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HOME / dispatches : Notes from different corners of the world. Two Women Named Betty Watching the inauguration with the crowd on the Mall. By Emily Bazelon Posted Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, at 4:28 PM ET See all of Slate's inauguration coverage . I'm hearing tales of angry crowds from my colleagues, but we were docile and fervent on my unticketed patch of inauguration earth and pavement just west of the Washington Monument. We stood close together and blocked the wind. No one could see the Capitol rotunda, or even really imagine where it was out there in the distance, exactly. But we were on a rise, and we had our JumboTron, and the two women in front of me who wouldn't let anyone tall block our view. PRINT DISCUSS E-MAIL RSS RECOMMEND... SINGLE PAGE Yahoo! Buzz Facebook MySpace Mixx Digg Reddit del.icio.us Furl Ma.gnolia Sphere StumbleUpon CLOSE Remi and Betty, daughter and mother Those women were sisters, Betty and Joyce, from Raleigh, N.C. Betty had decided to mak
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