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Bye-bye, Miss American pie

by Candi Cushman

Cover Story | As liberal cultural forces tug at the historic Miss America contest, some beauty queens say many pageants prefer that contestants abstain from having abstinence platforms

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Evolutionary changes?

by Candi Cushman

Cover Story | Last year, national Miss America Organization (MAO) executives, led by CEO Robert Beck, dropped a bombshell on their state counterparts by removing a requirement that pageant contestants swear they had never been married or pregnant. Challenging 50-year-old standards, the proposal spurred an uprising among state pageant directors, who did not discover the change until asked to sign new contracts. "Ours is a high moral value code and we have had these rules for generations," said Miss

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In this issue: "The narrow runway," Oct. 14, 2000

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Texas chain saw

by Edward E. Plowman

National |  Executives at the SBC's largest state affiliate attack conservative seminaries and agencies

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Minefield to mission field

International |  Ten years after Germany reunited, its eastern wing is ripe for more miracles

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Dispatches

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Quotables

We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech. Kathleen Dixon, director of the Women's Studies Department at Bowling Green State University in Ohio,

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No Comment Zone

by The Editors

Rape suspects may soon have to take an HIV test if their accuser demands one. The House last week passed a bill requiring the tests, inspired by new drugs…

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Ups & Downs of the Week

by The Editors

Benefits for homosexuals: The Human Rights Campaign, a homosexual group, reports that over 20 percent of Fortune 500 companies now offer health insurance…

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The Buzz

by The Editors

California law allows state to police thought Thinking tanked Thinking thoughts that don't align with state-approved orthodoxy is now dangerous in California…

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The Movies

by The Editors

Culture |  The top 5 movies in popularity as measured by box office receipts for the weekend of Oct. 1

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Whose mind needs opening?

by Gene Edward Veith

Culture |  A secularist respects evangelical colleges-for abandoning doctrine

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The Music

by The Editors

Culture |  The Top 5 "Internet album sales" CDs for the week ending Sept. 30, according to Billboard

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Voices

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Neighborhood burglars

by Joel Belz

The micro-managers are picking our pockets

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Sermon on the mound

by Marvin Olasky

The 23rd Psalm outwizzes intellectual pop

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Rock of offense

by Janie B. Cheaney

Reaction to a simple song reveals gospel truth

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