October 1993 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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    January 1993 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street, p. 4
    2. Contributors, pp. 4-5
    3. Letters to the Editor, pp. 6-17
    4. The January Almanac, pp. 18-19
    5. Reports & Comment by Cullen Murphy, pp. 20-22
    6. Washington: Colonel Dunlap's Coup by Thomas E. Ricks, pp. 23-25
    7. The Middle East: Lions in Winter by Ze'ev Schiff and Ehud Ya'ari, pp. 26-30
    8. Philadelphia: Black Nationalism on Campus by Nicholas Lemann, pp. 31-47
    9. The Story of a Gun by Erik Larson, pp. 48-79
    10. Jefferson's Other Buildings by Garry Wills, pp. 80-89
    11. At Last Count by Peter Gould and Joseph Kabel, pp. 90-92
    12. Better Be Ready 'Bout Half Past Eight by Alison Baker, pp. 93-99
    13. The Sea Mouse by Mary Oliver, pp. 100-104
    14. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, p. 105
    15. Travel: The Okavango Delta by Edward Dolnick, pp. 106-110
    16. Sports: Anticipation by Mark Jenkins, pp. 111-116
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      The Talk of Dublin by Conor Cruise O'Brien, pp. 117-120 - 1 Review
      1. The Gonne-Yeats Letters, 1893-1938 by Anna MacBride White, A. Norman Jeffares, and W.B. Yeats, ...
    18. [+]
      On Borderlines by James S. Gordon, pp. 121-124 - 1 Review
      1. Imbroglio by Janice M. Cauwels
    19. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 125-128 - 11 Reviews
      1. Theodore Roosevelt: A Life by Nathan Miller
      2. Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being by Ted Hughes
      3. Shakespeare: His Life, Work, and Era by Dennis Kay
      4. Memories of the Ford Administration by John Updike
      5. The Crystal Desert by David G. Campbell
      6. The Garden Next Door by Jose Donoso
      7. A Walking Tour in Southern France by Ezra Pound and Richard Sieburth
      8. Titanic by Donald Lynch and Ken Marschall
      9. Bah, Humbug! by William Cole
      10. Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
      11. Looking Around by Witold Rybczynski
    20. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 129-130
    21. Word Histories by Craig M. Carver, pp. 131-134
    22. Cover illustration by Ralph Giguere
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    February 1993 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 4-7
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 8-15
    3. The February Almanac, pp. 16-17
    4. Reports & Comment by Cullen Murphy, pp. 18-21
    5. Syria: Identity Crisis by Robert D. Kaplan, pp. 22-27
    6. Russia: Agent of Influence by Christopher Lydon, pp. 28-39
    7. Lexicography: Odds and Ends by Francis Flaherty, pp. 40-46
    8. How Man Is Too Many? by Charles C. Mann, pp. 47-69
    9. Clinton's World by Alan Tonelson, pp. 70-75
    10. The Legendary Lowry Greither by E.S. Goldman, pp. 76-83
    11. Ark by Leonard Nathan, pp. 84-88
    12. Islamd and Liberal Democracy by Bernard Lewis, pp. 89-93
    13. Will Work for Food by Stanley Plumly, pp. 94-98
    14. Exits by Guy Billout, p. 99
    15. Travel: Creature Comforts by Barbara Wallraff, pp. 100-102
    16. Computers: Crash-Worthy Speedster by James Fallows, pp. 103-108
    17. [+]
      Crossing the Color Line by Nicholas Lemann, pp. 109-111 - 1 Review
      1. Crossings by Walt Harrington
    18. [+]
      A British Original by Pamela Petro, pp. 112-114 - 1 Review
      1. Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
    19. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 115-118 - 8 Reviews
      1. Diderot: A Critical Biography by P.N. Furbank
      2. Dream House by Charlotte Nekola
      3. Arctic Wars, Animal Rights, Endangered Peoples by Finn Lynge
      4. The Man Who Was Late by Louis Begley
      5. Revolution Downeast by James S. Leamon
      6. My Father's Son by Farley Mowat
      7. Last Words by Karl S. Guthke
      8. Ireland: The Living Landscape by Peter Somerville-Large and Tom Velly
    20. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 119
    21. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 120-122
    22. Cover illustration by R.O. Blechman
  3. [+]
    March 1993 Issue = 23 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 6-17
    3. The March Almanac, pp. 18-19
    4. Reports & Comment by Mary Graham, pp. 20-31
    5. Education: Why College Tuitions Are So High by Elliott Negin, pp. 32-46
    6. Homosexuality and Biology by Chandler Burr, pp. 47-54
    7. Sarajevo Bear by Walter Pavlich, pp. 55-67
    8. A Half Hour With God's Heroes by Ralph Lombreglia, pp. 68-73
    9. When the Young Husband... by Donald Hall, pp. 74-86
    10. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, pp. 87-88
    11. The Second Coming of Jim Garrison by Edward Jay Epstein, pp. 89-94
    12. At Last Count by Rodger Doyle, p. 95
    13. The Complexity Problme by John Sedgwick, pp. 96-99
    14. Calling Him Home by Leslie Norris, pp. 100-107
    15. Music: Full of Foolish Song by Francis Davis, pp. 108-112
    16. Travel: A Scottish Pilgrimage by David Owen, pp. 113-116
    17. Food: Long and Fluffy by Corby Kummer, pp. 117-121
    18. [+]
      A Gatsby for Today by Sven Birkerts, pp. 122-125 - 1 Review
      1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    19. [+]
      The Butcher's Bill by Jack Beatty, pp. 126-128 - 1 Review
      1. The Irish Troubles by J. Bowyer Bell
    20. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 129-130 - 7 Reviews
      1. Tumult and Silence at Second Creek by Winthrop D. Jordan
      2. Haunts of the Black Masseur by Charles Sprawson
      3. The Quick by Agnes Rossi
      4. Sometimes You See It Coming by Kevin Baker
      5. Now You Know by Michael Frayn
      6. Fire and Civilization by Johan Goudsblom
      7. Cougar by Karen McCall and Jim Dutcher
    21. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 131
    22. Word Histories by Craig M. Carver, p. 132
    23. Cover illustration by Fred Otnes
  4. [+]
    April 1993 Issue = 25 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street, p. 4
    2. Contributors, pp. 4-5
    3. Letters to the Editor, pp. 6-17
    4. The April Almanac, pp. 18-21
    5. Reports & Comment by Cullen Murphy, pp. 22-25
    6. Washington: The First Postmodern Presidency by Steven Stark, pp. 26-37
    7. Vietnam: Low-Class Conclusions by James Fallows, pp. 38-46
    8. Dan Quayle Was Right by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, pp. 47-84
    9. Mantle by Guy Billout, pp. 85-87
    10. Mr. Sumarsono by Roxana Robinson, pp. 88-89
    11. To the Black Madonna of Chartres by Jean Valentine, pp. 90-97
    12. Sports and Games: A Poetry Anthology by Lynne McMahon, p. 98
    13. Twelfth Night by James McManus, p. 98
    14. Pairs by Philip Booth, p. 99
    15. This Life by Kay Ryan, p. 99
    16. Rained Out by Brendan Galvin, p. 99
    17. Anti-Depression Economics by Robert Heilbroner, pp. 100-109
    18. Music: Salzburg Speculation by Matthew Gurewitsch, pp. 110-115
    19. Travel: Italy's Coziest Corner, pp. 116-121
    20. [+]
      Tusk, Tusk by Kenneth Brower, pp. 122-127 - 1 Review
      1. At the Hand of Man by Raymond Bonner
    21. [+]
      A Companionship of Poets by Peter Davison, pp. 128-130 - 1 Review
      1. The Hidden Law by Anthony Hecht
    22. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 131-134 - 7 Reviews
      1. The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
      2. Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
      3. Under a New Sky by Olga Andreyev Carlisle
      4. Touched with Fire by Kay Redfield Jamison
      5. A Coyote Reader by William Bright
      6. The Aye-Aye and I by Gerald Durrell
      7. Balkan Ghosts by Robert D. Kaplan
    23. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 135
    24. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 136-138
    25. Cover illustration by Bruce Sharp
  5. [+]
    May 1993 Issue = 23 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 6-17
    3. The May Almanac, pp. 18-19
    4. Reports & Comment by Richard Brookhiser, pp. 20-23
    5. Tokyo: Fine, Thank You by Eamonn Fingleton, pp. 24-39
    6. Environment: The Cheatgrass Problem by Robert Devine, pp. 40-50
    7. Midlife Myths by Winifred Gallagher, pp. 51-68
    8. At Last Count by Rodger Doyle, pp. 69-72
    9. Marine Corps Issue by David McLean, pp. 73-81
    10. Other Time by W.S. Merwin, pp. 82-83
    11. Ross Is Boss by Guy Molyneux and William Schneider, pp. 84-89
    12. The Hen by Marvin Bell, pp. 90-97
    13. The New Downtowns by Witold Rybczynski, pp. 98-106
    14. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, p. 107
    15. Travel: The Boounteous Berkshires by Jack Beatty, pp. 108-112
    16. Dance: A. Mr. B. by Laura Jacobs, pp. 113-115
    17. [+]
      Wilson Agonistes by David Burner, pp. 116-121 - 1 Review
      1. The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson by Herbert Hoover
    18. [+]
      The Engineer as Novelist by Dennis Drabelle, pp. 122-124 - 2 Reviews
      1. Catapult by Vladimir Paral
      2. The Four Sonyas by Vladimir Paral
    19. [+]
      Slavner, General, Klansman by Charles Royster, pp. 125-128 - 2 Reviews
      1. Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography by Jack Hurst
      2. A Battle from the Start by Brian Steel Wills
    20. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 129-130 - 6 Reviews
      1. Rebel Powers by Richard Bausch
      2. The Last Full Measure by Richard Moe
      3. Loitering with Intent by Peter O'Toole
      4. Operation Shylock by Philip Roth
      5. All Our Yesterdays by James Oliver Robertson and Janet C. Robertson, ...
      6. Angels and Insects by A.S. Byatt
    21. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 131
    22. Word Histories by Craig M. Carver, pp. 132-134
    23. Cover illustration by Randall Enos
  6. [+]
    June 1993 Issue = 25 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 6-9
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 10-19
    3. The June Almanac, pp. 20-21
    4. Reports & Comment by Sarah Finnie Rockwell, pp. 22-25
    5. Washington: Housebreaker by William Sternberg, pp. 26-41
    6. Malaysia: Rotten Royals by James Fallows, pp. 42-47
    7. The Persian Gulf: Still Mired by Alan Tonelson, pp. 48-54
    8. Re-hearing Bernstein by David Schiff, pp. 55-60
    9. Scarifying by Robert Morgan, pp. 61-76
    10. At Last Count by Rodger Doyle, pp. 77-78
    11. DMZ by Allen Dixon, pp. 79-83
    12. The Little Book of Hand Shadows by Deborah Digges, pp. 84-87
    13. Toward a New World Economic Order by Akio Morita, pp. 88-98
    14. Secession by Guy Billout, pp. 99-100
    15. Voodoo Politics by Lawrence E. Harrison, pp. 101-102
    16. Wrought Figure by Linda McCarriston, pp. 103-107
    17. How Garbage Could Meet Its Maker by Allen Hershkowitz, pp. 108-109
    18. Travel: The Other Catskills by Nicholas Lemann, pp. 110-114
    19. Food: Real Olives by Corby Kummer, pp. 115-120
    20. [+]
      An Artist of American Violence by Jack Miles, pp. 121-127 - 2 Reviews
      1. Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson
      2. Resuscitation of a Hanged Man by Denis Johnson
    21. [+]
      Shakespeare's Most Riddling Creation by John Simon, pp. 128-132 - 1 Review
      1. Shylock: A Legend and Its Legacy by John Gross
    22. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 133-134 - 9 Reviews
      1. Reading and Writing by Robertson Davies
      2. The Days of the Consuls by Ivo Andric
      3. Broadcast Blues by Eric Burns
      4. Misreadings by Umberto Eco
      5. Puligny-Montrachet by Simon Loftus
      6. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John L. Stephens and Richard L. Predmore
      7. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
      8. The Porcelain Dove, or Constancy's Reward by Delia Sherman
      9. In an Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh
    23. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 135
    24. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 136-138
    25. Cover photograph by Steve J. Sherman
  7. [+]
    July 1993 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 4-7
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 8-19
    3. The July Almanac, pp. 20-21
    4. Reports & Comment by Michael J. Barrett, pp. 22-24
    5. Finance: The Unifying Theme by Brendan Murphy, pp. 25-37
    6. Public Health: Needles and Race by David L. Kirp and Ronald Bayer, pp. 38-41
    7. Energy: The Future of Electric Power by Gregg Easterbrook, pp. 42-48
    8. "It's Not the Economy, Stupid" by Charles R. Morris, pp. 49-62
    9. First Encounteres by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, pp. 63-64
    10. The Disenchantment of Ireland by Geoffrey Wheatcroft, pp. 65-84
    11. Beautiful Theories by Mindy Aloff, pp. 85-90
    12. Charity by Joy Williams, pp. 91-93
    13. Haircut by Andrew Hudgins, pp. 94-97
    14. Music: Unfairly Convicted by William H. Youngren, pp. 98-103
    15. Travel: The Joys of Japan by James Fallows, pp. 104-108
    16. [+]
      Making Faith Possible by Gordon D. Marino, pp. 109-112 - 1 Review
      1. Kierkegaard's Writings by Howard Hong and Soren Kierkegaard
    17. [+]
      An Epic of Endurance by Josephine Woll, pp. 113-115 - 1 Review
      1. World War 2 and the Soviet People by John Garrard and Carol Garrard
    18. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 116-118 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
      2. A Short History of Financial Euphoria by John Kenneth Galbraith
      3. Curriculum Vitae by Muriel Spark
      4. The Geography of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler
      5. Picasso and Dora: A Personal Memoir by James Lord
      6. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
      7. Epstein by Stephen Gardiner
      8. Ablaze by Piers Paul Read
    19. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 119
    20. Word Histories by Craig M. Carver, pp. 120-122
    21. Cover illustration by Bill Mayer
  8. [+]
    August 1993 Issue = 24 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 4-7
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 8-15
    3. The August Almanac, pp. 16-17
    4. Reports & Comment by Jack Beatty, pp. 18-19
    5. Zaire: An African Horror Story by Bill Berkeley, pp. 20-29
    6. Diplomacy: Cleansing Ethnic Hatred by Robert Cullen, pp. 30-38
    7. Women and the Bible by Cullen Murphy, pp. 39-64
    8. Indecision by Guy Billout, p. 65
    9. Pipa's Story by Lan Samantha Chang, pp. 66-73
    10. Red Leather Jacket by Brad Leithauser, pp. 74-79
    11. Disappearances: A Poetry Anthology by Jane Kenyon, p. 80
    12. Wind by David Weiss, p. 80
    13. Wild Peavines by Robert Morgan, p. 81
    14. Emptiness by Kay Ryan, p. 81
    15. Sometimes by Linda Pastan, p. 81
    16. What Went Right by Paul Sheehan, pp. 82-89
    17. Music: Live From Bayreuth by Matthew Gurewitsch, pp. 90-93
    18. Travel: On a Bike, Reluctantly by Corby Kummer, pp. 94-97
    19. Justice to Theodore Dreiser by Michael Lydon, pp. 98-100
    20. [+]
      The Passion of Modernity by Stanley Hoffmann, pp. 101-107 - 1 Review
      1. Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity by Liah Greenfeld
    21. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 108-110 - 6 Reviews
      1. There Is No Borges by Gerhard Kopf
      2. Poplar Forest and Thomas Jefferson by S. Allen Chambers, Jr.
      3. The Art of Arousal by Ruth K. Westheimer
      4. For Country, Cause and Leader by Charles B. Haydon and Stephen W. Sears
      5. A Tiler's Afternoon by Lars Gustafsson
      6. Blood Sisters by Marilyn Yalom
    22. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 111
    23. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 112-114
    24. Cover illustration by Janet Woolley
  9. [+]
    September 1993 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 4-7
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 8-17
    3. The September Almanac, pp. 18-19
    4. Reports & Comment by David Owen, pp. 20-21
    5. Okinawa: After the Volcano by George Feifer, pp. 22-27
    6. Technology: MUDroom by Jacques Leslie, pp. 28-36
    7. Deafness as Culture by Edward Dolnick, pp. 37-50
    8. The Death of Reason by Eavan Boland, pp. 51-53
    9. The Conceptual Poverty of U.S. Foreign Policy by Jonathan Clarke, pp. 54-66
    10. At Last Count by Rodger Doyle, pp. 67-68
    11. Peeling by John Sayles, pp. 69-75
    12. Can Selfishness Save the Environment? by Matt Ridley and Bobbi S. Low, pp. 76-86
    13. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, pp. 87-91
    14. Food: Rubbing It It by Corby Kummer, pp. 92-95
    15. Music: Borrowed Beats by Gene Santoro, pp. 96-100
    16. Travel: Home on the Road by Philip Langdon, pp. 101-103
    17. [+]
      An Icon of Englishry by Geoffrey Wheatcroft, pp. 104-110 - 1 Review
      1. Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life by Andrew Motion
    18. [+]
      True West by Nicholas Lemann, pp. 111-113 - 1 Review
      1. Streets of Laredo by Larry McMurtry
    19. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 114-116 - 7 Reviews
      1. Thomas Jefferson: A Life by Willard Sterne Randall
      2. Whoredom in Kimmage by Rosemary Mahoney
      3. A Most Dangerous Method by John Kerr
      4. The Hidden Life of Dogs by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
      5. Sade: A Biography by Maurice Lever
      6. Noah's Garden by Sara B. Stein
      7. The Liberty Campaign by Jonathan Dee
    20. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 117-118
    21. Word Histories by Craig M. Carver, pp. 119-122
    22. Cover illustration by Etienne Delessert
  10. [+]
    October 1993 Issue = 23 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 6-17
    3. The October Almanac, pp. 18-21
    4. Reports & Comment by Steven Stark, pp. 22-31
    5. Diplomacy: Reparations by Michael Z. Wise, pp. 32-35
    6. Energy: Something in the Wind by Douglas Gantenbein, pp. 36-43
    7. Public Policy: Avoidance Tactics by Michael Wright, pp. 44-50
    8. Feminism's Identity Crisis by Wendy Kaminer, pp. 51-68
    9. Ode for Mrs. William Settle by Philip Levine, p. 69
    10. A Kaya in Houghton by Ernst Havemann, pp. 70-71
    11. Dialogue of Soul & Stone by Brooks Haxton, pp. 72-76
    12. Facing Up by Peter G. Peterson, pp. 77-83
    13. Lieutenant Colonel by Andrew Hudgins, pp. 84-91
    14. In Many Tongues by Jeremy Bernstein, pp. 92-102
    15. Stones by Guy Billout, p. 103
    16. Music: Vox Populi by Francis Davis, pp. 104-109
    17. Travel: Puerto Rico's Riches by Herbert L. Hiller, pp. 110-115
    18. [+]
      Liberalism and Its Enemies by Glenn Tinder, pp. 116-122 - 1 Review
      1. The Anatomy of Antiliberalism by Stephen Holmes
    19. [+]
      Aristocratic Rebels by Hermione Lee, pp. 123-129 - 2 Reviews
      1. Bertrand Russell: A Life by Caroline Moorehead
      2. Ottoline Morrell: Life on the Grand Scale by Miranda Seymour
    20. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 130-132 - 9 Reviews
      1. Will Rogers by Ben Yagoda
      2. Having Our Say by Sarah L. Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany, and Amy Hill Hearth, ...
      3. The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton and Marion Mainwaring
      4. From the Steam Room by Robert Nichols
      5. To the White Sea by James Dickey
      6. Watchers by the Pool by Margaret Reinhold
      7. Matisse by Hayden Herrera
      8. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman
      9. Always Getting Ready, Upterrlainarluta by James H. Barker and Robin Barker
    21. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 133-134
    22. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 135-138
    23. Cover illustration by Fred Marcellino
  11. [+]
    November 1993 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 4-7
    2. Letters, pp. 8-29
    3. The November Almanac, pp. 30-31
    4. Notes & Comment: On Rewind? by Cullen Murphy, pp. 32-35
    5. Foreign Affairs by Jon Bowermaster, pp. 36-45
    6. Pop Culture: Happy Trails by Jane Stern and Michael Stern, pp. 46-61
    7. Travel: Vacations in the Sahara by William Langewiesche, pp. 62-68
    8. Looking at the Sun by James Fallows, pp. 69-101
    9. The Prostate-Cancer Dilemma by Charles C. Mann, pp. 102-119
    10. Don Giovanni by Garrison Keillor, pp. 120-123
    11. What I Did on a Rainy Day by May Swenson, pp. 124-127
    12. Reverse Racism, or How the Pot Got to Call the Kettle Black by Stanley Fish, pp. 128-131
    13. For the Taking by Linda Gregerson, pp. 132-136
    14. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, p. 137
    15. Msuic: Scanning the Dial by David Schiff, pp. 138-144
    16. For Parents: Jim Copp and His Things by David Owen, pp. 145-148
    17. [+]
      Goddess of Reason by Phyllis Rose, pp. 149-153 - 1 Review
      1. The Beginning of the Journey by Diana Trilling
    18. [+]
      The Man Who Invented California by David M. Kennedy, pp. 154-157 - 1 Review
      1. A Bloc of One by Richard Coke Lower
    19. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 158-161 - 8 Reviews
      1. Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
      2. The Last Hunt by Horst Stern
      3. Decider by Dick Francis
      4. Glad Tidings: A Friendship in Letters by John Cheever and John Downing Weaver
      5. Polar Bear by Downs Matthews and Dan Guravich
      6. The Ghost of the Executed Engineer by Loren R. Graham
      7. Fishing by Mail by Vance Bourjaily and Philip Bourjaily
      8. The Arabists by Robert D. Kaplan
    20. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 162-163
    21. Word Histories by Craig M. Carver, pp. 164-166
    22. Cover illustration by Nicholas Gaetano
  12. [+]
    December 1993 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters, pp. 6-21
    3. The December Almanac, pp. 22-23
    4. Notes & Comment: Survivors by Cullen Murphy, pp. 24-27
    5. Society: In Search of Monster by Mark Horowitz, pp. 28-37
    6. Environment: The True Cost of Coal by Robert Cullen, pp. 38-53
    7. Travel: Beyond Santa Fe by Les Daly, pp. 54-59
    8. How the World Works by James Fallows, pp. 60-70
    9. Heart by Susan Hahn, pp. 71-89
    10. Every Good Boy Deserves Favor by Ralph Lombreglia, pp. 90-93
    11. Global Aphasia by Enid Shomer, pp. 94-100
    12. At Last Count by Charles C. Mann, Eugene Peck, and Mark L. Plummer, ..., pp. 101-103
    13. Not Fanatics, and Not Friends by Edward G. Shirley, pp. 104-114
    14. The Turn by William Langewiesche, pp. 115-123
    15. Food: The Bitter End by Corby Kummer, pp. 124-128
    16. Dance: The Red Shoes Revisited by Laura Jacobs, pp. 129-133
    17. [+]
      America in the 1790s by Gordon S. Wood, pp. 134-138 - 1 Review
      1. The Age of Federalism by Stanley Elkins and Eric McKitrick
    18. [+]
      God's Patriots by James Carroll, pp. 139-141 - 1 Review
      1. The Culture of Disbelief by Stephen L. Carter
    19. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 142-145 - 9 Reviews
      1. A History of Warfare by John Keegan
      2. The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
      3. Oak Island Gold by William S. Crooker
      4. Judith Leyster by Pieter Biesboer and James A. Welu
      5. Bomber's Law by George V. Higgins
      6. Dreams of Exile: Robert Louis Stevenson by Ian Bell
      7. Camille Pissarro by Joachim Pissarro
      8. The Phantom Empire by Geoffrey O'Brien
      9. Journey by Guy Billout
    20. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 146-147
    21. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 148-150
    22. Cover illustration by J.C. Suares
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