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Old but not isolated

Old but not isolated

Cover Story | As the first baby boomers near retirement age, questions beyond the financial loom for a graying America: What happens to the elderly when they are put out to distant pasture? How to put community in retirement community? Westminster Towers reaches out to church and school to show a better way

In this issue: "Endings & beginnings," Jan. 13, 2007

Features

End of a ruthless era
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End of a ruthless era

Iraq |  Saddam's death closes a door on dictatorship and opens new debate about Iraq's future

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Cross-culture wars

Islam |  The Bush administration is reviewing its Iraq policy in 2007, but a longer-range dilemma looms: Are problems in American culture making the international war…

A question of linkage
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A question of linkage

Islam |  Enemy at Home author Dinesh D'Souza and WORLD's Marvin Olasky, author of The Religions Next Door, debate how far Muslims and Christians can go to form…

'How can we not offer a prayer?'
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'How can we not offer a prayer?'

China |  Christmas means crackdown on some Christian worshippers

Malaria milestone
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Malaria milestone

Africa |  Concentrated funding for treatment-and the controversial return to insecticides-is beginning to lower malaria's scourge

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Ford and faith

Politics |  Though "quiet and off the record," religious beliefs shaped the former president

Dawn of the donkey
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Dawn of the donkey

Politics |  Democrats take over Congress with a broad-yet modest-agenda

Dispatches

The Buzz
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The Buzz

The latest on the week's biggest stories

Nothing common
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Nothing common

What's special about the office is not the man who holds it

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

Oddball occurrences

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Quotables

Memorable things they said

Reviews

Wild man
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Wild man

Television |  Bear Grylls' reality show makes for great father-son viewing

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Sports, sparks, and spies

Movies |  Year-end films for the new year

Dark age
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Dark age

Movies |  Gloomy film has pro-life theme

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Noteworthy books

Notable Books |  Four notable books about cooks and cooking

Notebook

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Sign up or pay up

Money |  French plan for a global warming tariff gets a cool reception from world leaders

Gunned down
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Gunned down

Sports |  Darrent Williams' death highlights problem of gun violence in pro football

Voices

Where depraved hearts are darkest
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Where depraved hearts are darkest

What to hope and pray for as a Democratic senator clings to life

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Mailbag

Letters from our readers

Silent furnace
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Silent furnace

Our trust in God is refined and perfected when our Master doesn't speak

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One-world education

Public schools trying to bolster their academic quality are turning to what they publicize as "AP and IB courses." "AP" refers to Advanced Placement,

Don't be a Bepper
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Don't be a Bepper

Searching for alternatives to Big Economic Planners

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