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Precious kids

Cover Story | Karen Andrews started volunteering at The Neighborhood School in January 1994, four months after the school opened. She read to children and helped with the music program. Then she went deeper: "I got real attached to one boy. He was 9 years old. That summer I took the children to Vacation Bible School at my church.... Later we [she and her husband, Al] took him fishing.... It was an awesome experience. It was a wonderful, touching day being with that child one on one.... He became

Real graceland

Cover Story | With America in campaign mode, education has leaped to the top of the political agenda. Democrats want to throw more money at public schools. Republicans want to give parents and local authorities more options. A small school in Memphis, its $500,000 budget raised almost entirely through private contributions, illustrates a compassionate conservative approach that starts with volunteers willing to work sacrificially and trust God

In this issue: "Beating the school rules," Sept. 23, 2000

Features

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Guatemala's big test

International |  A scandal reminiscent of Watergate could be the acid test of a young democracy

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A tough season

National |  With major league baseball's pennant races coming to a climax, an outfielder with the last-place Texas Rangers reflects on perseverance when everything goes…

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Lobbing cream puffs

National |  The Bush campaign makes cosmetic changes, but a prominent Republican wonders if it's enough

Dispatches

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Quotables

Do you regret misleading the American people? Would you now apologize for branding people as part of a 'vast right-wing conspiracy'? NBC News' Tim Russert, to…

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No Comment Zone

A Jacksonville, Fla., public library stopped giving young readers mock certificates from fictional character Harry Potter's wizardry school after objections…

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Ups and Downs of the Week

KIDS HOME ALONE: Twenty percent of children ages 6 to 12 are regularly left alone after school ends and before their parents return home from work, according…

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The Buzz

What Bob Knight had trouble learning Tragic character A concept neglected in the anything-goes 1960s and 1970s, "character," has been making a comeback in…

Reviews

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Bestsellers

Culture |  The five best-selling nonfiction paperbacks as measured by placement on four leading lists as of Aug. 31

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The gangsta next door

Culture |  Hard-core rap brings the culture of crime to middle-class suburbs

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The Movies

Culture |  The top 5 movies in popularity as measured by box office receipts for the weekend of Sept. 10

Voices

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European efficiency

They can "get there" on time, but where are they going?

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Mailbag

He is alive After reading "Sackcloth and ashes" (Aug. 26) on the political death of Bill Clinton, I cannot help but wonder if Ms. Seu and I are living in the…

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Bush can still win

But only if he is bold and gets specific about his vision

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Defining definitions down

When words seem to have no meaning

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