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December 1985 Issue
December 1985 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 Case Against Credentialism
    James Fallows
  • High-Tech Tv
    Peter W. Mitchell
  • The Moral Equivalent of Defeat
    Chalmers Johnson
  • The Last Word
    Peter Davison
  • The Arctic World
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • The Old Gringo
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
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The Supreme Adventure of Inspector Lestrade

By Phoebe-Lou Adams
December 1985 Issue
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