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March 2001

March 21, 2001
ORLANDO -- In his flowing Middle Eastern robes, Coptic Bishop Youssef stood out among the...
March 14, 2001
Once again, the Very Rev. Ted Turner has bravely stepped forward to blaze new trails...
March 07, 2001
It's the question haunting the U.S. Capitol: Does changing lives have anything to do with...

February 2001

February 28, 2001
When it comes to answering life's big questions, the World Wide Web offers more research...
February 21, 2001
For generations, Serbs have visited the graves of their ancestors on All Soul's Day to...
February 14, 2001
It's hard to move into a new office without spending some time exploring the past....
February 07, 2001
The book was a global phenomenon and inspired sequel after sequel until millions rallied around...

January 2001

January 31, 2001
The question was so simple that Haddon Robinson wasn't sure he had heard it correctly....
January 24, 2001
The pastor preferred to spend the moments just before the main Sunday service in prayer....
January 17, 2001
Hours before taking his U.S. Senate oath, John Ashcroft knelt before his elderly father. The...
January 10, 2001
Every Saturday, journalist David Brooks and his family can choose between three services at their...
January 03, 2001
The landscape was buried in snow, but there wasn't a ski slope in sight. The...

December 2000

December 27, 2000
The Year of our Lord 2000 was the year of The Map.You know the one:...
December 20, 2000
There are only 365 shopping days, give or take a few, until next Christmas.And all...
December 13, 2000
It's almost time to fire up the big menorah in the public square.It's time for...
December 06, 2000
A glance down from an incoming airplane is all it takes to see that Washington,...

November 2000

November 29, 2000
One wave of warriors came out of the mountains while another came in boats from...
November 22, 2000
Russians use a special term to describe the state officials who pay brief visits to...
November 15, 2000
The King James Version of the Bible is a masterpiece of the English language and...
November 08, 2000
One thing is certain amid the chaos and nail biting of the White House race...
November 01, 2000
It's hard to talk about college life without covering sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.But...

October 2000

October 25, 2000
Every summer, lots of religious people sit in lots of national conventions and hear lots...
October 18, 2000
This was the 12th time that Linda Gibbons had violated the 18-meter "bubble zone" that...
October 11, 2000
In the summer of 1964, President Lyndon Johnson sent his right-hand man to visit Fannie...
October 04, 2000
Life was simpler back when journalist Harry Stein knew his place.If asked to define "politically...

September 2000

September 27, 2000
The voices on the telephone sound angry and anxious and they keep calling Charles Nalls...
September 20, 2000
NEW YORK -- The formal interview was over, so Richard Nixon propped his feet on...
September 13, 2000
Pope John Paul II, this is Ted Turner.Ted Turner, will you please introduce yourself to...
September 06, 2000
It was a Catholic campus, so the history professor was free to voice a prayer...

August 2000

August 30, 2000
American youth culture doesn't get much safer than Britney Spears.The former "Mickey Mouse Club" diva...
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