1961Year Remember the school dance? The boys were over here, wishing they were with the girls, and the girls were over there, wishing they were with the boys. And off to one side, a sprinkling of both sexes had found a common meeting ground. The Merchant's View

1967Year Why have so many proposed corporate marriages broken up recently? WONDERING WHY THE MERGER WENT

1961Year The problem of adding 2 and 2 is an easy one for the mathematical shark. No advanced calculus is necessary to figure out that the answer is 4. It is only the philosophers and the semanticists who muddy up what should be simple addition by pointing out that the answer turns up 4 only in special circumstances. The Merchant's View

1993Year AT 44, Philippe Starck, the designer based in Paris, occupies a secure place in his profession's firmament. Mr. Starck's inventive, sleekly biomorphic, and slightly surreal designs are exemplified dramatically by his interiors for the Royalton Hotel in New York. His style has won him international acclaim and commissions ranging from a wood and aluminum folding table-cum-stool (above right) for Trois Suisses, the international mail-order company, to an office complex he designed last year for Osaka, Japan. CURRENTS

1956Year History of fair-trade laws since '30s, current status in various states revd Whither 'Fair Trade'?

2011Year Two men who aren’t competing in the straw poll this weekend but are garnering most of the attention. Also, lessons from Iowa political history with a local expert. Caucus Video: Romney and Perry Prepare to Face Off