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City tales

City tales

Cover Story | Helping to shape the future of the world's cities is an increasingly important Christian calling

In this issue: "Save our cities," April 19, 2008

Features

One woman's urban impact
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One woman's urban impact

City tales |  How a good West Coast girl took up ministry among East Coast Russian immigrants

Human Race
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Human Race

Human Race |  DIED: Actor and former National Rifle Association (NRA) president Charlton Heston died April 5 at the age of 84. Heston played Moses in the 1956 epic The Ten…

Deadly quiet
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Deadly quiet

Zimbabwe |  A clamp on election results and new land evictions have southern Africa fearful of a violent explosion to come

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Looking ahead

Looking Ahead |  News to watch in the weeks to come

Houses of God
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Houses of God

Houses of God |  Boston's Old North Church

Brooklyn bridge
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Brooklyn bridge

City tales |  Larry Holcomb has one year to reach new immigrants in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and he,s teaching them English to do it

Vancouver's playground
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Vancouver's playground

City tales |  The restoration of storm-ridden Stanley Park has united a city

A park transformed
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A park transformed

City tales |  New York's Bryant Park is not what it used to be-a haven for drugs and crime

Soul providers
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Soul providers

City tales |  Uninsured workers find health care and more thanks to Good News

Abolitionist
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Abolitionist

City tales |  Philip Mangano isn't out to reduce homelessness, he's out to end it

Land lock
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Land lock

City tales |  The government took and destroyed the homes of Fort Trumbull, but so far the only thing to go up in their place is weeds

Caged
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Caged

City tales |  The growing crisis of child prostitution in the United States has hit major cities like Phoenix, where Christians and local officials are joining together to…

A secure treasure
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A secure treasure

Charity |  Charity can be recession-proof

From little acorns
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From little acorns

Lifestyle/Technology |  Royal Oak, Mich., has found a way to prosper in a declining state

Emotional problems
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Emotional problems

Personal Finance |  Panic, euphoria, and uniformity can be poison for a portfolio

When the pope comes to call
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When the pope comes to call

Religion |  It is hard to reach out and touch the masses in a post-9/11 era

'Yes, we can!'
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'Yes, we can!'

Politics |  Pennsylvania Obama supporters chip away at the Clinton lead

Criminal element
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Criminal element

Afghanistan |  Kidnapping for pay is a growing line of work in a corrupt and donor-dependent war zone

Moments of truth
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Moments of truth

Iraq |  Gen. Petraeus capped a week in the capital highlighting "fragile" war progress

Mocked and belittled
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Mocked and belittled

Interview |  Ben Stein's new documentary may give macro-evolutionary theory a deserved hard time, and he plans to have fun with it along the way

Dispatches

The Buzz
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The Buzz

Need-to-know news

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

Oddball occurrences

Quotables
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Quotables

Memorable things they said

Reviews

Food for thought
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Food for thought

Movies |  My Blueberry Nights comes out slightly burned

Smart casting
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Smart casting

Movies |  Smart People gets saved by outstanding acting

Still rolling
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Still rolling

Movies |  Concert film shows aging Stones pumping life into songs

Fantasy island
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Fantasy island

Movies |  Swiss Family Robinson Nim's Island is not

Charm offensive
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Charm offensive

Movies |  Long on old-timey fun and a few fumbles, Leatherheads manages to score

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Taxing treadmill

Books |  State tax survey provides good data, bad conclusions

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Notable books

Notable Books |  An eclectic assortment reviewed by Susan Olasky

Living for the city
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Living for the city

Books |  Author and editor Myron Magnet on life in New York City: How and why has it has changed for the better?

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Notable CDs

Notable CDs |  Five noteworthy new or recent classical CDs reviewed by Arsenio Orteza

Notebook

Tiger's tirade
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Tiger's tirade

Sports |  The heat of the moment reveals true character

Voices

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Mailbag

Letters from our readers

A short-timer
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A short-timer

One activist's exciting sense of calling is also his burden

Doing hermeneutics
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Doing hermeneutics

All reading of the Bible involves interpretation, whether we know it or not

Realistic idealist
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Realistic idealist

Campaign 2008 |  John McCain completes a nostalgia tour spiked with regret and confession

Right decision
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Right decision

What led to David Mamet's denunciation of liberalism?

Identity theft
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Identity theft

Campaign 2008 |  Hillary Clinton creates the narrative that suits her

Beyond bed-making
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Beyond bed-making

Two teenagers call on their peers to get serious

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