April 1987
In This Issue
Explore the April 1987 print edition below. Or to discover more writing from the pages of The Atlantic, browse the full archive.
Articles
Uganda: Starting Over
A new government has brought relative stability to Uganda, for the time being.
The April Almanac
Notes: A Blaze of Glory
Iran: Holy Terror
Moslem zealots wage a deadly war against Baha’i heresies
Iran: Holy Terror
Moslem zealots wage a deadly war against Baha’i heresies
Yet Another True Study of Mankind
In Meeteese, Wyo., researchers studying the world’s only known colony of black-footed ferrets will do a study to find out if current studies are disturbing the species. —USA Today
The Democrats in '88
The party’s possible candidates divide into four categories—rejuvenators, revisionists, reconstructionists, and revivalists
Contributors
Summer Travel Planner
The Caribbean
The Bahamas & Bermuda
Travel Newsletter
Europe
Canada
The United States
Latin America
The Man Who Knew Belle Starr
Herd of Buffalo Crossing the Missouri River on Ice
Divorce, Chinese Style
The cases that come before Shanghais family court offer intimate glimpses of a changing society
Power Failure
Brick Breaker
Monteverdi's Modernity
The Green Haze
Robert Graves
The Haunted Realm
Three Daughters
Lines to the Mountain Gods
Mummy
Edgar Degas
The Champion
Acrostic No. 21
The Puzzler
Word Watch
Here are a few of the words being tracked by the editors of The American Heritage Dictionary, published by Houghton Mifflin. A new word that exhibits sustained use over time may eventually make its way into the dictionary.
