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The Leadership
CHINA:
Beijing tries PRjujitsu on its Olympics critics 22 JAPAN:Tokyo buzzes about the end of one-party rule 25
RUSSIA:Putin is reviving the idea of an all-powerful party..26
H illary Clinton's status as front runner to become the first female president of the United States makes an old question newly pressing: Dowomenleaddifferently? Should they? NEWSWEEK looks at the issue by asking powerful women in politics, business and entertainmentto recount their own stories, and the lessons they'velearned. Page 52
COVER: Photograph by Jude Edginton-REDUX FORNEWSWEEK.Inset: Photograph by Ethan Hill FORNEWSWEEK.
IRAQ: The tale of the telling1y
rare war brides 30
MIDDLE EAST: Whyoptimism greets the peace summit 42
U.S. AFFAIRS: The neocons
set up camp in Giuliani's
campaign 44
BUSINESS: India is about as recession-proof as it gets 46
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BOOKS:A subtle, controversial biography of Charles Schulz ..66
DEPARTMENTS
PERISCOPE 4
PERSPECTIVES 5
WORLD VIEW 21
THEGOODLlFE 71
THE LASTWORD 74
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