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Rodriguez Zapatero approaches the mid- point of his term as the envy of 0 Id Europe.

With his left hand, he's reformedSpain's conservativesociety, while managing its econo- mywith his fight. Even as neighbors France and Italy stagnate, Zapatero's Spain has

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