The speech was prefaced with a quotation from Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's founding father, and reminders of a "proud legacy" of U.S.-Pakistan cooperation.

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As of now - and every assessment of the election must be prefaced with as of now - Allen is still marginally ahead of his Democratic opponent, James Webb, 48 to 45 percent.

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In New York, Kanye prefaced his screening with fathering musings about leaving art school for music, and what kind of creativity can come from being hated.

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But instead of the elders of the Democratic party, the campaign prefaced Obama's speech with appearances from six ''ordinary Americans'' who took the stage to explain why they support Obama.

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