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November 1992 Issue
November 1992 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.
  • Feminists Against the First Amendment
    Wendy Kaminer
  • Bosnia: Hands Off
    Conor Cruise O'Brien
  • Owl Pellet
    Erica Funkhouser
  • How Portland Does It
    Philip Langdon
  • Heirlooms
    Walter Mcdonald
  • Bivouac Near Trenton
    Carl Dennis
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By Walter Mcdonald
November 1992 Issue
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