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by Linda Gregg

The Atlantic Monthly, July 1992, pp. 52-57

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      2. Evelyn Waugh: The Later Years, 1939-1966 by Martin Stannard
      3. Nothing But Blue Skies by Thomas McGuane
      4. Screening History by Gore Vidal
      5. People of the Sea by Trude Dothan and Moshe Dothan
      6. Carmichael's Dog by R.M. Koster
    19. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 125-126
    20. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 127-130
    21. Cover illustration by Karen Barbour
  10. [+]
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    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 4-7
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 8-21
    3. The November Almanac, pp. 22-25
    4. Reports & Comment by Cullen Murphy, pp. 26-29
    5. Russia: The Meaning of 1917 by Abbott Gleason, pp. 30-33
    6. Bosnia: Hands Off by Conor Cruise O'Brien, pp. 34-37
    7. Engineering: Pyramid Schemes by Evan Hadingham, pp. 38-51
    8. Lake Buena Vista: Vote of the Centur by Barbara Wallraff, pp. 52-56
    9. Thomas Jefferson and the Character Issue by Douglas L. Wilson, pp. 57-75
    10. Weeding the Garden by Andrew Neal Cohen, pp. 76-80
    11. The Zen of Crime by Maureen Seaton, pp. 81-96
    12. Meeting the Queen by E.S. Goldman, pp. 97-107
    13. War Chants, pp. 108-109
    14. Feminists Against the First Amendment by Wendy Kaminer, pp. 110-118
    15. What School Choice Really Means by David L. Kirp, pp. 119-123
    16. Owl Pellet by Erica Funkhouser, pp. 124-132
    17. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, p. 133
    18. Urban Design: How Portland Does It by Philip Langdon, pp. 134-143
    19. Music: Vocal Violin by William H. Youngren, pp. 144-148
    20. [+]
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      1. The Spanish Frontier in North America by David J. Weber
    21. [+]
      A Perfectible Culture by James Fallows, pp. 152-155 - 1 Review
      1. Who Prospers? by Lawrence E. Harrison
    22. [+]
      Unions to the Rescue by Jack Beatty, pp. 156-159 - 1 Review
      1. Negotiating the Future by Barry Bluestone and Irving Bluestone
    23. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 160-162 - 6 Reviews
      1. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
      2. The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk
      3. The Call of the Toad by Gunter Grass
      4. Doctor Criminale by Malcolm Bradbury
      5. O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker
      6. The Volcano Lover by Susan Sontag
    24. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 163
    25. Word Histories by Craig M. Carver, pp. 164-166
    26. Cover illustration by Milton Glaser
  11. [+]
    December 1992 Issue = 24 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 6-9
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 10-25
    3. The December Almanac, pp. 26-27
    4. Reports & Comment by Richard Todd, pp. 28-31
    5. China: Once Again, Long Live Chairman Mao by Orville Schell, pp. 32-35
    6. Kurdistan: After Saddam Hussein by Laurie Mylroie, pp. 36-51
    7. Liberia: Between Repression and Slaughter by Bill Berkeley, pp. 52-66
    8. The New Generation Gap by Neil Howe and William Strauss, pp. 67-80
    9. Table by Richard Tillinghast, pp. 81-91
    10. The Old Cowhand From Dixie by William E. Leuchtenburg, pp. 92-100
    11. Nights Can Turn Cool in Viborra by Charles Portis, pp. 101-112
    12. What Price Economic Growth? by Jonathan Schlefer, pp. 113-119
    13. Slatland by Rebecca Lee, pp. 120-123
    14. The Sun at Night by Brooks Haxton, pp. 124-128
    15. Encounter, p. 129
    16. Music: The Greatest Opera House by Matthew Gurewitsch, pp. 130-134
    17. Television: Recognition Humor by Francis Davis, pp. 135-139
    18. Food: Imperishable Wine by Corby Kummer, pp. 140-142
    19. [+]
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      1. In Spite of Innocence by Michael L. Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, ...
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      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 151-152 - 7 Reviews
      1. The American Way of Birth by Jessica Mitford
      2. The Names of the Lost by Liza Wieland
      3. In My Place by Charlayne Hunter-Gault
      4. American Gothic by Gene Smith
      5. The Very Rich Hours by Emily Hiestand
      6. Cafe Berlin by Harold Nebenzal
      7. The World Book by Steven Cramer
    22. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 153-154
    23. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 155-158
    24. Cover illustration by C.F. Payne
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