1982-08 Atlantic Monthly Magazine Contents

1982/08 — Contents as follows:

Reports & Comment:

Economics: Producing Something from Nothing by Robert B. Zevin

Tegucigalpa: Honduras on the Edge by Loren Jenkins

Argentina: The Falklands and Colonialism by J.P. Taylor

The Politics of Crime – Powerful forces oppose the steps that could reduce violent crime – by Richard Neely

The Quality of the Instrument – Building a Steinway grand piano – by Michael Lenehan

Distances – A Poem by Richard Hugo

Jungle – A Drawing by Guy Billout

The Staunch Maid and the Extraterrestrial Trekkie — A Poem by George Starbuck

The Famous Poll at Jody’s Bar – A Short Story by Ellen Gilchrist

Stump Speech – A Poem by David Wagoner

IQ Testing and the Media by R.J. Herrnstein

Love and Other Lessons – A Short Story by Janet Beeler Shaw

Rendezvous with Romania – In the footsteps of Graham Greene – by Lynn Caraganis

Music: Two Rock Revivals – Bringing back some early rockers by Langdon Winner

Movies: A Dreamer, Not a Storyteller – Brian DePalma isn’t interested in plot – by Lloyd Rose

Books: A Study in Fear and Courage – John Keegan’s Six Armies in Normandy – by Jack Beatty

Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams

Letters to the Editor

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