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August 30, 2004

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Featured Pick

profiles

The Boys

Nick Paumgarten

What Mike and the Mad Dog talk about when they talk about sports.

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fiction

Mother’s Son

Tessa Hadley

letter from athens

The Playing Field

George Packer