February 1983 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- Letters to the Editor, pp. 6-11
- Voting: What Midtern Results Mean
  Richard M. Scammon
  , pp. 12-17
- Washington: Less Red Ink
  Milton Friedman
  , pp. 18-25
- Paris: Unhappy Allies
  John Carson-Parker
  , pp. 26-32
- Watching the Russians
  Cullen Murphy
  , pp. 33-55
  From a large number of small clues, Murray Feshbach and other scholars try to explain h...
- Mrs. Six Legs
  Edward Minus
  , pp. 56-57
  A short story
- White Clover
  Marvin Bell
  , pp. 58-60
- Lift
  Guy Billout
  , pp. 61-62
  A drawing
- The Last Bears of Yellowstone
  Alston Chase
  , pp. 63-73
  Without a change in its protective policy, the Interior Department may have no grizzlie...
- The Missing Person
  Tobias Wolff
  , pp. 74-80
  A short story
- Mina Bell's Cows
  Wesley McNair
  , pp. 81-87
- The Height of Fashion
  Holly Brubach
  , pp. 88-94
  Worth's dresses gave shape to an extravagant era
- Mar Barker: A Word Portrait
  Pinke Barker-Watkins and Lynn Caraganis
  , p. 95
  Sensitive as she was, Ma was never timid
- Music/Interpreting Glenn Gould
  William H. Youngren
  , pp. 96-99
  A rebellious, obsessive virtuoso
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  Books/Marginal Memoirs (3 Reviews)
  James Atlas
  , pp. 100-101
  Minor Characters, by Joyce Johnson
  1. Minor Characters by Joyce Johnson
  2. Auden: An American Friendship by Charles H. Miller
  3. Voices: A Memoir by Frederic Prokosch
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  Books/A Useful Mirror (Review)
  Lester C. Thurow
  , pp. 102-104
  U.S.S.R. in Crisis, by Marshall I. Goldman
  1. U.S.S.R. in Crisis by Marshall I. Goldman
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  Short Reviews (10 Reviews)
  Phoebe-Lou Adams
  , pp. 105-107
  The Klamath Knot, by David Rains Wallace
  1. The Klamath Knot by David Rains Wallace
  2. Robert Lowell: A Biography by Ian Hamilton
  3. Freud and Man's Soul by Bruno Bettelheim
  4. The Lusitania by Daniel Allen Butler
  5. The Plantation Mistress by Catherine Clinton
  6. Fingerprint by John Sack
  7. The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K. Le Guin
  8. Super Mex by Lee Trevino and Sam Blair
  9. Forgotten Founders by Bruce E. Johansen
  10. Mrs. Hurst Dancing and Other Scenes from Regency Life, 1812-23 by Diana Sperling and Gordon Minjay
- The Atlantic Puzzler
  Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  , pp. 108-110
- Cover illustration
  Charles Barsotti