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August 1976 Issue
August 1976 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Washington
    Sanford J. Ungar
  • Israeli Arabs: The Mayor of Nazareth
    William G. Rosenberg
  • Farewell, My Unlovely
    Caskie Stinnett
  • Trains in Trouble
    Tracy Kidder
  • The Editor's Page
  • The Tryst
    Joyce Carol Oates
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Shoplifters

By Maura Stanton
August 1976 Issue
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