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NEWSWEEKoffers a calmer plan to festoIe America's place in the world. Page 22
'\Q&A:Condi Rice on ber next [,moves, Cheney and more 32 fu.s. AFFAIRS: Turns out Obama
"'s hardly made for TV 35 ,UROPE:The new illegals draw scrutiny for terror ties 36
BUSINESS: Will inflation prove the China bears right? 46 AID:How cash became
the new CARE package 49 PROJECTGREEN: Waterwars 50 ARTS:What Harry Potter and Tony Soprano share 64 ARCHITECTURE: The new wave is going underground 69
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