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The Power of Language

NPR

By Susan Stamberg

Published October 20, 2003 at 6:00 PM HST

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.

Copyright 2003 NPR

Susan Stamberg

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

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