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Flawed to the Ameri-Corps

Cover Story | Political and religious leaders of many persuasions are talking about ways to renew American civic involvement. President Bill Clinton's prime project is AmeriCorps, a $365 million per year federal program that pays young men and women to do volunteer community service. Many Christian organizations have a different procedure: Missionaries, anti-poverty workers, and others appeal to churches and individuals for support, and begin their work when they have raised adequate funding.

In this issue: "Flawed to the Ameri-Corps," Oct. 19, 1996

Features

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The market for minds

National |  Why is "public education" the last government monopoly?

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Kidnapping threats not hindering mission work

International |  But guerrilla presence forces heightened security measures

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Crashing the parties

National |  Conservative candidate Phillips building for the future

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We've met the enemy

National |  And it isn't necessarily the lack of spending on the drug war

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Children's Defense Fund

National |  A new commandment CDF urges churches to keep the "Children's Sabbath" holy

Dispatches

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This Week

Church burnings "There clearly are underlying racial tensions [in the South] and they manifest themselves in church burnings," claimed Mary Frances Berry of…

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Quotables

President Clinton wants to a build a bridge to an anything-goes future where you can get away with it as long as you can talk your way out of it. Former…

Reviews

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Music: Good, good-time music

Music |  Zydeco artists party, but always keep God much in mind

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Books: Jack Ryan for president

Books |  Conservative politicians fare better in fiction than in fact

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Beltway Books: Laying up treasure

Books |  Exploring the economics of free trade and retirement

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Culture Notes

Culture |  Little snack of horrors R. L. Stine writes horror books for children. Though young readers love his scary tales, many parents object to their violence,

Voices

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Truthful or nice?

Dole's desire for "niceness" cost him his best shot at the presidency

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Your last good work

Christian funerals should be treated as a worship service

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Mailbag

A neglected issue Thanks for your outstanding cover story "A modest proposal" (Sept. 28). WORLD is the first news source I have seen address this vital issue.

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Walking softly

But Teddy Roosevelt carried a big knowledge of Scripture

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