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The Quick (to Make a Buck) and the Dead

By MIKITA BROTTMAN

Recently, British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie, was the subject of a national scandal after she admitted seeking regular help from a spiritual adviser. Her confession should hardly have come as a shock -- many of the elite, among them Nancy Reagan and Princess Diana, have owned up to taking counsel from clairvoyants. And why, after all, should...

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