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Readings — From the January 1987 issue
Harper's journal — From the July 1983 issue
The fourth estate — From the September 1976 issue
Wraparound — From the January 1974 issue
Article — From the July 1969 issue
illustration — From the July 1969 issue
After hours — From the March 1956 issue
Article — From the October 1950 issue
The easy chair — From the May 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.”