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State media have taken to calling President Xi Jinping \\u201cthe helmsman\\u201d; at the five-yearly meeting he defended his means of steering the country. We ask how to read between his tightly prepared lines. Many of America\\u2019s firms will soon deliver disappointing profits\\u2014and there is more to blame than simple business cycles. And research suggests that parenthood causes fathers\\u2019 brains to shrink.

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