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Readings — From the July 1992 issue
Readings — From the January 1992 issue
Readings — From the August 1990 issue
Capitalism observed — From the July 1983 issue
Otherwise known as “The Tragedy of Sid Bernstein”
Performing arts — From the January 1974 issue
Performing arts — From the September 1972 issue
Music — From the October 1970 issue
After hours — From the October 1962 issue
After hours — From the June 1957 issue
The new recordings — From the May 1956 issue
After hours — From the January 1954 issue
After hours — From the June 1951 issue
After hours — From the March 1951 issue
After hours — From the April 1949 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.”