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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/opinion/28caro.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Johnson’s Dream, Obama’s Speech, by Robert A. Caro

“L.B.J. knew that anything was possible if blacks got the vote.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/opinion/28Cohen.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Obama’s From Main St., Ain’t He?, by Roger Cohen

“[Obama’s] been Denzel Washington playing the reassuring, handsome attorney on a stirring moral mission, reaching across enough barriers of race and class to get within sight of the White House. But can he now moderate that polished image to spread his appeal to the meat-and-potatoes crowd?”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/opinion/28collins.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

The Torch Passes. Really., by Gail Collins

“Party unity, working mothers and sleepovers.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/opinion/28kristof.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Media’s Balancing Act, by Nicholas D. Kristof

“How would you decide these three cases?”