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Judith Martin | 01/12/2009 11:00 pm

Judith Martin Predicts a 'Tasteful' Inauguration

Judith Martin
From the way people are talking now, you would think that it is only in hard times that ostentation is vulgar. The Obamas appear to have taste, so I am assuming that the Inauguration will be a dignified ceremony followed by a jolly national bash, rather than a display of wealth and privilege — and that it would be tasteful even if he were coming to office in prosperous times.

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Jane Becker
Tasteful would be an event that reflects the economic realities of the moment. Tasteful would be FDR style cold chicken salad lunch. This is an inauguration after all, not a coronation.
By Jane Becker on 01/16/2009 3:44 pm