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A New Year, A New Beginning

By Kristina DeVoe on January 20, 2009 8:55 AM | | Comments (0)
podium.jpgIt's very fitting that presidential inaugurations take place at the beginning of the year.  As the country eagerly awaits the swearing in and inaugural address of Barack Obama, the New York Times recently included an interactive history of presidential inaugural addresses, focusing especially on the words presidents choose and their contexts.  What words and themes will Obama use to connect and motivate this nation?
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Kristina De Voe
English & Communications Librarian
Temple University Libraries