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Strong arms

by Roy Maynard

Cover Story | The shooting didn't start until after the "Amen." Three teenagers were mortally wounded, five others injured-one likely paralyzed-in a hail of gunfire from a stolen weapon at the hand of a classmate. Why? In this most severe test of faith, the leader of the prayer group, Ben Strong, takes scriptural comfort: What was meant for evil, God means for good.

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In this issue: "School shooting," Dec. 13, 1997

Features

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A reluctant warrior

International |  I am not a photographer given to ambush. So the pictures sometimes come as memories, circling the edges of my own discomfort in Bosnia, wandering the ruins of…

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How much longer?

by Mindy Belz

International |  But U.S. and NATO military presence may be beneficial in one respect: stopping the forced Islamization of Bosnia

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Congress '97: Happy trails or true grit?

by Bob Jones

National |  Policy experts and advocates rate the accomplishments of the 1997 session of Congress

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A lawyer and her client

by Cal Thomas

National |  Attorney General Reno buys the White House more time

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/12/a_lawyer_and_her_client]

Dispatches

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Quotables

Only you have the power to keep yourselves safe. President BILL CLINTON on the occasion of World AIDS Day in a "special message to young Americans." They were…

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This Week

Generation next The day before he turned 95 last week, Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) announced he would relinquish his chairmanship of the Senate Armed…

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Reviews

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Books: Incomplete confessions

by Roy Maynard

Books |  The cleats just keep dropping for PK's Coach McCartney

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Books: Mystery and morality

by F. W. Baue

Books |  Well-written, if light, whodunit from a Christian publisher

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Film: Ambulance chasers

by Chris Stamper

Movies |  Grisham and Coppola put the U.S. legal system on trial

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Culture Notes

Culture |  Do NEA artists have no-strings-attached rights to tax money? The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the National Endowment for the Arts can be…

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Voices

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Mailbag

Buddha or Mao? Does anyone ask, "What was Tibet like while the Dali Lama ruled?" ("Obligation to speak up," Nov. 8). It was an oppressive country where most…

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Bedtime benediction

A child's sleep can be sweet even without sugarplums

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Business or ministry?

by Joel Belz

I hope you'll always think of WORLD both ways

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Ted's the man

by Marvin Olasky

Turner typifies all that modern journalism has become

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