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TO OUR READERS 4

LETTERS 6

CHRONICLES 13

SUPREME COURT: The Second Time Around 24

Stephen Breyer, last year's also-ran, is this year's new Justice

Welcome to the Club: What the freshman judge will face

CITIES: Honey, I Shrunk the Government 29

Across America, mayors of all parties are acting like CEOs

CONGRESS: So Long to the Freebies 31

The Senate votes itself out of lobbyists' perks -- for now

THE PRESIDENCY: Woe to the Chief? 31

Clinton says he is the most assaulted of Presidents. Not!

HAITI: Thumbing a Nose at the U.S. 32

The country's strongmen install their own,...