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...years, perhaps thanks to a penchant for grunge rock or even an unnatural affinity for medieval literature. A literal witchhunt to eliminate uniqueness among youth would only restrict the many innovations their creativity has so often brought to our society. Unusual children have developed into such great minds as Albert Einstein, Steven Spielberg, Mozart and countless others--not so scary after...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, | Title: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | 11/8/2000 | See Source »

...been fun watching two legatees, George W. Bush and Albert Gore Jr., try to out hard-hat each other. Only two true children of politics would have the need, or the skills, to distance themselves from the world in which they were raised. Both watched their fathers spend two decades in Washington at the highest levels, both attended fund raisers at their side, both worked in all kinds of political races before they'd finished college, and both could call at least two different Washington addresses home before they were ever elected to anything. They're here for a reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Gore and Bush: Two Men, Two Visions | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...like money," Gore Sr. would say, and he believed in rearranging it as necessary. He was elected to Congress before Al was born and reached the Senate by the time Al was 4, which guaranteed that the dinner table could turn into a policy briefing to make sure young Albert fully understood all the implications of Rachel Carson's environmental crusade. His mother talked about "wedging Al in" if a particularly useful dinner guest was in town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Gore and Bush: Two Men, Two Visions | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...like money," Gore Sr. would say, and he believed in rearranging it as necessary. He was elected to Congress before Al was born and reached the Senate by the time Al was four, which guaranteed that the dinner table could turn into a policy briefing to make sure young Albert fully understood all the implications of Rachel Carson's environmental crusade. His mother talked about "wedging Al in" if a particularly useful dinner guest was in town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush and Gore: Two Men, Two Visions | 10/28/2000 | See Source »

...been fun watching two legatees, George W. Bush and Albert Gore Jr., try to out-hard-hat each other. Only two true children of politics would have the need, or the skills, to distance themselves from the world in which they were raised. Both watched their fathers spend two decades in Washington at the highest levels, both attended fund-raisers at their side, both worked in all kinds of political races before they'd finished college, and both could call at least two different Washington addresses home before they were ever elected to anything. They're here for a reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush and Gore: Two Men, Two Visions | 10/28/2000 | See Source »

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