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February 1981 Issue
February 1981 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.
  • Of Sex and the Catholic Church
    Francis X. Murphy,
  • Labor: What's a Job Worth?
    Vivienne Killingsworth
  • The Atlantic Puzzler
    Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  • Back to the Gold Standard?
    James K. Glassman
  • Teaching a Stone to Talk
    Annie Dillard
  • Art
    Michael Harris
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By Alan Dugan
February 1981 Issue
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