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To: sylvester80 who wrote (76936)	3/7/2008 9:49:11 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 89467

The nerve Needless to say, first impressions stick with people. Take the woman requesting anonymity who shakes her head every time she reads headlines like this one in the New York Times: "Obama Calls for an End to Arrogance." She recalls her first encounter with freshman Sen. Barack Obama when he strolled out of the Senate chamber, balled up a piece of paper and tossed it at a large trash can — missing. At which point, she says, the senator from Illinois paused and, without saying a word, looked back at his two aides who were trailing him, then continued on his way. One of the aides walked over, retrieved the paper and threw it away.