LETTER FROM JERUSALEM: A lull in bombing attacks and the big new wall bring a tentative calm to a tormented city. But how long can the quiet last? 8
LETTERS 12
NOTEBOOK
Arafat feels the heat; Sandy Berger and the 9/11 report; stumping with the Kerry-Heinz clan; female Governors provide a boost for the Dems; a library of Trump books; taking stock in Shrek 15
MILESTONES: A dissident freed, a former President charged, a choreographer and a composer die 19
COVER STORY
How Kerry Thinks Both nimble and deliberate, the candidate's mind is a complex thing 20
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