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Readings — From the December 2003 issue
Fiction — From the February 1984 issue
Fiction — From the August 1983 issue
Photography — From the November 1975 issue
Article — From the October 1933 issue
Article — From the June 1929 issue
Article — From the October 1928 issue
Article — From the March 1928 issue
The lion's mouth — From the July 1923 issue
The lion's mouth — From the April 1922 issue
The lion's mouth — From the March 1921 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.”