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August 1994 Issue
August 1994 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.
  • Reefer Madness
    Eric Schlosser
  • Word Watch
    Anne H. Soukhanov
  • The August Almanac
  • Unreasonable Facsimile
    Frederick Allen
  • Turabi's Law
    William Langewiesche
  • Notes From the Underground
    Fred Hapgood

Elemental Pleasures

Who has more fun: the putyevka people or the dikari?

By Robert Cullen
August 1994 Issue
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