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Our blood and treasure

Our blood and treasure

Cover Story | Holiday feasts for hundreds of U.S. families will feature a conspicuously empty seat this year. In Fallujah and beyond, U.S. Marines, soldiers, and their families make the ultimate sacrifice to win the war on terror

In this issue: "Iraq: Fallujah's fallen," Nov. 27, 2004

Features

Good housekeeping
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Good housekeeping

Politics |  Lame-duck lawmakers slash and spend under low-key new leadership

Extreme makeover
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Extreme makeover

Politics |  A Cabinet shakeup raises questions about policy in a second Bush term

Poisoned Ivory
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Poisoned Ivory

Africa |  A civil war resumes in Ivory Coast, and thousands of Westerners - including missionaries - must flee

Sudan: Blatant aggression
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Sudan: Blatant aggression

Sudan |  Sudan's African Muslims in Darfur are in the thick of genocide, but Christians in the South are not off the hook

Blue-state philosopher
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Blue-state philosopher

Culture |  Same-sex marriage? Euthanasia? Child's play issues in the avant-garde philosophy of Peter Singer

Multifaceted moms
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Multifaceted moms

Religion |  Author Carla Barnhill says the church would serve mothers better by first treating them as children of God

Faith-based White House
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Faith-based White House

Religion |  A former Bush speechwriter praises the president, but two ministry leaders say the Faith-Based Initiative is leaving their charities out

Building a wall between heart and hand
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Building a wall between heart and hand

Religion |  Stories of redemption are common at Camp Alandale, where abused children hear and experience one often life-altering message: You are loved

Dispatches

The Buzz
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The Buzz

The latest on this week's biggest stories

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

Unlucky 7? The queen of clubs won a county commission race in Nevada. Specifically, Raymond Urrizaga won a seat on the White Pine County Commission by drawing…

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Quotables

"Dave, where is the blue dress?" Director David Alsobrook on what critics will ask him at the Bill Clinton Presidential Library, opening Nov. 18 in Little…

L'Abri's golden jubilee
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L'Abri's golden jubilee

Worldview |  Next year is the 50th anniversary of the founding of L'Abri Fellowship by Francis Schaeffer

Reviews

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Bestselling books

Notable Books |  The top five bestselling hardback novels as of Nov. 15

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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Movies |  This sequel is an incoherent mess that not even Hugh Grant can save

Wife Swap and Trading Spouses
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Wife Swap and Trading Spouses

Television |  Despite their titles, the premise of these two reality shows is to see how other families live

Virtual intensity
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Virtual intensity

Video |  Terminology in the Halo games ­borrows liberally from Christian themes, but the plot lines are what you would expect from Hollywood

Notebook

Cut and paste
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Cut and paste

Business |  Delta pilots agree to a 32.5 percent pay cut and no pay raises for five years

Crimson Tide castaway
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Crimson Tide castaway

Sports |  Albert Means's final game as a college football player will mark the end of a dubious era

Voices

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Horn o'plenty

Tread your way through a cornucopia of after-Thanksgiving books

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Mailbag

Letters from our readers

Father of non-sense
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Father of non-sense

A pioneer in the rejection of objective meaning succumbs to ultimate reality

For politics' sake
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For politics' sake

Artists can't fathom why John Kerry lost

Moral values 101
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Moral values 101

Evangelicals need not apologize for focusing on single issues

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