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May 1986 Issue
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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.
  • Success Story: Blacks in the Military
    Charles C. Moskos
  • The Marching Season
    Padraig O'Malley
  • Deadwood
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Great and Desperate Cures
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • In Search of the Trojan War
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Acrostic No. 10

Washington: How Many Are Hungry?

Attention to droughts and other food crises can obscure facts about the extent and location of malnutrition

By Nicholas Eberstadt and Clifford M. Lewis
May 1986 Issue
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