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July 1988 Issue
July 1988 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.
  • An Insider's View of the Election
    William Schneider
  • Matchimanito
    Louise Erdrich
  • The Loneliest War
    Robert D. Kaplan
  • The July Almanac
  • Notes: Ephemeral States Update
    David Owen
  • Washington: What's So Good About Gorbachev?
    David Ignatius

Acrostic No. 36

By Dorothy Osborne
July 1988 Issue
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