June 1981 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-6
- Television: The Birth of a Media Myth
  William Martin
  , pp. 7-15
- Pakistan: A Risky Bet on General Zia
  Claudia Wright
  , pp. 16-22
- Liberia: A Revolution, or Just Another Coup?
  Sanford J. Ungar
  , pp. 23-32
- The Scarcity of Raw Materials
  Julian L. Simon
  , pp. 33-40
  A challenge to the conventional wisdom
- Intravenous Trip
  Robert A. Brooks
  , pp. 41-43
- Detroit Skyline, 1949
  Bobbie Ann Mason
  , pp. 44-50
  A story
- The Sociologist
  Edward Sorel
  , pp. 51-55
  A drawing
- M-16: A Bureaucratic Horror Story
  James Fallows
  , pp. 56-65
  Why the rifles jammed
- Communion
  Artemio Manzi
  , pp. 66-70
  A story
- Basic Syllogism
  Robert Penn Warren
  , pp. 71-72
- Encounters
  Moshe Dayan
  , pp. 73-83
  The search for peace in the Middle East
- A Plan for Controlling Inflation
  Robert B. Zevin
  , pp. 84-88
  An overnight solution is impossible
- The Teeth Festival
  Roy Blount, Jr.
  , p. 89
  A story
- Ballet/Balanchine's Tchaikovsky
  Holly Brubach
  , pp. 90-95
  Modern choreography and Romantic music
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  Books/Less Is Less (Review)
  James Atlas
  , pp. 96-97
  What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, by Raymond Carver
  1. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
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  --- by Alan Brinkley (Review) , p. 98
  1. The Child Savers by Peter S. Prescott
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  Review The Pursuit of Inequality, by Philip Green (Review)
  C. Michael Curtis
  , p. 99
  1. The Pursuit of Inequality by Philip Green
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  Review A Question of Age, by Kathryn Martin (Review)
  Esther S. Yntema
  , p. 99
  1. A Question of Age by Kathryn Martin
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  Review The Heyday of Natural History, by Lynn Barber ... (Review)
  Elizabeth Duvall
  , p. 99
  1. The Heyday of Natural History by Lynn Barber Cardiff
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  Review Letters from the Country, by Carol Bly (Review)
  Mark Kramer
  , p. 100
  1. Letters from the Country by Carol Bly
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  9 Reviews Loitering with Intent, by Muriel Spark (9 Reviews)
  Phoebe-Lou Adams
  , pp. 100-105
  1. Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark
  2. XPD by Len Deighton
  3. Railways of the Raj by Michael Satow and Ray Desmond
  4. Edith Sitwell by Victoria Glendinning
  5. Twelve Years by Joel Agee
  6. Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered by John Conrad
  7. The Comet Is Coming! by Nigel Calder
  8. The Meeting at Telgte by Gunter Grass
  9. Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery by Karen Hess
- The Atlantic Puzzler, pp. 106-108
- Cover illustration
  J.C. Suares