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Eyes on the prize

Cover Story Sidebar | Redistricting: How local politics could dramatically affect the balance of power in Washington With all eyes on the House and Senate, the 36 gubernatorial races around the country have gotten little attention. But experts say that taken together, those races are the most important event of this political season. The GOP may have a lock on Congress for the next two years, but its prospects in the next millennium may depend largely on who is elected to the statehouses. Republicans

Will a pro-lifer ever reign in California?

Cover Story | As goes California, so goes the nation? The nation's biggest political bellwether features a conservative/liberal, pro-life/pro-abortion matchup in the governor's race. But as Election Day draws near, is GOPer Dan Lungren adopting a marketing-cautious game plan?

In this issue: "California: Bellwether state," Oct. 24, 1998

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Settling scores

International |  A little-noticed agreement between Kurdish factions spells (some) relief in the Middle East

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Watching, waiting

National |  Prime time and God's time; perseverance and the Saints

Dispatches

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Monkey see, monkey do

Relaunching Planet of the Apes, telling the left to be more liberal, and paying a debt of ingratitude

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Quotables

If your president is not worthy, if he has done something that is not worthy, it's not representing Scouting morals. Scott Farnsworth, a Utah Boy Scout who…

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This Week

Who's bashing whom? As Matthew Shepard lay dying at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colo., a legion of political opportunists blamed Christians for…

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Books: Dying is safe, I promise

Books |  A New Ager leads dying readers contentedly to hell

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Monica the theologian

Culture |  The Linda Tripp tapes show that the wrong worldview could leave you begging for immunity

Voices

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Mailbag

Good for kids? So what is all the uproar about? Ken Starr's report contained nothing that our children have not been taught in school for the last 25 years…

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Clean campaigns

Are homosexuals stuck in the mud or able to change?

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Humble harvest

The fields are ripe for harvest-even in your own backyard

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The eighth wonder

Appreciating an engineering marvel that impressed even Edison

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