August 1983 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-9
- Washington: Real Policy vs. Applause Lines
  Shirley Christian
  , pp. 10-23
- Arms Control: Numerical Insecurity
  Robert C. Johansen
  , pp. 24-30
- Educating Black Athletes
  Harry Edwards
  , pp. 31-35
  Many blacks have argued that a new NCAA rule sets unfairly high minimum academic standa...
- Total Eclipse
  Michael J. Rosen
  , pp. 36-39
- Airwaves
  Bobbie Ann Mason
  , pp. 40-43
  A short story
- Welcome to Hiroshima
  Mary Jo Salter
  , pp. 44-50
- Phobia
  Guy Billout
  , pp. 51-54
  A drawing
- The Pardon
  Seymour M. Hersh
  , pp. 55-79
  Nixon, Ford, Haig, and the transfer of power
- The Model
  Bernard Malamud
  , pp. 80-81
  A short story
- The Secrets of Cancer Cells
  Robert A. Weinberg
  , pp. 82-88
  Scientists have identified the one gene out of thousands that causes a tumor to grow, b...
- Public Television Forced to Cut Back
  Lynn Caraganis
  , p. 89
  Dick Clark and Stephanie Powers go highbrow
- Raging Panther, Grinning Saint
  Robert Towers
  , pp. 90-95
  Encounters with Nehru and Gandhi in the India of 1945
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  Books/Marriage and Morals (Review)
  James Atlas
  , pp. 96-97
  Beautiful Women, Ugly Scenes, by C.D.B. Bryan
  1. Beautiful Women, Ugly Scenes by C.D.B. Bryan
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  Books/The Terrible Century (Review)
  Stephen Spender
  , pp. 98-99
  Modern Times, by Paul M. Johnson
  1. Modern Times by Paul M. Johnson
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  Short Reviews (9 Reviews)
  Phoebe-Lou Adams
  , pp. 100-103
  The Throwing Madonna, by William H. Calvin
  1. The Throwing Madonna by William H. Calvin
  2. Baseball's Great Experiment by Jules Tygiel
  3. The Philosopher's Pupil by Iris Murdoch
  4. Visions of City and Country by Bonnie L. Grad and Timothy A. Riggs
  5. The Black Death by Robert S. Gottfried
  6. Slouching Towards Kalamazoo by Peter De Vries
  7. The Oxford Book of Death by D.J. Enright
  8. The Indispensable Cat by Jean-Claude Suares
  9. The Forger's Art by Denis Dutton
- The Atlantic Puzzler
  Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  , pp. 104-106
- Cover illustration
  Richard Mantel