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Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president Thursday night. The text of his speech, highlighting the 150 most common words:

Tag cloud by Wordle.

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  1. Heather D   /   August 29, 2008    #

    This is awesome! You inspired me to write this post: A Historical Speech Captured in a Tag Cloud - http://viaspire.blogs.com/weblog/2008/08/a-historical-speech-captured-in-a-tag-cloud.html

    Thanks!

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  3. Wenalway   /   August 29, 2008    #

    Designers probably think this is really cool. They’re not too swift, though.

  4. Roger Shinkus   /   August 30, 2008    #

    No news on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch saying on Thursday that it cut another 18 jobs?

  5. Erica Smith   /   August 30, 2008    #

    The Post-Dispatch layoffs are posted on Paper Cuts. Five editors were laid off from the newsroom; 18 people were laid off throughout the paper. Production staffs were hit the hardest. I’m not sure I have anything else to contribute on the actual layoffs, though.

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