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Vol. 46, No. 5
ISSN 0032-0420
May
1981
ARTICLES
The 2nd Space Age-About to Begin!
2
The Questions Science Can't Answer
5
Noise Pollution-lt's More Than Meets the Ear!
7
The Surprising Origin of Modero Education
8
Free Press in the Bible? Was lt Prophesied?
11
A Gorilla Speaks Out Against Evolution!
15
_,_ What About Miracle Revivals and Psychic Healings?
"- Behind the Scenes in the Philippines
19
22
What You Need to Know About Food and Food Additives
27
,... Whatever Happened to Old-fashioned Parents?
31
Coming- A World of Enlightenment
33
When the Captain Called "Time Out!"
38
FEATURES
Personal from Herbert W. Armstrong
In Brief
40
What Our Readers Say
42
ABOUT OUR COVER
An artist's rendering of the space shutlle with cargo area open, approaching tele–
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