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The Power of Language

In the third report in her series on power, NPR's Susan Stamberg talks with linguist Deborah Tannen about the power of language -- in politics, at work and in the home.

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Nationally renowned broadcast journalist Susan Stamberg is a special correspondent for NPR.
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