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wwd.com - 12/3/2008
Michelle Obama: What Should She Wear? - Fashion News
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Who says these are bleak times? On one matter at least, designers are positively euphoric. That is the Obama presidency, a two-part point of light. While much of the glee centers around the President-elect and his policies , Michelle Obama radiates a powerful style all her own. So step aside, ...
michellemalkin.com - 11/30/2008
Inside the world of Google censors
— michellemalkin.com — Several weeks ago, I spoke with GWU law professor Jeffrey Rosen about my curious experiences with YouTube’s... mystery censors. [...] Read the rest » (more) Inside the world of Google censors

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Politics | Michelle Obama's family: From slavery to White House | Seattle Times Newspaper
seattletimes.nwsource.com - 12/5/2008
Politics | Michelle Obama's family: From slavery to White House | Seattle Times Newspaper
— seattletimes.nwsource.com — GEORGETOWN, S.C. — Tiny wooden cabins line the dirt road once known as Slave Street as it... winds through Friendfield Plantation. More than 200 slaves lived in the whitewashed shacks in the early 1800s, and some of their descendants remained for more ... (more) Politics | Michelle Obama's family: From slavery to ...

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wwd.com - 12/3/2008
Fashion News
— wwd.com — WWD.com is the authority for news and trends in the worlds of fashion, beauty and retail. Featuring... daily headlines and breaking news from all Women's Wear Daily publications, WWD.com provides the most comprehensive coverage anywhere of fashion, ... (more) Fashion News

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The Page by Mark Halperin:  The Belle of the Ball

The Moderate Voice:  WWD: Sketching Michelle Obama

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The Belle of the Ball
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Women's Wear Daily gets major designers - including Marc Jacobs and Oscar de la Renta - to sketch potential dresses for the incoming first lady to wear at Inauguration festivities. See the gallery here.        ...

WWD: Sketching Michelle Obama
The Moderate Voice — ... to the inauguration. A good bit of the chatter the slideshow triggered was around how incapable the world’s top fashion designers are of sketching Michelle. ...

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