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Cover Story | What's it like to be the mayor of a city of 111,000 on the day a hurricane hits? WORLD spent Saturday, Sept. 24, with Beaumont, Texas, Mayor Guy Goodson and over the next three days looked at which reputations took a hit and which improved

In this issue: "Rita: After the storms," Oct. 8, 2005

Features

Mississippi revival
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Mississippi revival

Mississippi |  Mississippi revivalCleanup for Gulf Coast native and former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale requires both pigs and chickens

Missouri boat ride
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Missouri boat ride

Politics |  Social conservative Roy Blunt fills in for indicted majority leader Tom DeLay

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Battle for conservatism's soul

Politics |  Some Republicans are willing to talk compassionate conservatism again

Convocation conviction
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Convocation conviction

Education |  'It isn't enough to be special,' says Dartmouth student body president

African fruit basket
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African fruit basket

Kenya |  A long-awaited new constitution avoids direct Islamic law but divides the electorate into bananas and oranges

Professor in Rome
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Professor in Rome

Interview |  Berry College's Peter Lawler critiques those who

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More than a game

Culture |  Lawsuit raises tough questions about violent video games' effect on teenagers

Half pipe, full truth
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Half pipe, full truth

Evangelism |  Skateboard enthusiasts put the true Christ in Christ air

Dispatches

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Quotables

"Unquestionably right." Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on Chief Justice John Roberts' refusal, during his Senate confirmation hearings, to answer…

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

Pucker penalty An Israeli couple vacationing in India found out their public display of affection wasn't so customary in the Indian hinterlands. After…

The Buzz
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The Buzz

The latest on this week's biggest news

Behavior modifiers
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Behavior modifiers

In an age when political speech is closely regulated and pornographic materials not at all, the government's agenda of behavior modification seems…

Reviews

Beyond the Gates of Splendor
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Beyond the Gates of Splendor

Movies |  The documentary about five missionaries killed in Ecuador 50 years ago shows the transforming power of Christ

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Flightplan

Movies |  Jodie Foster stars in a thriller that begins with promise, but ends in silliness

Invasion
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Invasion

Television |  ABC's new serial drama sets up a mystery of alien invasion, mind-control, and government conspiracy

Notebook

Disappearing act
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Disappearing act

Money |  World's third largest economy facing demographic nightmare

Boxing debate outlasts the boxer
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Boxing debate outlasts the boxer

Sports |  Leavander Johnson's death has revitalized a longstanding debate over whether the sport's brutality is excessive

Voices

Trusting, verifying
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Trusting, verifying

Some prudent steps as America undertakes a massive welfare project

Corpse art
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Corpse art

No Kulturkampf stirs from this culture of death exhibit

House of unraveling
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House of unraveling

A storm sent to demolish my building materials and establish my trust

Into landmined territory
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Into landmined territory

Unsearchable judgments, inscrutable ways

Mailbag
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Mailbag

Letters, feedback, etc.

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