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Trinity Church bells to ring in Obama presidency

Way up in the Trinity Church belfry on inauguration day, 12 men and women will pull thick ropes hanging from massive bells, marking with clamor the swearing-in of Barack Obama as the nation's first black president.

The bell ringers at the venerable church in lower Manhattan will perform a unique mathematical opus that typically lasts three hours. The exact sound cannot be heard anywhere else...

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