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Vol. 46, No. 7
ISSN 0032·0420
August 1981
ARTICLES
Chile-Up from Chaosl
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Why These Facts Have Been Kept from the Public!
5
What Your Garbage Reveals About You!
7
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How Should Children Be Born?
11
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So You're Finally Coping with Stress
15
A Fresh Look at Unmarried Sex
19
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Soon to Be Halted: The Plundering of Earth' s Forests
22
Christ Looks at Modern Christianity
27
The New Silent Epidemic- Promiscuity 's Latest Penalty
31
FEATURES
Personal from Herbert W. Armstrong
What Our Readers Say
21
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