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After hours — From the October 1966 issue
The lion's mouth — From the April 1922 issue
The lion's mouth — From the July 1919 issue
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Article — From the February 1903 issue
Article — From the July 1896 issue
Editor's study — From the September 1895 issue
Poetry — From the February 1892 issue
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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.”