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Monday, February 12, 2007 12:00 AM

How Obama learned to be a natural

Today he drips with charisma and inspires fawning admiration from all quarters. But Obama began his journey as a smug young man with little political future.

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  • Sunday, February 11, 2007 07:05 PM

    I don't get it.

    Forgive my non-American ears for not understanding the context. What does "uppity" mean other than to be presumptiously arrogant?

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