A number of readers have written us to celebrate the fact that we have lately taken to running our articles all in a piece, rather than “jumping” them to the back of the issue. Apparently many people appreciate not being forced to rummage around in the lost-and-found region of the back pages, and we plan to continue this new policy whenever possible.
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