1. Election Unleashes a Flood of Hope Worldwide.
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ALAN COWELL; Alexei Barrionuevo contributed reporting from Buenos Aires, Basil Katz, Susanne Fowler, David Jolly, Katrin Bennhold from Paris, Alissa Rubin from Forward Operating Base Falcon in Iraq, Michael Slackman from Dubai, Choe Sang-Hun from Seoul, Simon Romero from Caracas, Norimitsu Onishi from Tokyo, Seth Mydans, Thomas Fuller from Bangkok, Sam Dagher, The New York Times bureau from Baghdad, Rachel Donadio, Elisabetta Povoledo from Rome, Sarah Lyall from London, Barry Bearak, Celia W. Dugger from Johannesburg, Somini Sengupta from New Delhi, Peter Gelling from Jakarta, Sabrina Tavernise from Istanbul, Sophia Kishkovsky from Moscow, Carlos H. Conde from Manila, Abdul Waheed Wafa from Kabul, Meraiah Foley from Sydney, Nicholas K, and Neil MacFarquhar from New York.
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PRESIDENTIAL candidates , *POLITICAL change ,UNITED States presidential elections - Abstract
From the front lines of Iraq to more genteel spots like Harry's Bar in Paris, the election of Barack Obama unlocked a floodgate of hope that a new American leader will redeem promises of change, rewrite the political script and, perhaps as important as anything else, provide a kind of leadership that will erase the bitterness of the Bush years. Whether it was because of Mr. Obama's youth, his race, his message or his manner, some European leaders abandoned diplomatic niceties to compete for extravagance in their praise, while others outside the United States -- fascinated by an election that had been scrutinized around the globe -- reached for their most telling comparisons. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2008