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October 2000 | Volume 286 No. 4 | |
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The Opening of the Evangelical Mind Intellectual creativity is flourishing in a precinct where many Americans would little expect it -- among evangelical Christians, who make up one of the largest and most politically significant groups in American society. by Alan Wolfe 
Plus, Web-only interviews with four evangelical scholars discussed by Wolfe. Go to the article.
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Health Care: A Bolt of Civic Hope "Can't be done": that's the conventional wisdom on whether a partisan Congress can find a way to provide medical coverage for Americans who don't have it. Two of the chief congressional partisans on this issue recently sat down with our correspondent -- and sought the makings of a deal. by Matthew Miller
Plus, the full transcript of Miller's conversation with Representatives Jim McDermott and Jim McCrery. Go to the article.
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The Hunt for the Origin of AIDS Where did AIDS come from and why did it erupt when it did? In university laboratories and the jungles of Africa researchers are trying to track the answers -- and following widely divergent trails. by Jon Cohen | |
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Reports Notes & Comment: Better Living Through the Placebo Effect Self-delusion as a form of wellness. by Marshall Jon Fisher Environment: Saving Salmon, or Seattle? People in the Northwest may disagree vehemently over how to protect the salmon -- but they all want it for dinner. by James Fallows Law Enforcement: Shoot to Kill How Columbine has changed police tactics. by Timothy Harper The Law: Rescuing Search and Seizure The right way to read the Fourth Amendment. by Stephen Budiansky Fiction & Poetry
OblivionA poem by Maxine Kumin Superassassin A short story by Lysley A. Tenorio
SambaA poem by Susan Donnelly
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Arts & Leisure Travel: Undiscovered Bilbao Visitors may go for the new Guggenheim, but they should stay for the city and its environs. by Marisa Bartolucci
Web only: A Snoop at BilbaoPeter Davison recounts his recent pilgrimage to view Frank Gehry's masterpiece. Food: A Better Egg The secret to the best eggs isn't freshness. by Corby Kummer Sport: Physical Culture An American enters the boxing ring in Beijing. by Jason Overdorf Books Wooed by Freedom? Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Readings on Courting and Marrying, edited by Amy A. and Leon R. Kass by Peter Berkowitz The Dickens of Berlin Theodor Fontane: Literature and History in the Bismarck Reich, by Gordon A. Craig by Dennis Drabelle Short Reviews Other Departments 77 North Washington Street Contributors Letters (Send a letter to the editor.) The October Almanac The Puzzler by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon Word Improvisation by J. E. Lighter |
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