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July 1989 Issue
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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
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A Toxic Ghost Town
Michael H. Brown
The Balkans: Europe's Third World
Robert D. Kaplan
Word Histories: Etymologies Derived From the Files of the Dictionary' of American Regional English
Craig M. Carver
The July Almanac
Notes: Breakout
Cullen Murphy
Earth Island Institute Dolphin Project
America's Consumer-Owned Rural Electric Systems (Nreca)
July 1989 Issue
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