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Wednesday, January 21, 2009 12:00 AM

A brand-new day

Obama accomplishes more good in his first eight hours than Bush did in eight years.
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  • Wednesday, January 21, 2009 05:46 PM

    Fabulous article, thanks!

    What a pleasure it is to have an extremely literate President who, unlike Dubya, can string together more than two sentences, and deliver a speech without an embarrassing gaffe.

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