IE7 Not-So-Shortcut

I'm looking for an IE7 shortcut.  With previous IE versions (and this one) when I get an email with mltiple links, clicking on consecutive links will overwrite the current IE page with the contents from the new link.  I used to hit [CTRL]N to open a new window, minimize that window, click the new link (allowing the first window's page to be overwritten) and continue this for as many links as I needed.  I would like to take advantage of the tabs without using new windows ([CTRL]N).  With IE7, to get the desired results, I need to...

1.  Click the first link

2.  ALT-D (select tab's url)

3.  CTRL-C (copy tab's url)

4.  CTRL-T (open new tab)

5.  CTRL-V, ENTER (paste url in new tab and load)

6.  CTRL-1 (return to tab 1)

Now the next link click will open up a new link in a tab that's already been duplicated.  That's too much work, and my programmable keyboard won't handle this task.  Any MENSA candidates have any ideas?  Does anyone know if this shortcut already exists?  Does Microsoft have a "suggestion box"?  Thanks, Henry