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The "cold" approach

Cover Story Sidebar | With more than 4,000 missionaries across the globe, the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention could fill the role of big brother to New Tribes Mission, which has 3,300 missionaries. Don Kamerdiener, vice president for administration, told WORLD his agency, like New Tribes, has a "longstanding" policy with its missionaries that no ransom will be paid in the event of a kidnapping. "To pay a ransom would expose remaining folks to the attacks of criminals. We think

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/the_cold_approach]

Let My People Go

by Mindy Belz

Cover Story | It's a crisis that mission agencies hope never to face and a story they'd rather not have to tell. Missionaries, like other Americans working overseas, are soft targets for money-and power-hungry terrorists. For that reason, many Christian organizations have adopted no-ransom policies: If missionaries are taken hostage, they will not pay to get them out. Some groups even ask their workers to sign the policy before signing on to a stint overseas. But when abductions happen and children are left without fathers, what was non-negotiable can begin to look negotiable. And the question for a mission agency looms: How do we get our fathers back without putting more of God's servants in jeopardy?

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/let_my_people_go]

In this issue: "Missionary hostages," Feb. 20, 1998

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Thorn in the flesh

by Cal Thomas

National |  Confident he can tell the truth and hold public office, Gov. Romer admits "affection" for Ms. Thornberry

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/thorn_in_the_flesh]

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But first say please

by Roy Maynard

National |  California initiative would require unions to get members' OK before using their money for politics

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/but_first_say_please]

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We shall overturn

by Roy Maynard

National |  With the support of MLK's niece, citizens of Maine reject gay civil rights and exercise their "people's veto"

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/we_shall_overturn]

Dispatches

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The Buzz

'50s, '60s, '70s, or '90s? Retro is the way everyone is doomed to repeat the past whether they learned from it or not. It lets yesterday's chart-toppers get…

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/the_buzz]

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This Week

Truth deficit Standing in front of a huge mock-up of a Social Security card at Georgetown University, President Clinton last week field-tested one of the…

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/this_week_1]

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Quotables

No more fast-food work for me-I've got a career in science! Motto of Bob Helms's newsletter Guinea Pig Zero. After losing his job a year ago, the 40-year-old…

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/quotables_1]

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Film: Wrong movie, Mr. Clinton

by Marvin Olasky

Movies |  Robert Duvall's promising film on Pentecostalism, The Apostle, turns out neither tender nor merciful

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/film_wrong_movie_mr_clinton]

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Music: Better than pablum

by Arsenio Orteza

Music |  From Anti-Garth to O'Connoresque rock 'n' roll

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/music_better_than_pablum]

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Books: English as 2nd language

by Roy Maynard

Books |  Buckley's "autobiography" falls seriously short

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/books_english_as_2nd_language]

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A postmodern scandal

by Gene Edward Veith

Culture |  If truth is relative, it's impossible to lie

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/a_postmodern_scandal]

Voices

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Mailbag

Renaissance man It was amazing and encouraging to read how Mr. and Mrs. Palau interacted with the elite of the Renaissance group ("Renaissance man," Jan. 24).

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/mailbag_1]

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A slice of heaven

Learning to put away the selfishness that can infect us

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/a_slice_of_heaven]

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The propaganda rolls on

by Joel Belz

American children are victims of a false kind of science

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/the_propaganda_rolls_on]

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Pray for the president

by Marvin Olasky

Who, among the president's advisers, is a Nathan?

[http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/pray_for_the_president]

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