Mr Obama's victory this week was no less astonishing for the fact that it was widely predicted by the opinion polls. Everywhere, we have heard the sound of doors slamming on the past; on the bitter legacies of slavery and segregation; on a Republican ascendancy born of the struggle over civil rights and Vietnam; on the Reagan era of unfettered markets; and on the world's deepening disenchantment with Washington.
奥巴马上周获胜给人们带来的震惊，丝毫没有因为民意调查已普遍预见到结果而有所减弱。在任何地方，我们都能听到人们在摒弃过去的种种：奴隶制和种族隔离的余毒；在民权和越南问题上的努力带给民主党的优越感；信奉自由市场的里根(Reagan)时代；世界对美国政府幻想的日渐破灭。
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