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Article: Not quite the end of 'history'.(THE HOME FORUM)(Barack Obama's campaign)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- June 13, 2008
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Byline: Ruth Walker
Have you been getting enough history lately?
Historic was surely the word last week on the US presidential campaign trail. Hillary Clinton "suspended" her "historic campaign" for president, gave an "unconcession" speech, and then finally Saturday endorsed Barack Obama, who hailed her "valiant and historic campaign," and who has been "making history" himself.
Indeed, "Obama Makes History for African Americans" was the headline on an online chat session of The Washington Post hosted by Prof. Stephen L. Carter of Yale. (The headline prompted a participant in Bridgewater, Mass., to muse, "Hmmm, actually, he's making history for ...