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June 1982 Issue
June 1982 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.
  • Indonesia: An Effort to Hold Together
    James Fallows
  • Waiting for the End
    William Martin
  • The Myth of Oppressive Corporate Taxes
    Gregg Easterbrook
  • Sabbatical
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • P. G. Wodehouse
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Killing Our Own
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
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Close to the Nerve

By Frank Kermode
June 1982 Issue
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