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Article — From the June 1989 issue
The hard freedom of the American hobo
Photography — From the June 1989 issue
The lion's mouth — From the October 1935 issue
Article — From the July 1934 issue
The lion's mouth — From the May 1934 issue
Editor's drawer — From the April 1924 issue
Editor's drawer — From the November 1922 issue
Editor's drawer — From the June 1920 issue
Editor's drawer — From the May 1920 issue
Editor's drawer — From the June 1918 issue
Editor's drawer — From the July 1916 issue
Editor's drawer — From the April 1916 issue
Editor's drawer — From the September 1915 issue
Editor's drawer — From the August 1915 issue
Editor's drawer — From the April 1915 issue
Editor's drawer — From the January 1915 issue
Editor's drawer — From the May 1914 issue

Percentage by which the risk of type 2 diabetes increases for every two hours a day that a person watches television:

Two bottled ghosts—of an old man and a young girl—were sold at auction in New Zealand.

The practice of sexualized eyeball licking was causing conjunctivitis in Japanese sixth graders.