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Monitor articles for October 18, 2018

• 'On Desperate Ground' chronicles the amazing voyage of the US Marines during the Korean War
• First LookHow the US became a leading fossil fuels exporter
• First LookUpcoming Afghan elections test country's commitment to women's rights
• FocusWhose Colorado? Fracking debate pits families against 'economic engine'
• 'Fryderyk Chopin' already qualifies as one of the best biographies of the year
• Meanwhile in ... Afghanistan, fans are rejoicing over what’s being called the 'fairy tale' success story of the country’s cricket team
• A Christian Science PerspectiveIntegrity – it’s inherent in all of us
• Russia wrestles with a US-style school massacre in Crimea
• Native American group negotiates social change – with a checkbook
• The Monitor's ViewAfghans choose ballots over bombs
• First LookProgressives criticize South Korea for denying Yemenis refugee status
• First LookIn the 'war room,' Facebook ramps up fight against false information
• First LookDisagreement over Northern Ireland could prolong Brexit, angering many in UK
• First LookKhashoggi's last column warns of lax attitude toward government censorship
• In a WordCenturies of fighting over the apostrophe
• 'Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World' establishes how the fighter for Indian independence's reputation was earned
• Why ‘the Kavanaugh effect’ on midterms is so unpredictable
• An oil threat, but Saudi Arabia less fearsome than it used to be
• Writer and physicist Alan Lightman finds room for science and spirituality
• October 18, 2018 – The Christian Science Monitor Daily
• Amid complaints of a rigged system, one woman's effort to end gerrymandering