September 1980
In This Issue
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Articles
Major Minor Masters of the Italian Renaissance
Excerpts from the catalogue of the exhibition held at the Galleria Alitalia, Milano, 30. XI.79—6. III. 80.
A Couple of Three
Doctorow's Promise
China Men
Reconstructing Aphra
Music for Chameleons
Witnesses
States Dyckman: An American Loyalist
The Poisoning of Michigan
A Model Childhood
The Fates of Nations
Napoleon and Eugenie
The Great Bronze Age of China
A Browser's Dictionary
The Atlantic Puzzler
South Pacific: Some Enchanted Prime Time
Most Fiji Islanders give their evenings to quiet, communal conversation. Television, though, is now coming to the isolated South Pacific—can village life survive Charlie’s Angels?
Party of One: Rejoice if You Can
American Industry: What Ails It, How to Save It
Disease afflicts American industry. Its symptoms are gloom in the boardrooms, locked gates at the steel mills, lengthening unemployment lines. Has American capitalism forgotten the rules of its survival and success? Perhaps, perhaps not. There are success stories, too, on the industrial scene. In this ambitious survey, The Atlantic’s Washington editor searches out not only what is wrong but what might be done to turn a disturbing tide.
"Whatta We Got for the Folks This Week?"
Is There a Russian Energy Crisis?
Despite predictions of impending shortages, the Soviet Union remains for the moment the world’s largest producer of petroleum. A slackening of the How of oil would have serious consequences—not only for Russia but for the Western democracies.
Cairo: Sadat's Mission
Boldness in war and peace has ensured the power of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. But in the teeming, impoverished streets of his capital city, he faces his ultimate challenge.
Bears
Wissler Remembers
Continuum: A Love Poem
The Silver Scam: How the Hunts Were Outfoxed
When the Hunt brothers lost upwards of a billion dollars in the silver market, much of the world felt that it couldn’t have happened to two nicer guys. After all, the Texans were out to “corner the market” and cheat the small investor. . . Or were they? The author, himself a speculator in precious metals, has a different view. And he casts a cold eye on the methods and motives of those members of the financial establishment who brought the Hunts’ empire crashing down.
A State of Grace: Understanding the Martial Arts
The real value of the martial arts, says a twenty-year practitioner, has nothing to do with physical feats, such as breaking bricks or boards.
The Cult of Candor
The national mania for “full disclosure” may lead only to more inventive—and more dangerous—forms of secrecy.
Variation on the Word Sleep
In Quarantine
