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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 06 > A family expected to balance state dinners with sleepovers

A family expected to balance state dinners with sleepovers

Obamas preparing to adjust to life as America’s first family

By Jodi Kantor / The Bulletin
November 6, 2008

When Verna Williams called to congratulate Michelle Obama on Wednesday morning, she half-jokingly offered to stop calling her old law school buddy “Meesh” and start calling her something more dignified.

Michelle Obama dissolved into giggles, and the two traded title ideas,....

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