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...first marriage? McCain takes the blame. As to what the biggest mistake of his life was, McCain reminded voters of the Keating Five scandal. George W. Bush blithely cited his trade of Sammy Sosa. McCain's book is a signed confession of his sins--being a spoiled brat at Episcopal High School, a jerk at the Naval Academy and a show-off flyboy at sea--until he was forced to grow up in a Hanoi prison...
...beginning of his career as a presidential long shot, Keyes worked as assistant secretary of state in the Reagan administration. He then twice challenged an incumbent Democrat for a Maryland senate seat--yet another improbable quest. "He had no deep roots anywhere in particular," Lichenstein says. Keyes, an army brat, spent his childhood in various cities and towns across the country, wherever his father was stationed, and eventually graduated from high school in Texas. "When he began running for the senate, he had almost no ties to the state of Maryland," Lichenstein says. "Maryland is an intensely Democratic state...
...Hoffman, Elan was the scene of a flamboyant--and possibly fateful--therapy. Those who have seen the proposal for Dead Man Talking: A Kennedy Cousin Comes Clean say that in it Skakel describes being made to wear a sign around his neck. It read: I AM AN ARROGANT RICH BRAT. CONFRONT ME ON WHY I KILLED MY FRIEND MARTHA...
...like an Army brat," she says. "I've lived all over." As a child she played on the Philippine beaches where Dad was filming Apocalypse Now. At 16 she co-wrote Francis' episode of New York Stories. Then she appeared in Godfather III and got savaged by the critics. "After that, I definitely did not want to be an actress." She tried painting, photography, video...
...BRAT PACK Hang in there, parents. That naughty child of yours may turn into an angel--eventually. A study of more than 1,000 inner-city boys concludes that there's a nearly 90% chance that young boys who bully or engage in other aggressive behavior will grow out of it by late adolescence. Moreover, contrary to the worries of many Ritalin-weary moms and dads, boys who are hyperactive but not particularly aggressive aren't likely to become violent later in life...