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The easy chair — From the October 1983 issue
Working women would do well to ignore most of the advice they’re getting
The easy chair — From the June 1983 issue
Affirmative action for the 1980′s
The easy chair — From the March 1983 issue
Public broadcasting faces life
The easy chair — From the February 1983 issue
Why my friends don’t wear alligators on their shirts
The easy chair — From the January 1983 issue
The easy chair — From the October 1982 issue
As opportunities narrow, the spirit of “I got here first” is sweeping the country
The easy chair — From the July 1982 issue
Meet the new legal doctrine of psychological pollution
The easy chair — From the June 1982 issue
Does anyone around here believe in capitalism?
The easy chair — From the May 1982 issue
There’s more bad poetry than good policy in the antinuclear movement

Percentage of the French who think it “somewhat” or “very” possible they will one day become homeless:

Neuroscientists found that sloths sleep around nine and a half hours a day. Previous research had studied only captive sloths, who sleep on average sixteen hours a day, possibly because they are bored and depressed.

A young man who lied to Berlin police about having lived for five years in a forest was revealed to have run away from home because he disliked his internship.