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PAGE PAGE 12 Obama Makes History Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the nations 44th president yesterday, riding a reformist message of change and an inspirational exhortation of hope to become the first African American to ascend to the White House. 昨天伊利诺伊州参议员贝拉克?奥巴马当选为美国第44任总统，带着一个改革者的变革信息和让人民充满希望的鼓舞人心的演说，奥巴马成为第一位入主白宫的非洲裔美国人。 Obama, 47, the son of a Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas, led a tide of Democratic victories across the nation in defeating Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a 26-year veteran of Washington who could not overcome his connections to President