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Article: A BETTER AMERICA A BETTER WORLD.. RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE 2008 Presidential candidate Obama sets out vision for future.(News)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 30, 2008
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Byline: BY ANTON ANTONOWICZ in Denver, Colorado
THE fireworks soared. The expectations were high. And Barack Obama met them.
His stirring speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination raised the bar, then vaulted it.
The 80,000-strong audience was electrified by the words of a man one step away from becoming the first black President of America.
For here was a very different man promising a very different future from the failed presidency of George Bush.
"America," he said, "we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than ...