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Campaign advertising: Full of sound and fury

Oct. 16, 2008
The mud is flying, but it probably won’t affect the outcome of the electionAT THE beginning of this month, millions of Americans got letters boosting Barack Obama. Unlike most political messages, these were turgidly written, scrupulously accurate and did not cost the...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler