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reuters.com - 1/19/2009
Face masks fly off shelves as Obamamania hits Japan | Lifestyle
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TOKYO (Reuters) - All around the world, everybody seems to want a piece of Barack Obama. As souvenir vendors across the globe try to capitalize on the interest generated by the U.S. president-elect ahead of his inauguration this week, a Japanese factory is churning out Obama face masks to sate ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 1/16/2009
Obamamania
— corner.nationalreview.com — I write about it in the new issue of Time: To find a similar episode of enthusiasm... for an incoming President, you might have to go back to 1829. The outgoing President, John Quincy Adams, was the son of another President. He had won office in a way ... (more) Obamamania

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World Celebrates Inauguration With Obama Memorabilia
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Souvenir vendors around the world are capitalizing on the global excitement surrounding Barack Obama's inauguration by selling Obama memorabilia. Reuters reports that a factory in Japan is creating Obama face masks that have been a huge hit. The Ogawa Rubber Inc factory, north of Tokyo, said it had produced and sold more than 2,500 Obama face masks since December, and 1,000 more are being manufactured, making it their fastest selling product. .... "I believe that unlike Japanese politicians' masks, Obama's mask radiates something that ...

World Celebrates Inauguration With Obama Memorabilia
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Souvenir vendors around the world are capitalizing on the global excitement surrounding Barack Obama's inauguration by selling Obama memorabilia. Reuters reports that a factory in Japan is creating Obama face masks that have been a huge hit. The Ogawa Rubber Inc factory, north of Tokyo, said it had produced and sold more than 2,500 Obama face masks since December, and 1,000 more are being manufactured, making it their fastest selling product. .... "I believe that unlike Japanese politicians' masks, Obama's mask radiates something that ...

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