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" There is nothing radical about Obama except the fact of who he is. "
Tina Brown
Radical
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" One of the the great things about having had something that didn't work out is: So what? I am fine. "
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" I'm impressed with how 'Newsweek's' outstanding staff has continued to put out a lively, well-informed magazine after the departure of their tireless editor, Jon Meacham. "
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" The rights of women are to the 21st century what civil rights were to the 20th. "
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