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Dreams and reality

Dreams and reality

Cover Story | India's Commonwealth Games this month highlight the country's phenomenal economic growth and persistent poverty

In this issue: "On the rails," Oct. 9, 2010

Features

Red November?
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Red November?

Politics |  Republicans need to gain 10 seats to take control of the Senate. It's a daunting task, but energized Republicans, dispirited Democrats, and deficit-wary…

On the docket
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On the docket

Law |  The Supreme Court takes on Arizona immigration hiring laws, the legality of school choice initiatives, and prisoners' religious liberty rights

Making a pledge
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Making a pledge

Politics |  House GOP leaders make a public promise to limit government if they return to power as both parties scramble toward November

Polling for chaos
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Polling for chaos

Afghanistan |  Opponents of President Hamid Karzai are poised to capitalize on his government's inability to conduct fraud-free elections

Invisible dads
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Invisible dads

Birth |  Largely unregulated sperm banks and fertility clinics are producing thousands of donor-conceived children who long to know more about their fathers

Dispatches

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

Sneaking and entering Getting out of jail wasn't the problem for two inmates in Pineville, Mo. It was getting back in that proved difficult. Officials with…

Midwest hope
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Midwest hope

And the 2010 Hope Award is ... Des Moines' Freedom for Youth

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Looking Ahead

Brazilians vote Brazilians will head to the polls on Oct. 3 to pick a successor for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is barred by national law from…

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Delaware tea

And other news briefs

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Time bomb

U.S. efforts to assist Sudan referendum may be too little too late

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Il prepared

North Korean leader is a god no more, and a rocky succession is underway

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Human Race

Released Sarah Shourd flew out of Iran Sept. 14 after Iranian authorities, spurred by reports the 32-year-old American's health was deteriorating, released…

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Quotables

"Effectively dead." Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the federal government's point man on the BP oil spill disaster, announcing that the blown-out oil…

Reviews

Never Let Me Go
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Never Let Me Go

Movies |  It's tempting to shorten a review of Never Let Me Go to four words ("read the book instead"), but a few things need to be said about what is surely the most…

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Movies |  The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, the Apostle Paul taught, and director Oliver Stone aims to prove him right in Wall Street: Money Never

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Box Office Top 10

Movies |  For the weekend of Sept. 17-19, according to Box Office Mojo

An almost ally
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An almost ally

Q&A |  Motivated by devotion to free-market principles, conservative activist Grover Norquist works with all communities of faith

Against the tide
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Against the tide

Music |  Three musicians offer right-of-center listeners something to enjoy

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Notable CDs

Notable CDs |  Five noteworthy new releases reviewed by Arsenio Orteza

Legend of the Guardians
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Legend of the Guardians

Movies |  World War II has become the very definition of a just war-the sort of war that must be fought to restrain evil-and the stories of that struggle have trickled…

Beyond the genre
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Beyond the genre

Movies |  With restraint and subtlety, Like Dandelion Dust shows how Christians should make movies

Katrina plus five
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Katrina plus five

Books |  Dan Baum skillfully captures life in New Orleans in the midst of the historic hurricane

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Notable books

Notable Books |  Four mysteries/thrillers reviewed by Susan Olasky

Notebook

Online almost anywhere
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Online almost anywhere

Technology |  'MiFi' offers laptop users a mobile internet signal

Life goes on
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Life goes on

Science |  The Gulf of Mexico is recovering from the BP oil spill more quickly than many had expected

Camp Reveal
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Camp Reveal

Houses of God |  Evansville, Indiana

Happy game day
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Happy game day

Sports |  Athletes wrestle with the decision of whether to compete on the days when their children are born

Decided on appeal
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Decided on appeal

Law |  Circuit court panels issue what could become far-reaching rulings

Jobs and hope
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Jobs and hope

Lifestyle |  Peru Paper is a greeting card business, not a charity, and it's helping women in poverty

Yen and yuan
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Yen and yuan

Money |  Japan works to weaken its surging currency while China stands pat

Voices

Hawking's wager
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Hawking's wager

A bold physicist says science will defeat religion, but we've heard that before

Quiet diplomacy?
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Quiet diplomacy?

Christians aren't the only ones who pay for Afghanistan's lack of religious freedom?

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Mailbag

Labor Day Special Report (Aug. 28) I couldn't believe that someone could combine two of my favorite subjects, baseball and calling, into one article, but…

Winter plans
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Winter plans

A request by Paul shows an awareness of contingency in a man confident in the Lord

Christians on Broadway
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Christians on Broadway

The hard part is promoting yourself without becoming self-absorbed

Nothing left to covet
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Nothing left to covet

Comparing Commandments 8 and 10

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