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Sat 01 Jan 2009Spirit of bad times casts long shadow over the Superbowl
THE SUPERBOWL presents itself annually as a grand big colourful metaphor for American life. In this, the first celebration of the age of Obama, the themes are disparate and the times are desperate. The Cardinals of Arizona and the Steelers of Pittsburgh are just bit players and ciphers in a bigger national drama.
In Tampa, the host town, the embedded media is despairing of finding revellers to interview and high rollers to fondle.
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