

Years of consideration preceding the inclusion of the word “phat” in Random House’s 1996 Compact Unabridged Dictionary:

Scientists created crash helmets that stink when cracked and fruit flies to whom blue light smells delicious.

In Belize, a construction company bulldozed a 2,300-year-old Mayan temple to make road fill.
“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.”