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Through the 1970s, the great missions fields were Latin America, where conservative Protestantism competed with Catholicism for the hearts of the poor, and (for the more daring) Africa and the Iron Curtain countries. Gradually, however, the focus shifted. A missions strategist named Ralph Winter suggested in 1974 that Christians turn their attention from areas already exposed to Christ to "unreached people groups" who had never heard the Gospel. The plan held special allure for those who read literally another verse in Matthew suggesting that when every nation is reached, the long-awaited end times can commence. In 1989 Argentine-born...
...mild winter and heavy spring rains across much of the country have led to predictions that the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, which killed 284 Americans last year, will be even worse this summer. But while West Nile prevention and surveillance programs are heating up around the country, mosquito breeding depends on capricious factors like local ecological systems, making it difficult to tell how bad this year's infestation will ultimately be. But West Nile--bearing mosquitoes are hardly the only pests looking to have a big summer. --By Molly Worthen...
...LATEST COVER STORY Southeast Asia: Tigers No More? Singapore: Lion in Winter...
...LATEST COVER STORY Southeast Asia: Tigers No More? Singapore: Lion in Winter...
...Stage 14, things went well between him and the French public. The relationship should be even better this year. A French court's two-year investigation of drugs in cycling ended last September without any evidence that Armstrong has taken banned substances. And Armstrong surprised many Europeans this winter when he told interviewers he was not in favor of an Iraq war. Such a public declaration - almost unheard of among elite U.S. athletes these days - is certain to improve his standing on the Continent. Also, Armstrong might get some real challenges on the road this year. Jan Ullrich, the German...