Notebook — From the August 2002 issue
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Notebook — From the August 2002 issue
Article — From the August 1949 issue
Memorandum for some future Hoover Commission
Article — From the August 1949 issue
Article — From the January 1946 issue
Article — From the November 1917 issue
An account of war-time changes recently officially adopted
Article — From the October 1917 issue
How a small country raised a powerful army in one year
Article — From the August 1892 issue
Article — From the June 1892 issue
Article — From the May 1892 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.”
