March 2005 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- Calendar, pp. 15-17
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 18-32
- American Casino
  Robert J. Shiller
  , pp. 33-35
- Foreign Policy
  David M. Kennedy
  , pp. 36-37
  What "W" Owes to "WW"
- Verbatim, pp. 38-39
  Rather's Familiar Quotations
- The List
  Security Fences
  , pp. 40-41
- Media
  Joshua Green
  , pp. 42-43
  J-School for Jerks
- The Odds, pp. 44-45
  Who Will Be the Next James Bond?
- What's the Matter With Central Park West?
  Walter Shapiro
  , pp. 46-47
- Primary Sources, pp. 48-51
- The World in Numbers
  Matthew Quirk
  , pp. 52-53
  The New Opium War
- The Accuser
  William Langewiesche
  , pp. 54-61
- Male Voices, From Below
  John Updike
  , pp. 62-73
- Now
  Frannie Lindsay
  , pp. 74-81
- The Accidental Autocrat
  Paul Starobin
  , pp. 82-92
- Meeting
  Guy Billout
  , pp. 93-94
  A drawing
- The Truth About Harvard
  Ross Douthat
  , pp. 95-100
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  Editor's Choice (4 Reviews)
  Benjamin Schwarz
  , pp. 101-104
  Clothes-Minded
  1. The London Look by Christopher Breward, Edwina Ehrman, and Caroline Evans, ...
  2. Harvard Rules by Richard Bradley
  3. The Glorious Cause by Robert Middlekauff
  4. The Meaning of Independence by Edmund S. Morgan
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  I'll Be Damned (Review)
  Christopher Hitchens
  , pp. 105-112
  The Life of Graham Greene, Vol. III: 1956-1991, by Norman Sherry
  1. The Life of Graham Greene, Vol. III: 1956-1991 by Norman Sherry
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  Reading List (4 Reviews)
  Allan Gurganus
  , pp. 113-114
  One Great Book per Life
  1. The Vision of Piers Plowman by William Langland and A.V.C. Schmidt
  2. The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G.B. Edwards
  3. Journals of William Emmanuel Bugg, 1848-1935, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and Warren County, North Carolina with Bugg, Davis, Hudgins, Nicholson, Smith, Walker by William Emmanuel Bugg
  4. The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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  Marshal Plan (4 Reviews)
  Sandra Tsing Loh
  , pp. 115-120
  The Three-Martini Playdate, by Christie Mellor
  1. The Three-Martini Playdate by Christie Mellor
  2. Confessions of a Slacker Mom by Muffy Mead-Ferro
  3. Cheap Psychological Tricks for Parents by Perry W. Buffington
  4. From Here to Maternity by Beth Teitell
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  Backfire (Review)
  Peter Beinart
  , pp. 121-126
  The War for Muslim Minds, by Gilles Kepel
  1. The War for Muslim Minds by Gilles Kepel
- Innocent Bystander
  Cullen Murphy
  , p. 127
  Feeling Entitled?
- A Look Back, p. 128
  55 Years Ago in The Atlantic
- Sport
  Pat Jordan
  , pp. 129-134
  The Magician
- The Puzzler
  Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  , p. 135
- Word Fugitives
  Barbara Wallraff
  , pp. 136-137
- Post Mortem
  Mark Steyn
  , pp. 138-139
  Ex-Husband of Love Goddesses - Artie Shaw (1910-2004)
- Who's Who
  Benjamin Healy
  , pp. 140-142
- Cover: Iraqi mass grave site, May 2003
  Francesco Zizola