October 2003 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- Letters to the Editor, pp. 14-32
- How to Run for President
  David Brooks
  , pp. 33-37
- Brief Lives: Force Multiplier
  Joshua Green
  , pp. 38-43
- Post Mortem: The Man Who Invented Elvis, Sam Phillips (1923-2003)
  Mark Steyn
  , pp. 44-45
- Cartoon: Proposed Designs for the New Iraqi Dinar
  Barry Blitt
  , p. 46
- The Nation in Numbers: Shacking Up
  Jen Joynt and Carrie Shuchart
  , p. 47
- Primary Sources , pp. 48-50
- The Dark Art of Interrogation
  Mark Bowden
  , pp. 51-76
- Park
  Guy Billout
  , pp. 77-78
  A drawing
- Pharoahs-in-Waiting
  Mary Anne Weaver
  , pp. 79-89
- Private Grief
  Dick Allen
  , pp. 90-91
- Literary Lives: William Butler Yeats
  Edward Sorel
  , pp. 92-93
  A drawing
- Oliver's Travels
  James Shreeve
  , pp. 94-101
- The Situation
  John Skoyles
  , p. 102
- Will Frankenfood Save the Planet?
  Jonathan Rauch
  , pp. 103-108
- The Lesson
  Philip Levine
  , pp. 109-110
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  --- by Benjamin Schwarz (Review) , p. 111
  1. The Boys' Crusade by Paul Fussell
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  History The Rise of Western Christendom, by Peter Brown (3 Reviews) , p. 112
  1. The Rise of Western Christendom by Peter Brown
  2. Masters of the Big House by William Kauffman Scarborough
  3. Red-Color News Soldier by Li Zhensheng
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  Literary Studies Strangers: A Family Romance, by Emma Tennant (Review) , p. 113
  1. Strangers: A Family Romance by Emma Tennant
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  Architecture Louis I. Kahn, by Robert McCarter (Review) , p. 114
  1. Louis I. Kahn by Robert McCarter
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  Material Girl (Review)
  Tom Carson
  , pp. 115-118
  The Substance of Style, by Virginia Postrel
  1. The Substance of Style by Virginia Postrel
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  Notes from a Native Daughter (Review)
  Benjamin Schwarz
  , pp. 119-121
  Where I Was From, by Joan Didion
  1. Where I Was From by Joan Didion
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  Nannyhood and Apple Pie (Review)
  Sandra Tsing Loh
  , pp. 122-123
  The Commercialization of Intimate Life, by Arlie Russell Hochschild
  1. The Commercialization of Intimate Life by Arlie Russell Hochschild
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  Divine Comedy (Review)
  Elizabeth Judd
  , p. 124
  Jamesland, by Michelle Huneven
  1. Jamesland by Michelle Huneven
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  Alpine Daisy Miller (Review)
  Thomas Mallon
  , pp. 124-125
  L'Affaire, by Diane Johnson
  1. L'Affaire by Diane Johnson
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  That Blessed Plot, That Enigmatic Isle (Review)
  Christopher Hitchens
  , pp. 126-132
  Albion, by Peter Ackroyd
  1. Albion by Peter Ackroyd
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  Sticking Together (Review)
  Caitlin Flanagan
  , pp. 133-134
  Urban Tribes, by Ethan Watters
  1. Urban Tribes by Ethan Watters
- Innocent Bystander
  Cullen Murphy
  , pp. 135-137
  Feudal Gestures
- Travels
  Tom Mueller
  , pp. 138-142
  Inside Job
- Food
  Corby Kummer
  , pp. 143-146
  Big Organic, Small Organic
- Fiction: Ghost-Birds
  Nicolas Pizzolatto
  , pp. 147-158
  A short story
- The Puzzler
  Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  , p. 159
- Word Fugitives
  Barbara Wallraff
  , pp. 160-162
- Cover art
  Kamil Vojnar