Lexington: How new a deal?

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Nov. 20, 2008
Comparisons between Barack Obama and FDR are misguidedIN HIS victory speech on November 4th Barack Obama talked about people putting “their hands on the arc of history” and bending it “once more towards the hope of a better day”. Mr Obama and his fellow...
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