The Cultural Icons of 1989

I Do Solemnly Swear
President George H.W. Bush took the Oath of Office on January 20 as wife Barbara looks on. Indeed, the 200th anniversary of the Presidency was observed as Bush used the exact same Bible as George Washington did back in 1789. Bush's Inaugural Address was almost prophetic in its prediction of change: "For a new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over."

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