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October 1972 Issue

This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.

The Last Traffic Jam
Stewart Udall
Portfolio
The Congressman Who Loved Flaubert
Ward Just
The Prepared Statement
Robert Graves
Toward a New Society
Ross Terrill
The Floating World
Melvin Maddocks

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October 1972 Issue

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