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Wed 10 Oct 2007Argentina's lady in waiting evokes spirit of EvitaARGENTINA:There is nothing but praise, mingling with awe for Cristina Fernández Kirchner, the woman expected to be the next president, writes Jude Webberin Santa Fe, ArgentinaIt's raining and cold, not a very inviting evening for a political rally. Hundreds of people are streaming off buses and into a dingy sports hall on the edge of town to cheer the woman everyone expects to be Argentina's next president.