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Readings — From the April 1985 issue
Brief reviews — From the July 1983 issue
Article — From the December 1967 issue
Article — From the September 1958 issue
Article — From the May 1954 issue
Unpublished personal letters (part II)
Article — From the April 1954 issue
Unpublished personal letters (part I)
Article — From the July 1935 issue
Article — From the July 1934 issue
Article — From the March 1898 issue
Article — From the March 1889 issue
Poetry — From the September 1884 issue
Article — From the May 1873 issue
Article — From the May 1872 issue
Article — From the March 1852 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.”