Obama eyes a legacy: 'You can make it if you try'

Sunday, January 20, 2013 | 6:00 a.m. CST; updated 12:00 p.m. CST, Monday, January 21, 2013

WASHINGTON — Presidential terms are measured by sweeping laws and stirring events, but legacies are about enduring ideas. The one Barack Obama has in mind will drive most everything he tries to do in the next four years: assuring that America is a place where anyone can make it.

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