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FINANCE: How the moneymen are moving in on Hollywood 40 , SCIENCE: DNAevidenceis upending our knowledge of early humans 42 ARTS:Met simulcasts are bringing live opera to Everyman 54 MUSEUMS: Whythe Uffizi must fight to bring high art to light 56
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