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Gee Wiz, Newsweek


Posted Monday, July 10, 2000, at 6:18 PM ET

"How did Newsweek get the only excerpt from the new Harry Potter book?" asks Newsweek in a full-page New York Times ad this morning. Newsweek's proud answer: "Wizardry, of course."

There is, of course, another possible explanation.

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