Hope in the Face of Sobering Tasks

Published November 6, 2008

New York City—There was clearly no rehearsal for the thousands of jubilant New Yorkers converging on Times Square on Tuesday night.

As revellers spilled out of subways and onto the streets, some screamed, some weeped, others just gawped in disbelief at the stories-high electronic images of President-Elect Barack Obama.

But when small pockets of the crowd started chanting "U-S-A....

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