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You're listening to Away with Words. I'm Grant Barrett.

And I'm Martha Barnett. When a new president moves into the White House, it's traditional to change the decor of the Oval Office.

And you may remember last year, an interior designer did that for Barack Obama.

Now, this new color scheme was based on muted tones. It was mostly beige and light browns.

And when the newer Times reported on this change, it used a great headline, The Audacity of Tope.

Now, see, you laughed. You laughed. Would you call that a bad pun or a good pun?

I think I laughed because it's an unexpected reaction, right?

Because it's a play on the title of his book.

Sure, sure.

The audacity of hope with the audacity of top.

I love that.

And Grant, I was really eager to see your reaction because I've been thinking a lot about this lately, specifically,

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