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Notebook — From the February 1992 issue
Readings — From the November 1991 issue
Washington — From the April 1987 issue
Readings — From the November 1986 issue
Article — From the June 1984 issue
Wraparound — From the February 1974 issue
The easy chair — From the April 1972 issue
Phony Indians, a Bavarian village, a circuit-riding city manager, and other unlikelihoods
Article — From the October 1967 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.”
