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REVERSE COURSE: Cynthia Galvan (left) with her son and boyfriend.
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Cynthia's choice

by Daniel James Devine

Abortion |  Meet one of the first women ever to undo her medical abortion—and the doctor who made it possible

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/cynthias_choice]

1984: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher poses inside Number 10 Downing Street in London.
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Weather maker

by Mindy Belz

Obituary |  Margaret Thatcher: 1925-2013

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/weather_maker]

SERIOUS MONEY: Kim Woody continues to pay off student loans long after graduation.
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Default position

by Leigh Jones

Education |  Students are taking on massive debts without thinking of the future. One result: Default rates, even at Christian colleges, have grown

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/default_position]

IRONIC: Jim Carrey in a scene from the upcoming movie <i>Kick-Ass 2</i> (top) and in the “Cold Dead Hand” skit (bottom).
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Violent tendencies

by Megan Basham

Entertainment |  Hollywood loudly denounces guns—as it uses on-screen gun violence to rack up killer ratings

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/violent_tendencies]

Amirizadeh (left) and Rostampour
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Finding freedom

by Jamie Dean

Iran |  Imprisoned in Iran for almost a year, Christians Marziyeh Amirizadeh and Maryam Rostampour now can share their ordeal: ‘In Evin Prison, everything is a…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/finding_freedom]

CULTURAL WARRIORS: Trip Lee (left) and Andy Mineo.
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Braggin' on their King

by Angela Lu

Music |  Trip Lee and Andy Mineo are Christian rappers taking different paths to serve their Lord

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/braggin_on_their_king]

MAN AND MACHINE: A workman monitors a robotic ladle moving molten zinc at ArcelorMittal Steel’s hot dip galvanizing line in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio.
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Automatic employment

by Daniel James Devine

Business |  Manufacturers say robots and automation, far from hurting workers, can save American jobs in the face of global competition

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/automatic_employment]

FAMILY SUCCESS: Doar proposed a marketing campaign that highlights the importance of work, family, and personal responsibility.
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Powerful obscurity

by Emily Belz

Welfare |  Robert Doar may not be well-known, but he made welfare reform a reality in New York City

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/powerful_obscurity]

EASY ACCESS: Students use Kindles to check out books at public libraries.

R-rated libraries

by Janie B. Cheaney

Books |  The U.S. library establishment is ideologically committed to providing inappropriate material to children, but citizens are not powerless to stop it

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/r_rated_libraries]

NOT OUT OF SERVICE: Capitol worker Jermaine Washington cleans the floor outside of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office.
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Cut and dried

by Edward Lee Pitts

Politics |  The March sequester created no crisis, but may yet shape budget politics for the rest of the Obama era

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/cut_and_dried]

C. Everett Koop
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Conviction and controversy

by Edward E. Plowman

Health |  Man knows not his time: U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/conviction_and_controversy]

AFTERMATH: People pass a destroyed beach house in the Rockaways in New York City.
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Trying to forget Sandy

by Emily Belz

Superstorm Sandy |  Businesses rebound, homeowners struggle, and churches prove themselves as the recovery from last year’s superstorm wobbles forward

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/trying_to_forget_sandy]

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