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October 1994 Issue
October 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.
  • His Own Jukebox
    Francis Davis
  • The Cellist
    Galway Kinnell
  • Breach
    Guy Billout
  • An Art Wedded to Truth
    Michael Sragow
  • The Other Washington: The City of Marion Harry, Who Should Be Beyond Political Redemption
    Randall Kennedy
  • None to Accompany Me
    Phoebe-Lou Adams

Electronic Hash

The much-heralded recordings of Supreme Court oral arguments flagrantly distort the record

By Edward Lazarus
October 1994 Issue
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