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22 Mysterious Merkel What the German chancellor really
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26 Beware of Greeks Bearing Debt Europe is paying for the pride of Greece-and for the legacy of
the classical age.
By Fouad Ajami 30 Newt Wants You!
Gingrich's campaign rises from the dead.
By Peter 1. Boyer 38 Van der 5100t's New Conquest Ras the Dutch sociopath charmed
another victim?
By Christopher Dickey and Andrea Zarate 42'-1he End of Cancer?
Scientists say vaccines could hold the key to wiping out the disease forever.
By Sharon Begley
46 To Do: Leave White Hanse. Get a Job.
Ris reelection is down ta a coin toss.
Ideas for Obama's post-POTUS career.
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