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...nickname that young George didn't attract, at least within his family, was "Junior," and therein lies a bullet dodged, early evidence of Bush's famous good luck. It was the absence of a "Herbert" that permitted Bush to escape the curse of juniorhood, that terrible first act of hostility that certain men commit against their own sons, that row of hoops set up in the nursery for he who would follow. (Attention, newborn: Be me, or fall short--it's up to you.) For the congenitally modest elder Bush, naming a child in honor of himself may have proved...
...past three decades, American Presidents have been cautious about issuing pardons. In eight years, Bill Clinton gave out roughly 300. Herbert Hoover handed out almost 1,400 in half the time. Ever since Gerald Ford let Richard Nixon off the hook for Watergate, every act of clemency has been scrutinized. Still, each recent President has made a few controversial decisions. Nixon pardoned Jimmy Hoffa in 1971, then received the Teamsters' endorsement a year later. Jimmy Carter pardoned Vietnam draft dodgers on his first full day in office. Ronald Reagan pardoned two FBI officials who had authorized agents to break...
There is a long history of gale winds and frost on Inauguration Day, often inside the White House itself. Andrew Johnson turned up drunk for Lincoln's second Inaugural; Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt barely spoke on their way to the Capitol, and Ike refused to have coffee with Truman. The Clintons, true to form, were nearly half an hour late to meet the elder Bushes at the White House in 1993. This time they had a few minutes to kill, so the First Couple enjoyed one last dance in the White House foyer while they waited for the Bushes...
...Rank of David Herbert Donald's biography Lincoln on Amazon.com's sales index on December...
Survivor II was filmed near the Herbert River in northeastern Australia in the fall of 2000, but CBS will try to keep the results hushed until the final episode...