inauguration

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Steven Waldman at The Huffington Post thinks Obama's decision to invite religious right megachurch pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration is a wise choice.

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  1. noun Formal induction into office.
  2. noun A formal beginning or introduction.

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  • On Fox News Channel, the inauguration will be the first big political event in years not anchored by Brit Hume, who has taken on a part-time role. —  Entertainment News: CBSNews.com
  • Steven Waldman at The Huffington Post thinks Obama's decision to invite religious right megachurch pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration is a wise choice. —  Talk To Action
  • The Obama inauguration was also filled with contradictions. —  ShrinkWrapped
  • I don't know about anyone else, but this inauguration was a personal victory for me. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • By any standard the Obama inauguration was a world leading event. —  A view on PR from Silicon Valley
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  1. from French inauguration = Spanish inauguracion = Portuguese inauguração = Italian inaugurazione, from Late Latin inauguration(n-), a beginning (not found in literally sense ‘consecration by augury’), from Latin inaugurare, inaugurate: see inaugurate.
 

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