Readings — From the July 2004 issue
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Readings — From the July 2004 issue
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Studies in the plays and films of yesterday and today (VI.–”The historical drama”)
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Studies in the plays and films of yesterday and today (V.–Masterpieces of other nations)
Article — From the May 1923 issue
Studies in the plays and films of yesterday and today (IV.–”The Greek drama”)
Editor's study — From the December 1902 issue
Literary notes — From the April 1898 issue
Fiction — From the August 1895 issue
Editor's drawer — From the August 1871 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.”