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What's the meaning of football in American life? Over the years, TNR has not been silent on the subject. Read our best archived pieces on the game:
"The Moral Equivalent to Football" by Wilcomb E. Washburn. July 23, 1977. Why football reflects the true--not the ideal--nature of the American character.
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