nytimes.com - 12/25/2008
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There is little doubt that Elizabeth Alexander’s verse will be broadcast to more people at one time than any poem ever composed. >
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The Early Word: Christmas Edition
The Caucus —
... pulse goes down about 10 points,” said Representative Neil Abercrombie, Democrat of Hawaii, who was close friends with Mr. Obama’s parents. “He has this incredibly calming effect. There’s no question in my mind it comes from Hawaii.” And once the New Year rolls around, the inauguration is just around the corner. With that in mind, The Times’s Dwight Garner looks at inaugural poets, past and future. Mr. Obama has selected Elizabeth Alexander to read at his swearing-in ceremony and here’s a preview of the poem she hopes to write : She is going about making a poem for Mr. Obama, ...
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slate.com 1/21/2009 — On the west steps of the Capitol, Barack Obama turned his inaugural address into a national locker-room speech. Describing our current crisis and "a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable," he called on Americans to "pick ourselves up, dust ...
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newsbusters.org 1/19/2009 — For the fourth time in modern history, a presidential inauguration ceremony will include an official poet. Barack Obama has tapped Yale African-American Studies professor Elizabeth Alexander to compose an original poem for the historic occasion of ...
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