November 1985 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-15
- Contributors, pp. 16-19
- MNLCI
  Jack Beatty
  , pp. 20-21
- The Venerable Will
  Cullen Murphy
  , pp. 22-23
- Possibilities
  James Fallows
  , pp. 24-27
- Texas: A Choice Without a Difference
  Nicholas Lemann
  , pp. 28-35
- United Nations:A Battle Over Seeds
  J. Tevere MacFadyen
  , pp. 36-45
- Miasma Vice
  Alfred Gingold
  , pp. 46-50
- Punishment Versus Discipline
  Bruno Bettelheim
  , pp. 51-55
- Fiat Justitia
  Robert Herrick
  , pp. 56-92
- Sister Marie Angelica Plays Badminton
  Rennie McQuilkin
  , p. 93
- The Ordeal of Afghanistan
  John Keegan
  , pp. 94-102
- The Death of Couperin
  Paul Petrie
  , pp. 103-105
- Doe Season
  David Michael Kaplan
  , pp. 106-111
- The Country of Perfect Weekends
  George Witte
  , pp. 112-114
- First Encounters
  Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel
  , pp. 115-118
- Music: In Search of Boris
  William H. Youngren
  , pp. 119-121
- Food: Roast Chicken
  Corby Kummer
  , pp. 122-124
- Theater: The Art of Conversation
  Lloyd Rose
  , pp. 125-127
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  Movies: Mysterious Harmonies (2 Reviews)
  Terrence Rafferty
  , pp. 128-130
  Padre Padrone (1977 Film), by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani
  1. Padre Padrone (1977 Film) by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani
  2. Chaos (1985 Film) by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani
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  Realism and Its Discontents (Review)
  Stanley Hoffmann
  , pp. 131-135
  Politics Among Nations, by Hans J. Morgenthau
  1. Politics Among Nations by Hans J. Morgenthau
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  All the World's a Tube (Review)
  David Denby
  , pp. 136-137
  Amusing Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman
  1. Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
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  The Radical Tradition (Review)
  Sheldon S. Wolin
  , pp. 138-142
  Socialism and America, by Irving Howe
  1. Socialism and America by Irving Howe
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  Brief Reviews (9 Reviews)
  Phoebe-Lou Adams
  , pp. 143-144
  Stanley and the Women, by Kingsley Amis
  1. Stanley and the Women by Kingsley Amis
  2. Uncommon Clay by Burke Wilkinson
  3. Sea Dangers by Philip McFarland
  4. The Grasshopper Trap by Patrick F. McManus
  5. The War of the Two Emperors by Curtis Cate
  6. Light Year '86 by Robert Wallace
  7. The Bayeux Tapestry by David M. Wilson
  8. Family and Friends by Anita Brookner
  9. Common Courtesy by Judith Martin
- Acrostic No. 4
  Dorothy Osborne
  , pp. 145-147
- The Puzzler
  Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  , pp. 148-150
- Cover illustration
  Etienne Delessert