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Catch-23

Cover Story | With the economy sputtering, 23 Republican-held governorships are up for grabs next month. Many of those states are experiencing deep budget crises, leading to a tough choice between higher taxes or fewer services. That's a no-win situation for GOP incumbents, so Democrats may rack up big wins in November

In this issue: "GOP: No room for error," Oct. 19, 2002

Features

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Tidying up

China |  Communist court tosses out charges against underground Christian church leaders, just weeks before Jiang's U.S. visit

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Lights, camera, exploitation

Media |  Falwell says he "should have known" 60 Minutes' segment on Christians and Israel would be a hatchet job, but that is no excuse for shoddy, bigoted journalism

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Top News

This Week |  The Top 5 news stories as measured by coverage in The Washington Post, USA Today, and NBC Nightly News from Oct. 2 to Oct. 8

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Parents or politics?

Education |  The National PTA may soon have to decide whether it will be a parents' group or just another liberal lobby

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Dictator or deliverer?

Pakistan |  The votes now cast and counted in this dangerous nation, the United States still must wait to see whether its investment in Army-general-turned-President…

Dispatches

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Quotables

I ain't put up the gate yet. Rick Franklin, of Davie County, N.C., on how his naming of the road on which he lives "Getta Way" doesn't mean he is anti-social.

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Quick Takes

In with the old The CDs at the music store may look familiar this fall. USA Today's David Lieberman reports that with album sales down 11 percent this year,

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In Brief

News highlights from around the world

Reviews

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Top Albums

Notable CDs |  The Top 5 Internet CDs for the week ending Oct. 5, according to Billboard magazine

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Musical cities of God

Music |  We are aging soldiers in an ancient war Seeking out some half-remembered shore We drink our fill and still we thirst for more Asking, 'If there's no heaven, what

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'Kids will be kids'

Culture |  When we assume children are innocent and don't teach them self-control, we end up with The Lord of the Flies

Notebook

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Flash Traffic

Flash Traffic |  Political Buzz from Washington

Voices

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Beyond the margins

Political choices do matter: A reader takes us to the woodshed

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Mailbag

Frightening inaction "Collateral damage" (Sept. 21) by Mindy Belz should awaken the conscience of Christians everywhere. One would think that articles…

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Musical diagnosis

There's value in description, and hope for prescription

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Feelings slighted

But new affections are evidence of a changed heart

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