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(NYT33) SAGAPONACK, N.Y. -- Nov. 11, 2008 -- BOOK-AWARD-CONTROVERSY-2 -- Peter Matthiessen near his home in Sagaponack, N.Y. in October 2008. Among th...

(NYT34) SAGAPONACK, N.Y. -- Nov. 11, 2008 -- BOOK-AWARD-CONTROVERSY-3 -- Peter Matthiessen near his home in Sagaponack, N.Y. in October 2008. Among th...

(NYT29) WASHINGTON -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-13 -- President George W. Bush, left, and first lady Laura Bush welcome President-elect Barack...

(NYT45) WASHINGTON -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-14 -- President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush with President-elect Barack Obama and...

**STANDALONE PHOTO** (NYT50) NEW YORK -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- TREASURY-KASHKARI -- Assistant Treasury Secretary Neel Kashkari speaks to the Securities Ind...

**STANDALONE PHOTO** (NYT51) NEW YORK -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- TREASURY-KASHKARI-2 -- Assistant Treasury Secretary Neel Kashkari speaks to the Securities I...

**STANDALONE PHOTO** (NYT52) NEW YORK -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- TREASURY-KASHKARI-3 -- Assistant Treasury Secretary Neel Kashkari speaks to the Securities I...

**STANDALONE PHOTO** (NYT53) NEW YORK -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- TREASURY-KASHKARI-4 -- Assistant Treasury Secretary Neel Kashkari speaks to the Securities I...

**STANDALONE PHOTO** (NYT54) NEW YORK -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- TREASURY-KASHKARI-5 -- Assistant Treasury Secretary Neel Kashkari speaks to the Securities I...

(NYT5) CHICAGO -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION -- President-elect Barack Obama kisses daughter Malia as he drops her and sister Sasha off at scho...

(NYT23) WASHINGTON -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-11 -- President-elect Barack Obama with President George W. Bush at the White House on Monday...

(NYT6) CHICAGO -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-2 -- President-elect Barack Obama helps daughter Sasha down to the ground as he drops her and sist...

(NYT11) WASHINGTON -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-3 -- From left, President-elect Barack Obama visits President George W. Bush at the White Hous...

(NYT12) WASHINGTON -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-4 -- President George W. Bush, left, and first lady Laura Bush welcome President-elect Barack...

(NYT13) WASHINGTON -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-5 -- President George W. Bush, left, and first lady Laura Bush welcome President-elect Barack...

(NYT14) WASHINGTON -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-6 -- Onlookers gather as President George W. Bush welcomes President-elect Barack Obama to the...

(NYT15) WASHINGTON -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-7 -- From left, President-elect Barack Obama and President George W. Bush wave to well-wishers...

(NYT16) WASHINGTON -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-8 -- From left, President-elect Barack Obama visits President George W. Bush at the White Hous...

(NYT21) WASHINGTON -- Nov. 10, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-9 -- President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush with President-elect Barack Obama and...

*FILE PHOTO*(NYT2) CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Nov. 8, 2008 -- OBAMA-PRIORITIES -- President-elect Barack Obama at a news conference in Clearwater, Fla., in S...

(NYT21) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-GIBBS-PROFILE-4 -- Robert Gibbs turns to leave after President-elect Barack Obama's news conference in Chicag...

(NYT33) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-GIBBS-PROFILE-5 -- Robert Gibbs at President-elect Barack Obama's news conference in Chicago on Friday, Nov....

(NYT59) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-GIBBS-PROFILE-6 -- Robert Gibbs speaks to reporters after President-elect Barack Obama's news conference in C...

(NYT19) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-10 -- Vice President-elect Joe Biden, left, looks on as President-elect Barack Obama speaks at a n...

(NYT20) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-11 -- Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), the incoming White House Chief of Staff, looks on as President-e...

(NYT27) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-12 -- Barack Obama takes a question at his first news conference as president-elect in Chicago on...

(NYT28) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-13 -- Barack Obama answers a question at his first news conference as president-elect in Chicago o...

(NYT29) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-14 -- Barack Obama laughs during his first news conference as president-elect in Chicago on Friday...

(NYT30) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-15 -- Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), center, the incoming White House Chief of Staff, looks on as Pre...

(NYT31) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-16 -- Lawrence Summers, a former Treasury Secretary and onetime president of Harvard University, i...

(NYT32) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-17 -- President-elect Barack Obama is joined by his economic advisers at a news conference in Chic...

(NYT34) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-18 -- President-elect Barack Obama, right, with Vice President-elect Joe Biden and a group of econ...

(NYT10) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-5 -- President-elect Barack Obama is joined by his economic advisers at a news conference in Chica...

(NYT11) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-6 -- President-elect Barack Obama waves as he turns to leave after a news conference with his econ...

(NYT12) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-7 -- President-elect Barack Obama is joined by his economic advisers at a news conference in Chica...

(NYT17) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-8 -- Barack Obama arrives for his first news conference as president-elect in Chicago on Friday, N...

(NYT18) CHICAGO -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OBAMA-TRANSITION-9 -- Barack Obama is followed by running mate Joe Biden as he arrives for his first news conferenc...

(NYT22) MIAMI -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OSSESTIAN-OPERA-CONDUCTOR -- Conductor Valery Gergiev, who is South Ossetian, in Miami, Nov. 6, 2008. Gergiev, who re...

(NYT23) MIAMI -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OSSESTIAN-OPERA-CONDUCTOR-2 -- Conductor Valery Gergiev, who is South Ossetian, in Miami, Nov. 6, 2008. Gergiev, who...

(NYT24) MIAMI -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OSSESTIAN-OPERA-CONDUCTOR-3 -- Conductor Valery Gergiev, who is South Ossetian, in Miami, Nov. 6, 2008. Gergiev, who...

(NYT25) MIAMI -- Nov. 7, 2008 -- OSSESTIAN-OPERA-CONDUCTOR-4 -- Conductor Valery Gergiev, who is South Ossetian, in Miami, Nov. 6, 2008. Gergiev, who...

(NYT187) PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Nov. 4, 2008 -- ELN-MCCAIN-20 -- Sen. John McCain bids farewell to supporters after he conceded to President-elect Barack O...

(NYT15) NEW YORK -- Nov. 5, 2008 -- EARTHWORK-LIN-ADV09 -- Artist Maya Lin at her studio in SoHo in October 2008. Her current projects include "Wave F...

(NYT16) NEW YORK -- Nov. 5, 2008 -- EARTHWORK-LIN-ADV09-2 -- Artist Maya Lin at her studio in SoHo in October 2008. Her current projects include "Wave...

**FILE PHOTO** (NYT53) EN ROUTE TO ST. LOUIS, Mo.-- Nov. 5, 2008 -- ELN-OBAMA-CAMPAIGN-7 -- David Plouffe, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign manager, in a...

(NYT40) WASHINGTON -- Nov. 5, 2008 -- ELN-OBAMA-TRANSITION -- Preparations begin on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, at the Capitol in Washington for the inau...

(NYT11) NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nov. 5, 2008 -- MUSIC-TALOR-SWIFT-ADV09 -- Taylor Swift at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville in October 2008. Swift is 18...

(NYT12) NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nov. 5, 2008 -- MUSIC-TALOR-SWIFT-ADV09-2 -- Taylor Swift performing at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., in Octob...

Supporters listened as Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama spoke at a campaign rally at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, PA Monday Octo...

Members of the wait staff watched from the back of the restaurant as Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama greeted staff and customers a...