February 1990
In This Issue
Explore the February 1990 print edition below. Or to discover more writing from the pages of The Atlantic, browse the full archive.
Articles
A Matter of Engineering
Capital punishment as a technical problem
Becoming Attached
What experiences in infancy will enable children to thrive emotionally and to come to feel that the world of people is a positive place? Attachment theorists believe they have some answers.
The Church and the Movies
The Brideshead Generation
My House Is on Fire
Thomas Hart Benton
Daddy, We Hardly Knew You
Iceland
Iceland
The Kiss of Lamourette
Acts of Worship
The Puzzler
Word Watch
Here are a few of the words being tracked by the editors of The American Heritage Dictionary, published by Houghton Mifflin. A new word that exhibits sustained use may eventually make its way into the dictionary. The information below represents the first stage of research, not the final product.
The February Almanac
Notes: Novus Ordo Seclorum
Cause for celebration
The Soviet Union: The Paradox of Perestroika
If economic reform works, the Soviet Union will experience working-class and ethnic unrest; if it fails, the Soviet Union will collapse
Justice: A Matter of Engineering
Capital punishment as a technical problem
Points of Departure
Oil Spill
745 Boylston Street
Contributors
Ambassador Mansfield Talks to America
The Snowy
A Post-Gold War Budget
It’s time to deal with our varied and enormous domestic problems, none of which can be attacked with a B-2 bomber
Men, Women, and Cancer
Layover
