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Unmasked men

Unmasked men

Cover Story | Leaked Iraqi intelligence documents connect Saddam Hussein to prominent terror leaders, including Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Osama bin Laden. Only question is, when will John Kerry change his stump speech?

In this issue: "Terrorism: Unmasked men," Oct. 16, 2004

Features

Tuneful truths
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Tuneful truths

Interview |  Acclaimed musician Pierce Pettis on modest sales, honest lyrics, and reminding people of "things we already know"

Special deliveries
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Special deliveries

Religion |  Churches are coming up with creative ways to meet struggling people's physical needs-and opening doors to address their even deeper spiritual needs

Last of the small spenders?
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Last of the small spenders?

Politics |  Tom Coburn's commitment to old-fashioned fiscal conservatism is a hard sell against his pork-barrel challenger-even in conservative Oklahoma

How the West will be won
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How the West will be won

Politics |  In a tight presidential race, get-out-the-vote strategies are key to holding GOP territory, and margins could turn on minority voters and local races. First…

Dispatches

Quotables
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Quotables

"The whole counterculture was one big scarecrow wearing dead leaves." Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan on how he did not identify with the 1960s protest movement…

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

Hourly 'husband' Falling marriage rates may be a severe social problem in Scandinavia, but for Petteri Ikonen of Helsinki, Finland, they are also a business…

The Buzz
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The Buzz

The latest on this week's biggest stories

Reviews

Shark Tale
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Shark Tale

Movies |  Dreamworks' animated film offers a few funny jokes and some impressive computer animation but is steadfastly middle-of-the-road

Shall We Dance?
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Shall We Dance?

Movies |  This romantic comedy is at times both pleasant and repellant

Lost
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Lost

Television |  One of the season's biggest hits is scary, absorbing and thought-provoking

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Bestselling books

Notable Books |  The top five bestselling hardback nonfiction books as of Oct. 4

Notebook

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Dolphin flip

Sports |  Faced with repaying the Dolphins $8.6 million, Ricky Williams appears ready to return to Miami

Bumpy ride
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Bumpy ride

Business |  Pilots at U.S. Airways are balking at the huge paycut management says is needed

Voices

Spiritual windsurfer
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Spiritual windsurfer

Why John Kerry is losing to George W. Bush among Catholics

Alien and stranger
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Alien and stranger

The world's reaction to President Bush's faith is hostile, disdainful-and what the Bible says to expect

Orwellian noises
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Orwellian noises

Why mindless talking points dominate the national political debate

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Rough draft

Military conscription would now have to include women, which is why it won't happen

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Mailbag

Letters from our readers

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