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Obama likens grandparents to 'Mad Men' characters
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[9NEWS.com] - The show "explains my grandparents, their tastes," Obama told biographer David Maraniss, the Associated Press reports. Mad Men, the Emmy-winning program about advertising executives in the 1960s, features a character named Peggy Olson, who rises from
Maureen Dowd / Superhero dreams: President Obama may still be in search of his ...
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[Pittsburgh Post Gazette] - In his new biography, "Barack Obama: The Story," David Maraniss writes that a roommate of the young Obama compared him to Walker Percy's protagonist in "The Moviegoer": an observer of his life, one step removed. Mr. Obama's boss at his community
Obama's Mick Jagger Impression Revealed In New Book By David Maraniss
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[Huffington Post] - According to a new biography by David Maraniss, Barack Obama was a big music fan in his college years. Barry -- as he was then known -- often played Jimi Hendrix, Earth, Wind & Fire and Billie Holiday, but Maraniss writes that he was best known for
Page: Obama's pot reform goes up in smoke
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[Dubuque Telegraph Herald] - David Maraniss brings all that back to mind with his forthcoming book, "Barack Obama: The Story," which has been leaking like a sieve to major media in advance of its publication. Published accounts of his days at Punahou, the private Hawaiian prep
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