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• No. 165: "Old Whine, New Bottle" 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 31, 1998
  
• No. 164: "Joy!" 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 30, 1998
  
• No. 163: "Initiation" 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 25, 1998
  
• No. 162: "Check It Twice" 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 24, 1998
  
• No. 161: "Rapoportable" 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 23, 1998
  
• No. 160: "Put the Dis Back in Description" 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 19, 1998
  
• No. 159: "Mourning After" 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 18, 1998
  
• No. 158: "Prereq?" 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 17, 1998
  
• Worst Things First 
  Dec. 16, 1998
  
• Worst Things First 
  Dec. 16, 1998
  
• Buff, Buffer, Buffest 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 12, 1998
  
• Buff, Buffer, Buffest 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 12, 1998
  
• That's the Ticket 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 11, 1998
  
• That's the Ticket 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 11, 1998
  
• Come Again? 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 10, 1998
  
• Come Again? 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 10, 1998
  
• Get the 60 Point 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 9, 1998
  
• Get the 60 Point 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 9, 1998
  
• Name and Shame 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 5, 1998
  
• Name and Shame 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 5, 1998
  
• Dead Enough? 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 4, 1998
  
• Dead Enough? 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 4, 1998
  
• Princeton Problem 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 3, 1998
  
• Princeton Problem 
  Randy Cohen Dec. 3, 1998
  
• No. 149: “Help Wanted” No. 149: "Help Wanted"
  Randy Cohen Dec. 2, 1998
  
• Big Holiday QuestionNo. 148: “Season's Grating” Big Holiday QuestionNo. 148: "Season's Grating"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 27, 1998
  
• No. 147: “Australia, Convicts, George III?” No. 147: "Australia, Convicts, George III?"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 26, 1998
  
• No. 146: “Funny as a German Banker” No. 146: "Funny as a German Banker"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 25, 1998
  
• No. 145: “Standard Features” No. 145: "Standard Features"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 21, 1998
  
• No. 144: “Best Dais of Your Life” No. 144: "Best Dais of Your Life"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 20, 1998
  
• No. 143: “A and Q: Bite the Hand That Fed Michael Lewis” No. 143: "A and Q: Bite the Hand That Fed Michael Lewis"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 19, 1998
  
• No. 142: “Customs Inspection” No. 142: "Customs Inspection"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 18, 1998
  
• No. 141: “Newersweek” No. 141: "Newersweek"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 14, 1998
  
• No. 140: “Don't Legislate; Medicate” No. 140: "Don't Legislate; Medicate"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 13, 1998
  
• No. 139: “Notions” No. 139: "Notions"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 12, 1998
  
• No. 138: “Scaly” No. 138: "Scaly"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 11, 1998
  
• No. 137: “Stop, Look, And ...” No. 137: "Stop, Look, And ..."
  Randy Cohen Nov. 7, 1998
  
• No. 136: “We Brand of Brothers” No. 136: "We Brand of Brothers"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 6, 1998
  
• No. 135: “What's the Catch Phrase?” No. 135: "What's the Catch Phrase?"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 5, 1998
  
• No. 134: “Dewey Eats Truman” No. 134: "Dewey Eats Truman"
  Randy Cohen Nov. 4, 1998
  
• Not Putz 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 31, 1998
  
• Not Putz 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 31, 1998
  
• Let 'Em Write About, Sing to, Dance on, and Eat Cake 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 30, 1998
  
• Let 'Em Write About, Sing to, Dance on, and Eat Cake 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 30, 1998
  
• Short, Sharp Shock 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 29, 1998
  
• Short, Sharp Shock 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 29, 1998
  
• Qualifications 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 28, 1998
  
• Qualifications 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 28, 1998
  
• Battle Cry 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 24, 1998
  
• Battle Cry 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 24, 1998
  
• You say D'Amato 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 23, 1998
  
• You say D'Amato 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 23, 1998
  
• To Sir, With Love 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 22, 1998
  
• To Sir, With Love 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 22, 1998
  
• Dead Reckoning 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 21, 1998
  
• Dead Reckoning 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 21, 1998
  
• Wild Blue 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 17, 1998
  
• Wild Blue 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 17, 1998
  
• The Old Sniff and Poke 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 16, 1998
  
• The Old Sniff and Poke 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 16, 1998
  
• Evil Doughnuts 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 15, 1998
  
• Evil Doughnuts 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 15, 1998
  
• Vatican-Do! 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 14, 1998
  
• Vatican-Do! 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 14, 1998
  
• Useless 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 10, 1998
  
• Useless 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 10, 1998
  
• Oh, What a System 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 9, 1998
  
• Oh, What a System 
  Randy Cohen Oct. 9, 1998
  
• It's Not the Heat, It's the Maggot-Infested Carcasses Featuring Woody Allen as the voice of "click here for more responses."
  Randy Cohen Oct. 7, 1998
  
• It's Not the Heat, It's the Maggot-Infested Carcasses Featuring Woody Allen as the voice of "click here for more responses."
  Randy Cohen Oct. 7, 1998
  
• Dino Rider Technically, not a fruit but a member of the squirrel family.
  Randy Cohen Oct. 3, 1998
  
• Dino Rider Technically, not a fruit but a member of the squirrel family.
  Randy Cohen Oct. 3, 1998
  
• Wreck Creation A key component of Japanese financial reform.
  Randy Cohen Oct. 2, 1998
  
• Wreck Creation A key component of Japanese financial reform.
  Randy Cohen Oct. 2, 1998
  
• Newer Rochelle As deliciously Delphic as Alan Greenspan.
  Randy Cohen Oct. 1, 1998
  
• Newer Rochelle As deliciously Delphic as Alan Greenspan.
  Randy Cohen Oct. 1, 1998
  
• Pleading Is Fundamental The daybed's folded, and Salman Rushdie's out of our basement.
  Randy Cohen Sept. 30, 1998
  
• Pleading Is Fundamental The daybed's folded, and Salman Rushdie's out of our basement.
  Randy Cohen Sept. 30, 1998
  
• The Lift to the Loo It's potassium-rich, like bananas sprinkled with potassium!
  Sept. 26, 1998
  
• The Lift to the Loo It's potassium-rich, like bananas sprinkled with potassium!
  Sept. 26, 1998
  
• All Preachers Great and Small Protected from a hostile prosecutor by a rigid exoskeleton called "chitin."
  Randy Cohen Sept. 25, 1998
  
• All Preachers Great and Small Protected from a hostile prosecutor by a rigid exoskeleton called "chitin."
  Randy Cohen Sept. 25, 1998
  
• Nevermore Our adulterous affairs are nothing like the president's.
  Randy Cohen Sept. 24, 1998
  
• Nevermore Our adulterous affairs are nothing like the president's.
  Randy Cohen Sept. 24, 1998
  
• Japantastic To our goyishe friends: Shana Tovah on white with mayo.
  Randy Cohen Sept. 23, 1998
  
• Japantastic To our goyishe friends: Shana Tovah on white with mayo.
  Randy Cohen Sept. 23, 1998
  
• Apologetic, Contrite, Penitent--Hey, Whatever it Takes Apologetic, contrite, penitent--hey, whatever it takes.
  Sept. 16, 1998
  
• September Song and Dance Twice rejected as official topical quiz of the Russian Duma.
  Randy Cohen Sept. 12, 1998
  
• September Song and Dance Twice rejected as official topical quiz of the Russian Duma.
  Randy Cohen Sept. 12, 1998
  
• Nous Sommes Num? Trois Taking full responsibility for Dan Burton.
  Randy Cohen Sept. 11, 1998
  
• Nous Sommes Num? Trois Taking full responsibility for Dan Burton.
  Randy Cohen Sept. 11, 1998
  
• No. 107: “Living Large” School's in; aim carefully.
  Randy Cohen Sept. 10, 1998
  
• No. 107: “Living Large” School's in; aim carefully.
  Randy Cohen Sept. 10, 1998
  
• Labor Day SpecialNo. 106: “Tee Time” Labor Day Special No. 106: "Tee Time"
  Sept. 5, 1998
  
• No. 105: “Location, Location, Location” No. 105: "Location, Location, Location"
  Randy Cohen Sept. 4, 1998
  
• No. 104: “For Meta, for Worse” No. 104: "For Meta, for Worse"
  Randy Cohen Sept. 3, 1998
  
• No. 103: “Half the Fun” No. 103: "Half the Fun"
  Randy Cohen Sept. 2, 1998
  
• No. 101: “Manipulate This” No. 101: "Manipulate This"
  Randy Cohen Aug. 28, 1998
  
• No. 100: “Saggy and Baggy” No. 100: "Saggy and Baggy"
  Aug. 27, 1998
  
• No. 99: “You're Entitled” No. 99: "You're Entitled"
  Randy Cohen Aug. 26, 1998
  
• No. 98: “A and Q” No. 98: "A and Q"
  Randy Cohen Aug. 21, 1998
  
• No. 97: “Attention!” No. 97: "Attention!"
  Randy Cohen Aug. 20, 1998
  
• No. 96: “Debasement” No. 96: "Debasement"
  Randy Cohen Aug. 19, 1998
  
• No. 95: “Single Family Kvelling” No. 95: "Single Family Kvelling"
  Randy Cohen Aug. 8, 1998
  
• No. 94: “Job Fair” No. 94: "Job Fair"
  Randy Cohen Aug. 7, 1998
  
• No. 93: “Take a Number” No. 93: "Take a Number"
  Randy Cohen Aug. 6, 1998
  
• No. 92: “Franks for the Memory” No. 92: "Franks for the Memory"
  Randy Cohen Aug. 5, 1998
  
• No. 91: “You Be the Choreographer” No. 91: "You Be the Choreographer"
  Randy Cohen Aug. 1, 1998
  
• No. 90: “A and Q” No. 90: "A and Q"
  Randy Cohen July 31, 1998
  
• No. 89: “Blue Lacuna” No. 89: "Blue Lacuna"
  Randy Cohen July 30, 1998
  
• No. 88: “That's Entertainment?” No. 88: "That's Entertainment?"
  Randy Cohen July 29, 1998
  
• Weekend SpecialNo. 87: “Woodstock III?” Weekend Special No. 87: "Woodstock III?"
  Randy Cohen July 24, 1998
  
• No. 86: “Love Hurts” No. 86: "Love Hurts"
  Randy Cohen July 23, 1998
  
• No. 85: “Gilt by Association” No. 85: "Gilt by Association"
  July 22, 1998
  
• No. 84: “May Be So” No. 84: "May Be So"
  Randy Cohen July 18, 1998
  
• No. 83: “No Object” No. 83: "No Object"
  Randy Cohen July 17, 1998
  
• No. 82: “What's a Meta For?” No. 82: "What's a Meta For?"
  Randy Cohen July 16, 1998
  
• No. 81: “Talibanned” No. 81: "Talibanned"
  July 15, 1998
  
• No. 80: “Three for All” No. 80: "Three for All"
  Randy Cohen July 11, 1998
  
• No. 79: “Reformation” No. 79: "Reformation"
  Randy Cohen July 10, 1998
  
• No. 78: “Gag Rule” No. 78: "Gag Rule"
  Randy Cohen July 9, 1998
  
• No. 77: “Thoughtless in Xian” No. 77: "Thoughtless in Xian"
  Randy Cohen July 8, 1998
  
• Long Holiday Weekend SpecialNo. 76: “Sir, Yes, Sir” Long Holiday Weekend Special No. 76: "Sir, Yes, Sir"
  July 3, 1998
  
• No. 75: “Natural Wounders” No. 75: "Natural Wounders"
  Randy Cohen July 2, 1998
  
• No. 74: “Life After Debts” No. 74: "Life After Debts"
  Randy Cohen July 1, 1998
  
• Weekend SpecialNo. 73: “Scrawl of the Wild” Weekend Special No. 73: "Scrawl of the Wild"
  Randy Cohen June 27, 1998
  
• No. 72: “Boomless” No. 72: "Boomless"
  Randy Cohen June 26, 1998
  
• No. 71: “Decline and Fall” No. 71: "Decline and Fall"
  Randy Cohen June 25, 1998
  
• No. 70: “Courtship” No. 70: "Courtship"
  Randy Cohen June 24, 1998
  
• Weekend SpecialNo. 69: “No More Pencils” Weekend Special No. 69: "No More Pencils"
  Randy Cohen June 20, 1998
  
• No. 68: “I'm a Believer” No. 68: "I'm a Believer"
  Randy Cohen June 19, 1998
  
• No. 67: “Feelings” No. 67: "Feelings"
  Randy Cohen June 18, 1998
  
• No. 66: “The Envelope, Please” No. 66: "The Envelope, Please"
  Randy Cohen June 17, 1998
  
• Simply Irresistible Rated R: Players must be 18 or say they are in a really serious voice.
  Randy Cohen June 13, 1998
  
• Simply Irresistible Rated R: Players must be 18 or say they are in a really serious voice.
  Randy Cohen June 13, 1998
  
• No. 64: “Praise With Faint Damns” No. 64: "Praise With Faint Damns"
  Randy Cohen June 12, 1998
  
• No. 63: “Flicks Tricks” No. 63: "Flicks Tricks"
  Randy Cohen June 11, 1998
  
• No. 62: “Mottoes for Moderns” No. 62: "Mottoes for Moderns"
  Randy Cohen June 10, 1998
  
• Weekend SpecialNo. 61: “Better to Curse a Single Candle” Weekend Special No. 61: "Better to Curse a Single Candle"
  Randy Cohen June 6, 1998
  
• No. 60: “Borisisms” No. 60: "Borisisms"
  Randy Cohen June 5, 1998
  
• No. 59: “Misplaced Modifiers” No. 59: "Misplaced Modifiers"
  Randy Cohen June 4, 1998
  
• No. 58: “3-D” No. 58: "3-D"
  Randy Cohen June 3, 1998
  
• Weekend SpecialNo. 57: “Benched” Weekend Special No. 57: "Benched"
  Randy Cohen May 30, 1998
  
• No. 56: “Memento” No. 56: "Memento"
  Randy Cohen May 29, 1998
  
• No. 55: “Small, Small World” No. 55: "Small, Small World"
  Randy Cohen May 28, 1998
  
• Weekend SpecialNo. 54: “Gas of '98” No. 54: "Gas of '98"
  Randy Cohen May 23, 1998
  
• No. 53: “I Got U2, Babe” No. 53: "I Got U2, Babe"
  Randy Cohen May 22, 1998
  
• No. 52: “B, T, and F” No. 52: "B, T, and F"
  Randy Cohen May 21, 1998
  
• No. 51: “One Shot” No. 51: "One Shot"
  Randy Cohen May 20, 1998
  
• Weekend SpecialNo. 50: “Intelligence Failure” No. 50: "Intelligence Failure"
  Randy Cohen May 16, 1998
  
• No. 49: “Three Little What?” No. 49: "Three Little What?"
  Randy Cohen May 15, 1998
  
• No. 48: “Hear No Fear” No. 48: "Hear No Fear"
  Randy Cohen May 14, 1998
  
• No. 47: “Mini-Menace” No. 47: "Mini-Menace"
  Randy Cohen May 13, 1998
  
• Weekend SpecialNo. 46: “Book Him” No. 46: "Book Him"
  Randy Cohen May 9, 1998
  
• No. 45: “Threes” No. 45: "Threes"
  Randy Cohen May 8, 1998
  
• No. 44: “Sixes” No. 44: "Sixes"
  Randy Cohen May 7, 1998
  
• No. 43: “Not About Me” No. 43: "Not About Me"
  Randy Cohen May 6, 1998
  
• No. 42, Weekend Special: “Future News Corrections” No. 42, Weekend Special: "Future News Corrections"
  Randy Cohen May 2, 1998
  
• No. 41: "Moving Four Words" No. 41: "Moving Four Words"
  Randy Cohen May 1, 1998
  
• No. 40: “Hello?” No. 40: "Hello?"
  April 30, 1998
  
• No. 39: "Under Wraps" No. 39: "Under Wraps"
  Randy Cohen April 29, 1998
  
• No. 38: “Final Seinfeld” No. 38: "Final Seinfeld"
  Randy Cohen April 26, 1998
  
• No. 37: “Hard to Do” No. 37: "Hard to Do"
  Randy Cohen April 25, 1998
  
• No. 36: “No Bad Docs” "A Question So Good We're Giving You the Week to Answer It"
  Randy Cohen April 24, 1998
  
• No. 35: “No Bad Rats” "A Question So Good We're Giving You the Week to Answer It"
  Randy Cohen April 23, 1998
  
• No. 34: “Infantile Desire” "A Question So Good We're Giving You the Week to Answer It"
  Randy Cohen April 22, 1998
  
• No. 33: “Victory or Death” No. 33: "Victory or Death"
  Randy Cohen April 18, 1998
  
• No. 32: “Rainy Day Fun” No. 32: "Rainy Day Fun"
  Randy Cohen April 17, 1998
  
• No. 31: “$353” No. 31: "$353"
  Randy Cohen April 16, 1998
  
• No. 30: “Illumination” No. 30: "Illumination"
  April 15, 1998
  
• No. 29: “Beauty Rest” No. 29: "Beauty Rest"
  Randy Cohen April 11, 1998
  
• No. 28: “Floral Tribute” No. 28: "Floral Tribute"
  Randy Cohen April 10, 1998
  
• No. 27: “Master Builder” No. 27: "Master Builder"
  Randy Cohen April 9, 1998
  
• No. 26: “Risky Business” No. 26: "Risky Business"
  Randy Cohen April 8, 1998
  
• No. 25: “Listless” No. 25: "Listless"
  April 4, 1998
  
• No. 24: “Lizard King” No. 24: "Lizard King"
  Randy Cohen April 3, 1998
  
• No. 23: “Didn't Work” No. 23: "Didn't Work"
  Randy Cohen April 2, 1998
  
• No. 22: “Old Acquaintance” No. 22: "Old Acquaintance"
  Randy Cohen April 1, 1998
  
• No. 21: “Bugsplosion” No. 21: "Bugsplosion"
  Randy Cohen March 28, 1998
  
• No. 20: “Gang of Six” No. 20: "Gang of Six"
  Randy Cohen March 27, 1998
  
• No. 19: “Not Just the Money” No. 19: "Not Just the Money"
  Randy Cohen March 26, 1998
  
• No. 18: “Test Test” No. 18: "Test Test"
  Randy Cohen March 25, 1998
  
• No. 17: “24-to-800” No. 17: "24-to-800"
  Randy Cohen March 21, 1998
  
• No. 16: “Not Our Fault” No. 16: "Not Our Fault"
  Randy Cohen March 20, 1998
  
• No. 15: “Isolated Incident” No. 15: "Isolated Incident"
  Randy Cohen March 19, 1998
  
• No. 14: “Two Pair” No. 14: "Two Pair"
  Randy Cohen March 18, 1998
  
• No. 13: “Death Star” No. 13: "Death Star"
  Randy Cohen March 14, 1998
  
• No. 12: “Ten Towns” No. 12: "Ten Towns"
  Randy Cohen March 13, 1998
  
• No. 11: “Rudy in Michigan” No. 11: "Rudy in Michigan"
  March 12, 1998
  
• No. 10: “Three Little Words” No. 10: "Three Little Words"
  Randy Cohen March 11, 1998
  
• No. 9: “Yoshii Wants the 5 Spot” No. 9: "Yoshii Wants the 5 Spot"
  Randy Cohen March 7, 1998
  
• No. 8: “Odd Man Out” No. 8: "Odd Man Out"
  Randy Cohen March 6, 1998
  
• No. 7: “Scouting Around” No. 7: "Scouting Around"
  Randy Cohen March 5, 1998
  
• No. 6—“Martinizing” No. 6--"Martinizing"
  March 4, 1998
  
• No. 5—“Not Now” No. 5--"Not Now"
  Randy Cohen Feb. 28, 1998
  
• No. 4—“Cranky?” No. 4--"Cranky?"
  Randy Cohen Feb. 27, 1998
  
• No. 3—“Way Out” No. 3--"Way Out"
  Randy Cohen Feb. 26, 1998
  
• Test your news I.Q. 
  Feb. 25, 1998