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May 1984 Issue
May 1984 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.
  • The Grooves of Motown
  • The Grooves of Motown
    Stephen Holden
  • Powering Compact Discs
    Peter W. Mitchell
  • Trials of Mutual Freedom
    Richard Sennett
  • Notes: Nostalgia for the Dark Ages
    Cullen Murphy
  • A Man of the Theater
    Lloyd Rose

Washington: Getting Out the Vote

The drive to register new voters is based on assumptions that may well prove false

By David Osborne
May 1984 Issue
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