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Vol. 48, No. 2
Gire. 5,244,000
February 1983
ARTICLES
Swift Change of Power in the Soviet Union-What lt Could Mean
2
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Europe in Ferment!
3
And Now .. .
The Plaín Truth
Enters lts 50th Year
5
Evolutionists and Creationists Are at lt Again!
7
- ls Physical Life the Aesult of Blind Chance?
10
You Can Break that Bad Habitl
15
Will Mankind Conquer Pollution? Or Will Pollution Conquer Man?
22
Pornography-The Polluting of Human Sexuality!
35
Should You Try to Change Others?
39
FEATUAES
Personal from Herbert W. Armstrong
lncrease Your Bible IQ
13
lnternational Desk
19
What Our Readers Say
21
"The World Tomorrow" Radio and TV Logs
32
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Towering over the background of the House of Parliament is Britain's Prime
Minister Margare! Thatcher. A woman of graciousness, she is also a woman of
resolute will. The Soviet Union rightly calls her Britain's "lron Lady."
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