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Bringing her home

Bringing her home

by Lynn Vincent

Cover Story | With the Columbia disaster in the back of their minds, thousands of specialists worked round the clock and round the world to bring Discovery home

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/bringing_her_home]

In this issue: "Space: Dawn of Discovery," Aug. 13, 2005

Features

Frist offense
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Frist offense

by John Dawson, Lynde Langdon

Politics |  Senate majority leader torments pro-lifers, tickles advocates for embryonic research with a stem-cell reversal, and tempts the president to his first-ever…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/frist_offense]

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Defining women

by Jill Nelson

Iraq |  Will the new constitution affirm democratic values or use democracy to impose Shariah? What it says about women will tell

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/defining_women]

War & peace
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War & peace

by Mindy Belz

Death |  John Garang led south Sudan from the brink of annihilation to the threshold of freedom

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/war_peace]

'I can face whatever comes next'
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'I can face whatever comes next'

by Akol Maker

Sudan |  The journey of a Lost Boy from Ethiopia to Fargo

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/i_can_face_whatever_comes_next]

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Funded by Fahd

by Priya Abraham

Saudi Arabia |  An infamous playboy leaves a legacy of Islamic extremism

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/funded_by_fahd]

Shariah's evil twin
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Shariah's evil twin

by Marvin Olasky

Interview |  Scholar Paul Marshall says the difference between Shariah and extreme Shariah is the difference between moral values and mortal conflict

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/shariah_s_evil_twin]

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Just say

by Russ Pulliam

Profile |  The Bush administration's Wade Horn pushes marriage as an important weapon in the war on poverty

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/just_say]

Dispatches

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The Buzz

by The Editors

A quick look at this week's top stories

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Quick Takes

by The Editors

Shady character Folks in Ventura County, Calif., have a renegade Johnny Appleseed on their hands. According to park authorities, a mysterious arborist planted…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/quick_takes_0]

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Quotables

by The Editors

"There already has, of course, been a 'Conference on Power Sharing.' It took place in Philadelphia's Constitution Hall in 1787." Supreme Court nominee John…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/quotables_0]

Women's work
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Women's work

by Mindy Belz

Women representing 17 civil society groups took the streets of Najaf on Aug. 3.

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/women_s_work]

Reviews

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Bestselling books

by The Editors

Notable Books |  The five bestselling hardback novels of Aug. 1, 2005

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/bestselling_books]

Sky High
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Sky High

by Andrew Coffin

Movies |  Sky High blends mild superhero spoof with standard (but also mild) adolescent angst. The combination works surprisingly well.

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/sky_high]

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Stealth

by Andrew Coffin

Movies |  A cornball jet-fighter action film from the modern

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/stealth]

Notebook

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Striving after wind

by Timothy Lamer

Money |  If ever a country were a case study in the lessons about money in the book of Ecclesiastes, it would have to be today's United States. Exhibit A: a Commerce…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/striving_after_wind]

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Off-speed punishment

by John Dawson

Sports |  What shape is baseball in when 20 games is the most the league can suspend a player for committing what police are calling a Class A assault?

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/off_speed_punishment]

Voices

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South Park vs. Ann Coulter

by Marvin Olasky

A jaw-dropping moment with one of conservatism's leading lights

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/south_park_vs_ann_coulter]

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Mailbag

by The Editors

Letters, feedback, etc.

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/mailbag_0]

Up from pity
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Up from pity

by Prisca Shrewsbury

Needy, undereducated Africans suffer from poverty-not dignity-robbing destitution-and they deserve our compassion

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/up_from_pity]

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No mystery

by Gene Edward Veith

In the spirit of the late mystery writer, one of Agatha Christie's fans solves a literary crime against her "Miss Marple" series

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/no_mystery]

Perfecting a public lexicon
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Perfecting a public lexicon

by Joel Belz

Catholics and Protestants have something each camp could use

[http://www.worldmag.com/2005/08/perfecting_a_public_lexicon]

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