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At Last Count

by Allan Reeder

The Atlantic Monthly, December 1997, p. 97

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Issues of the 1850s = 3 Years, 26 Issues, 511 Articles
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  Issues of 1857 = 2 Issues, 46 Articles
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  Issues of 1858 = 12 Issues, 241 Articles
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  Issues of 1859 = 12 Issues, 224 Articles
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Issues of the 1860s = 10 Years, 120 Issues, 2,189 Articles
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  Issues of 1861 = 12 Issues, 198 Articles
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  Issues of 1862 = 12 Issues, 216 Articles
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Issues of the 1870s = 10 Years, 120 Issues, 2,257 Articles
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  Issues of 1871 = 12 Issues, 228 Articles
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  Issues of 1873 = 12 Issues, 219 Articles
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  Issues of 1876 = 12 Issues, 216 Articles
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  Issues of 1879 = 12 Issues, 217 Articles
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Issues of the 1880s = 10 Years, 120 Issues, 2,197 Articles
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  Issues of 1880 = 12 Issues, 236 Articles
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  Issues of 1881 = 12 Issues, 197 Articles
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  Issues of 1882 = 12 Issues, 214 Articles
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  Issues of 1883 = 12 Issues, 226 Articles
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  Issues of 1885 = 12 Issues, 214 Articles
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  Issues of 1886 = 12 Issues, 194 Articles
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  Issues of 1887 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
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  Issues of 1888 = 12 Issues, 210 Articles
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  Issues of 1889 = 12 Issues, 230 Articles
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Issues of the 1890s = 10 Years, 120 Issues, 2,420 Articles
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  Issues of 1890 = 12 Issues, 243 Articles
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  Issues of 1891 = 12 Issues, 253 Articles
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  Issues of 1892 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
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  Issues of 1893 = 12 Issues, 270 Articles
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  Issues of 1895 = 12 Issues, 258 Articles
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  Issues of 1896 = 12 Issues, 250 Articles
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  Issues of 1897 = 12 Issues, 209 Articles
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  Issues of 1899 = 12 Issues, 217 Articles
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Issues of the 1900s = 10 Years, 120 Issues, 2,871 Articles
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  Issues of 1900 = 12 Issues, 307 Articles
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  Issues of 1901 = 12 Issues, 277 Articles
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  Issues of 1902 = 12 Issues, 313 Articles
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  Issues of 1903 = 12 Issues, 299 Articles
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  Issues of 1904 = 12 Issues, 305 Articles
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  Issues of 1905 = 12 Issues, 259 Articles
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  Issues of 1906 = 12 Issues, 267 Articles
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  Issues of 1907 = 12 Issues, 258 Articles
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  Issues of 1908 = 12 Issues, 307 Articles
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  Issues of 1909 = 12 Issues, 279 Articles
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Issues of the 1910s = 10 Years, 120 Issues, 2,519 Articles
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  Issues of 1910 = 12 Issues, 248 Articles
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  Issues of 1911 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
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  Issues of 1912 = 12 Issues, 250 Articles
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  Issues of 1913 = 12 Issues, 247 Articles
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  Issues of 1915 = 12 Issues, 250 Articles
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Issues of the 1920s = 10 Years, 120 Issues, 2,412 Articles
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Issues of the 1930s = 10 Years, 120 Issues, 2,493 Articles
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  Issues of 1930 = 12 Issues, 232 Articles
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  Issues of 1931 = 12 Issues, 236 Articles
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  Issues of 1932 = 12 Issues, 253 Articles
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  Issues of 1933 = 12 Issues, 233 Articles
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  Issues of 1934 = 12 Issues, 232 Articles
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  Issues of 1935 = 12 Issues, 244 Articles
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  Issues of 1938 = 12 Issues, 277 Articles
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  Issues of 1939 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
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Issues of the 1940s = 10 Years, 120 Issues, 3,518 Articles
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  Issues of 1940 = 12 Issues, 280 Articles
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  Issues of 1941 = 12 Issues, 250 Articles
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  Issues of 1942 = 12 Issues, 388 Articles
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Issues of the 1960s = 10 Years, 102 Issues, 2,940 Articles
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  Issues of 1960 = 12 Issues, 352 Articles
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  Issues of 1961 = 6 Issues, 178 Articles
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  Issues of 1962 = 6 Issues, 180 Articles
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Issues of the 1970s = 6 Years, 50 Issues, 1,069 Articles
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  Issues of 1970 = 6 Issues, 128 Articles
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  Issues of 1971 = 8 Issues, 180 Articles
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  Issues of 1972 = 12 Issues, 269 Articles
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  Issues of 1973 = 12 Issues, 235 Articles
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  Issues of 1974 = 6 Issues, 135 Articles
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  Issues of 1975 = 6 Issues, 122 Articles
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Issues of the 1980s = 9 Years, 108 Issues, 2,332 Articles
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  Issues of 1981 = 12 Issues, 250 Articles
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  Issues of 1982 = 12 Issues, 231 Articles
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  Issues of 1983 = 12 Issues, 227 Articles
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  Issues of 1984 = 12 Issues, 258 Articles
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  Issues of 1985 = 12 Issues, 253 Articles
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  Issues of 1986 = 12 Issues, 270 Articles
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  Issues of 1987 = 12 Issues, 290 Articles
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  Issues of 1988 = 12 Issues, 277 Articles
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  Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues, 276 Articles
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Issues of the 1990s = 10 Years, 113 Issues, 2,420 Articles
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  Issues of 1990 = 12 Issues, 261 Articles
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  Issues of 1991 = 11 Issues, 217 Articles
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  Issues of 1992 = 11 Issues, 232 Articles
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  Issues of 1993 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
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  Issues of 1994 = 12 Issues, 247 Articles
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  1. [+]
    January 1997 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters, pp. 6-11
    3. The January Almanac, pp. 12-13
    4. Notes & Comment: The Spirit of Cotonou by Cullen Murphy, pp. 14-17
    5. Foreign Affairs: Cuba's Entrepreneurial Socialism by Joy Gordon, pp. 18-30
    6. Urban Affairs: Good News! by Alexander von Hoffman, pp. 31-35
    7. Travel: The World as Your Oyster by Corby Kummer, pp. 36-40
    8. Running Scared by Anthony King, pp. 41-45
    9. The Litany of Disparagement by Dick Allen, pp. 46-61
    10. Cosmopolitan by Akhil Sharma, pp. 62-73
    11. Forgotten Benefactor of Humanity by Gregg Easterbrook, pp. 74-82
    12. Regulation by Guy Billout, p. 83
    13. Music: The Many Faces of Ives by David Schiff, pp. 84-87
    14. [+]
      The Most Eminent Victorian by Geoffrey Wheatcroft, pp. 88-95 - 1 Review
      1. Gladstone by Roy Jenkins
    15. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 96-98 - 5 Reviews
      1. Herman Melville: A Biography, Vol. I: 1819-1851 by Hershel Parker
      2. The Fallen Man by Tony Hillerman
      3. Natural Worlds by Robert Bateman and Rick Archbold
      4. Paris in the Twentieth Century by Jules Verne
      5. The Language of the Body by John Elderfield and Robert Gordon
    16. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 99
    17. Word Court by Barbara Wallraff, pp. 100-102
    18. Cover art by Richard McGuire
  2. [+]
    March 1997 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 4-7
    2. Letters, pp. 8-13
    3. The March Almanac, pp. 14-15
    4. Notes & Comment: And Now for the News by Robert D. Kaplan, pp. 16-18
    5. Language: A War That Never Ends by Mark Halpern, pp. 19-25
    6. Personal File: Vigilance by Meg Cimino, pp. 26-35
    7. Travel: British Islets by Hatsy Shields, pp. 36-42
    8. The Worst Thing Bill Clinton Has Done by Peter Edelman, pp. 43-51
    9. Villanelle After a Burial by Steven Cramer, pp. 52-59
    10. What Jefferson Helps to Explain by Benjamin Schwarz, pp. 60-67
    11. A Flight up the Coast by Brad Leithauser, pp. 68-72
    12. Whose Right to Die? by Ezekiel Emanuel, pp. 73-79
    13. Welding With Children by Tim Gautreaux, pp. 80-88
    14. Short Circuit by Guy Billout, p. 89
    15. Music: An Audubon in Sound by Matthew Gurewitsch, pp. 90-96
    16. [+]
      The Revolution Upon Us by Lester C. Thurow, pp. 97-99 - 1 Review
      1. One World, Ready or Not by William Greider
    17. [+]
      The Laureat as Onlooker by Peter Davison, pp. 100-102 - 1 Review
      1. Sun Under Wood by Robert Hass
    18. [+]
      China's Strategic Culture by Warren I. Cohen, pp. 103-104 - 1 Review
      1. Cultural Realism by Alastair Iain Johnston
    19. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 105-106 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Warrior Generals by Thomas B. Buell
      2. The Ordinary Seaman by Francisco Goldman
      3. Georges de la Tour and His World by Philip Conisbee
      4. The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte
      5. Texaco by Patrick Chamoiseau
    20. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 107
    21. Word Court by Barbara Wallraff, pp. 108-110
    22. Cover art by Robert Goldstrom
  3. [+]
    April 1997 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 8-9
    2. Letters, pp. 10-17
    3. The April Almanac, pp. 18-19
    4. Notes & Comment: How to Rewrite Economic History by Thomas I. Palley, pp. 20-23
    5. Foreign Affairs: This Side of Ultima Thule by Jeffrey Taylor, pp. 24-41
    6. Personal File: Secondhand Music by Toby Lester, pp. 42-47
    7. Travel: Underground Rome by Tom Mueller, pp. 48-54
    8. Should English Be the Law? by Robert D. King, pp. 55-57
    9. My Daughters in New York by James Reiss, pp. 58-65
    10. Vaccinating Against Cancer by Stephen S. Hall, pp. 66-84
    11. Small Consolation by Joel Ostrow, p. 85
    12. On Mount Timpanogos, 1935 by Peter Davison, pp. 86-89
    13. More Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser, pp. 90-102
    14. Three Poems by W.S. Merwin, p. 103
    15. Food: Citrus Preserved by Corby Kummer, pp. 104-108
    16. Sport: Rough-Terrain Unicycling by Michael Finkel, pp. 109-112
    17. [+]
      A Man From Mars by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 113-117 - 1 Review
      1. Inside U.S.A by John Gunther
    18. [+]
      The Next Liberalism by Theda Skocpol, pp. 118-119 - 1 Review
      1. It Takes a Nation by Rebecca M. Blank
    19. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 120-122 - 4 Reviews
      1. Lincoln's Admiral by James P. Duffy
      2. In the Memory of the Forest by Charles T. Powers
      3. The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh by Charlotte Mosley, Nancy Mitford, and Evelyn Waugh, ...
      4. The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott
    20. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 123
    21. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 124-126
    22. Cover photograph by Mel Lindstrom
  4. [+]
    May 1997 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 8-9
    2. Letters, pp. 10-15
    3. The May Almanac, pp. 16-17
    4. Notes & Comment: The Disunited States by John D. Donahue, pp. 18-25
    5. Foreign Affairs: Hidden Colors by David Lawday, pp. 26-40
    6. Psychology: So Long to Bad Dogs by Mark Derr, pp. 41-47
    7. Travel: Off the Maine Coast by Peter Davison, pp. 48-54
    8. My Race Problem---and Ours by Randall Kennedy, pp. 55-59
    9. The Embrace by Mark Doty, pp. 60-67
    10. A Word on Statistics by Wislawa Szymborska, pp. 68-71
    11. Puttermesser in Paradise by Cynthia Ozick, pp. 72-84
    12. At Last Count by Michael J. Weiss, p. 85
    13. The Man Who Counts the Killings by Scott Stossel, pp. 86-98
    14. My Daughter at Chess by David Solway, pp. 99-104
    15. Green by Guy Billout, p. 105
    16. Sport: Underwater Daredevils by Colin Beavan, pp. 106-110
    17. [+]
      Abortion in American History by Katha Pollitt, pp. 111-114 - 1 Review
      1. When Abortion Was a Crime by Leslie J. Reagan
    18. [+]
      The Crisis of Electoral Politics by Martin P. Wattenberg, pp. 115-119 - 1 Review
      1. The New American Voter by Warren E. Miller and J. Merrill Shanks
    19. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 120-122 - 7 Reviews
      1. Deadly Feasts by Richard Rhodes
      2. Very Bad Poetry by Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras
      3. Bogart by A.M. Sperber and Eric Lax
      4. Reality and Dreams by Muriel Spark
      5. Bonobo by Frans de Waal
      6. Inventions of the March Hare by T.S. Eliot and Christopher Ricks
      7. Master Drawings Rediscovered by Tatiana Ilatovskaya
    20. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 123
    21. Word Court by Barbara Wallraff, pp. 124-126
    22. Cover art by Sandra Dionisi
  5. [+]
    June 1997 Issue = 26 Articles
    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 6-9
    2. Letters, pp. 10-21
    3. The June Almanac, pp. 22-23
    4. Notes & Comments: The Positive Negative by Ian Frazier, pp. 24-27
    5. Philosophy: The Wittgenstein Controversy by Evelyn Toynton, pp. 28-41
    6. Society: Slow Death in the Great Plains by Harlow A. Hyde, pp. 42-47
    7. Americana: Late Edition by John Fleischman, pp. 48-49
    8. Travel: Transylvania Today by Jeffrey Tayler, pp. 50-56
    9. The AIDS Exception: Privacy vs. Public Health by Chandler Burr, pp. 57-67
    10. The Fragging by Larry Heinemann, pp. 68-73
    11. An Explanation by Brendan Galvin, pp. 74-79
    12. Do We Consume Too Much? by Mark Sagoff, pp. 80-85
    13. Tagging the Stealer by Greg Delanty, pp. 86-96
    14. Unanswered Prayers by Reginald Gibbons, p. 97
    15. Prayer by Patricia Hooper, p. 97
    16. Psalm by Mark Jarman, p. 97
    17. Learning How To Pray by Cathy Smith Bowers, p. 98
    18. Not My Leg by David J. Rothman, p. 98
    19. Sanskrit By First Snowfall by Brooks Haxton, pp. 98-99
    20. Music: The Man From Heaven by Francis Davis, pp. 100-109
    21. [+]
      The Life of Job in Exurbia by Ralph Lombreglia, pp. 110-112 - 1 Review
      1. American Pastoral by Philip Roth
    22. [+]
      How Powerful Is Advertising? by Randall Rothenberg, pp. 113-119 - 1 Review
      1. Breaking Up America by Joseph Turow
    23. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 120-122 - 7 Reviews
      1. From Nineveh to New York by John Malcolm Russell
      2. The Gospel According to the Son by Norman Mailer
      3. Lawyerland by Lawrence Joseph
      4. Doo-Dah! by Ken Emerson
      5. From the Outer World by Oscar Handlin and Lilian Handlin
      6. Mexican Hat by Michael McGarrity
      7. Dawn of Art: The Chauvet Cave by Jean-Marie Chauvet and Eliette Brunel Deschamps, ...
    24. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 123
    25. Word Improvisation by J.E. Lighter, pp. 124-126
    26. Cover art by Ivan Chermayeff
  6. [+]
    July 1997 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters, pp. 6-11
    3. The July Almanac, pp. 12-13
    4. Notes & Comment: The Mall of Fame by Richard Rubin, pp. 14-19
    5. Foreign Affairs: New-Alphabet Disease? by Toby Lester, pp. 20-29
    6. Personal File: Visitations by Gerald Dumas, pp. 30-39
    7. Travel: A Train in Spain by Lucy McCauley, pp. 40-44
    8. The Computer Delusion by Todd Oppenheimer, pp. 45-55
    9. Field Notes by Kelly Cherry, pp. 56-62
    10. Finitude by Guy Billout, pp. 63-65
    11. The Widening Gap Between the Military and Society by Thomas E. Ricks, pp. 66-78
    12. The Poetry Baron by Tess Gallagher, pp. 79-81
    13. Dragonfly by Andrew Hudgins, pp. 82-87
    14. Zero by Dick Teresi, pp. 88-95
    15. Movies: Dostoyevsky Behind a Camera by Garry Wills, pp. 96-101
    16. Sport: Alleycat Couriers by Marshall Jon Fisher, pp. 102-105
    17. [+]
      Surveyors of the Enlightenment by Rick Moody, pp. 106-109 - 1 Review
      1. Mason and Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
    18. [+]
      Chekhov in American by Adam Kirsch, pp. 110-111 - 1 Review
      1. The Plays of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
    19. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 112-114 - 7 Reviews
      1. In Search of Planet Vulcan by Richard Baum and William Sheehan
      2. Apocryphal Tales by Karel Capek
      3. The White Tecumseh by Stanley P. Hirshson
      4. The New Life by Orhan Pamuk
      5. The Bacon Fancier by Alan Isler
      6. The Names of Things by Susan Brind Morrow
      7. The Spoils of War by Elizabeth Simpson
    20. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 115
    21. Word Court by Barbara Wallraff, pp. 116-118
    22. Cover art by Mark Fredrickson
  7. [+]
    August 1997 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters, pp. 6-11
    3. The August Almanac, pp. 12-13
    4. Notes & Comment: The Real Thing by Cullen Murphy, pp. 14-17
    5. Brief Lives by Marshall Jon Fisher, pp. 18-25
    6. The Environment by Philip Langdon, pp. 26-35
    7. Travel: Napoli Ever After by Corby Kummer, pp. 36-44
    8. Resurgence of a Deadly Disease by Ellen Ruppel Shell, pp. 45-55
    9. History by John Skoyles, pp. 56-60
    10. Diamond Nuggets by Roy Blount Jr., pp. 61-63
    11. Satan: Hijacker of a Planet by Louise Erdrich, pp. 64-68
    12. At Last Count by Allan Reeder, p. 69
    13. Classical Appeal by David Schiff, pp. 70-75
    14. Golden Bough: The Feather Palm by Susan Mitchell, pp. 76-81
    15. Computers: Zoot! by James Fallows, pp. 82-84
    16. [+]
      The King Who Sent the Armada by Francis X. Rocca, pp. 85-87 - 1 Review
      1. Philip of Spain by Henry Kamen
    17. [+]
      The Roots of War by Thomas Powers, pp. 88-92 - 1 Review
      1. Blood Rites by Barbara Ehrenreich
    18. [+]
      The Academy vs. the Humanities by Frank Kermode, pp. 93-95 - 1 Review
      1. Literature Lost by John M. Ellis
    19. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 96-98 - 7 Reviews
      1. Angel in the Whirlwind by Benson Bobrick
      2. Straight Man by Richard Russo
      3. The Merry Heart by Robertson Davies
      4. Perdido by Rick Collignon
      5. Inventing Memory by Erica Jong
      6. Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon
      7. Maya Textile Tradition by Margot Blum Schevill
    20. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 99
    21. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 100-102
    22. Cover art by Theo Rudnak
  8. [+]
    September 1997 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 6-7
    2. Letters, pp. 8-13
    3. The September Almanac, pp. 14-15
    4. Notes & Comment: A Civic Duty to Annoy by Wendy Kaminer, pp. 16-18
    5. Technology: moldovascam.com by Marshall Jon Fisher, pp. 19-25
    6. Brief Lives: Something in the Water by Cullen Murphy, pp. 26-29
    7. Travel by Barbara Wallraff, pp. 30-36
    8. A Grief Like No Other by Eric Schlosser, pp. 37-55
    9. The Poet by Jane Hirshfield, pp. 56-77
    10. The Banks of the Vistula by Rebecca Lee, pp. 78-89
    11. Notes on the Twentieth Century by Hans Koning, pp. 90-100
    12. Evening News by Guy Billout, pp. 101-103
    13. Food by Corby Kummer, pp. 104-107
    14. [+]
      A Subversive Sympathy by Robert Wilson, pp. 108-111 - 1 Review
      1. The Collected Stories by Peter Taylor
    15. [+]
      High School and the New Jobs by Ralph Whitehead Jr., pp. 112-115 - 1 Review
      1. Teaching the New Basic Skills by Richard J. Murnane and Frank Levy
    16. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 116-118 - 5 Reviews
      1. Shakespeare's Shakespeare by John C. Meagher
      2. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963 Film) by Stanley Kramer and Thomas M. Coffey
      3. The Napoleon of Crime by Ben MacIntyre
      4. Tales of H.P. Lovecraft by Joyce Carol Oates and H.P. Lovecraft
      5. Here by Nathalie Sarraute
    17. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 119
    18. Word Court by Barbara Wallraff, pp. 120-122
    19. Cover photography by Robert Arruda
  9. [+]
    October 1997 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 8-9
    2. Letters, pp. 10-19
    3. The October Almanac, pp. 20-21
    4. Notes & Comment: To Whale or Not to Whale by Mark Derr, pp. 22-27
    5. Society: Can the Government Prevent Divorce? by Francine Russo, pp. 28-43
    6. Brief Lives: The Music of Silence by Phyllis Rose, pp. 44-49
    7. Travel by Peter Davison, pp. 50-56
    8. Talk Radio by Garrison Keillor, pp. 57-63
    9. Option by Robert Morgan, pp. 64-69
    10. Dire Cure by William Matthews, pp. 70-71
    11. The Near-Myth of Our Failing Schools by Peter Schrag, pp. 72-81
    12. An Anatomy Lesson by Lawrence Weschler, pp. 82-85
    13. Slam and Jam by William Langewiesche, pp. 86-97
    14. Youthing by Nina Cassian, pp. 98-107
    15. Theater by Matthew Rybezynski, pp. 108-112
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      1. Underworld by Don DeLillo
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      1. Byrne by Anthony Burgess
      2. Questioning the Millennium by Stephen Jay Gould
      3. Man on the Flying Trapeze by Simon Louvish
      4. Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life by J.M. Coetzee
      5. Sun Dancing by Geoffrey Moorhouse
      6. Allan Pinkerton: The First Private Eye by James A. MacKay
      7. The Origins of Angling by John McDonald
    18. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 119
    19. Word Improvisation by J.E. Lighter, pp. 120-122
    20. Cover art by John Maggard
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    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 6-9
    2. Letters, pp. 10-25
    3. The November Almanac, pp. 26-27
    4. Notes & Comment: DNA Fatigue by Cullen Murphy, pp. 28-31
    5. Politics: A Democrat Who Admits It by James Fallows, pp. 32-47
    6. Personal File: A Memory of the Nineteen-Nineties by Teller, pp. 48-53
    7. Urban Life: Thin Walls, Bad Neighbors by Jeffrey Tayler, pp. 54-61
    8. Travel: A Taste of Asia by Corby Kummer, pp. 62-68
    9. Warm-Blooded plants and Freeze-Dried Fish by Freeman J. Dyson, pp. 69-75
    10. The New World by Philip Levine, pp. 76-80
    11. Typewriter Man by Ian Frazier, pp. 81-87
    12. No Escape by Peter Davison, pp. 88-92
    13. The Disappearing Alphabet by Richard Wilbur, pp. 93-95
    14. Our Real China Problem by Mark Hertsgaard, pp. 96-114
    15. Vista by Guy Billout, p. 115
    16. The Half-Skinned Steer by E. Annie Proulx, pp. 116-120
    17. Childlessness by Henri Cole, pp. 121-127
    18. The Reading Wars by Nicholas Lemann, pp. 128-134
    19. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 135
    20. Music: Redeeming the Rake by David Schiff, pp. 136-139
    21. [+]
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      1. Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood by Todd McCarthy
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      1. America in Black and White by Stephan Thernstrom and Abigail Thernstrom
    23. [+]
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      1. W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol. I by R.F. Foster
    24. [+]
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      1. Speaking of Sex by Deborah L. Rhode
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      2. A Floating Life: The Adventures of Li Po by Simon Elegant
      3. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
      4. Philippe, Duc D'Orleans by Christine Pevitt
    26. Word Court by Barbara Wallraff, pp. 167-170
    27. Cover art by Giacomo Marchesi
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    1. 77 North Washington Street/Contributors, pp. 8-11
    2. Letters, pp. 12-19
    3. The December Almanac, pp. 20-21
    4. Notes & Comment: But Not Least by Richard Rubin, pp. 22-25
    5. Technology by Alan S. Blinder and Richard E. Quandt, pp. 26-33
    6. Transportation by Tony Hiss, pp. 34-45
    7. Personal File: Doggone by Patsy Garlan, pp. 46-47
    8. Travel by Rose Moss, pp. 48-54
    9. Was Democracy Just a Moment? by Robert D. Kaplan, pp. 55-75
    10. Girdling by Robert Morgan, pp. 76-80
    11. Click by John Barth, pp. 81-87
    12. Tired Sex by Chana Bloch, pp. 88-96
    13. At Last Count by Allan Reeder, p. 97
    14. No Middle Way on the Environment by Paul R. Ehrlich, Gretchen C. Daily, and Scott C. Daily, ..., pp. 98-101
    15. The Dream by David Solway, pp. 102-105
    16. Music: All Sales Are Vinyl by Jonathan Scull, pp. 106-112
    17. Food: Sweetness and Light by Corby Kummer, pp. 113-116
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      2. Power in the Blood by John Bentley Mays
      3. Dixie Rising by Peter Applebome
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      2. Fantastic Tales by Italo Calvino
      3. Pickett's Charge in History and Memory by Carol Reardon
      4. Making Faces by John Prag and Richard Neave
      5. Egon Schiele by Magdalena Dabrowski and Rudolf Leopold
      6. Into Africa by Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle
      7. Panther in the Basement by Amos Oz
      8. Pfitz by Andrew Crumey
      9. The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey
      10. The Curious Sofa by Ogdred Weary and Edward Gorey
    21. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 131
    22. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 132-134
    23. Cover art by Seymour Chwast
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