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Headlines scream dismal economic news, but thanks to a boom that stretches from Pataud (above)to Panama, the realityis far more good than bad. Pa!:te 18
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TH.E ISSUE World Affairs
18 The big global picture is bright by Barrett Sheridan andDanzel Gross
24 The compellingpower of fear by Sharon Begley 31 The Europeans scare
differently by]oannaBourke 32 Edwards battles from
behind byArian Campo- Floresand Suzanne Smalley 36 Why Gordon Brown is in
trouble by Stryker McGuire 39 The priee of baguettes in
Franeeby ChristopherDickey 40 Musharraf and Bhutto live
by Lally Weymouth 43 The missing bodiesofIraq
by BabakDehghanpisheh Business
44 The airline-captain crunch by GeorgeWehrfritz 47 A threat bigger than sub-
prime? byRobert Samuelson Society & The Arts 50 Holidayfilm: MikeNichols
by CathleenMcGuigan 53 Burton's bloody 'Sweeney
Todd' byMarcPeyser
DEPARTMEN.TS
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4 Periscope
: 5 Perspectives
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61 The GoodLife s ~ 64 The Last Ward
DEFINING HIMSELF: Gordon Brown with British troops in Iraq
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