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It was history in the making, as Sen. Barack Obama stood for a moment to take in the 84,000-person crowd while accepting the Democratic nomination for the presidency. NEWSWEEK photographers Charles Ommanney and Khue Bui documented the senator's time out of the limelight, joining him backstage as he prepared for his momentous acceptance and celebrated with his family afterward.

 
 
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