Word: kennebunkport
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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VENUE: Fort McNair ; Kennebunkport...
...presidencies are filled with cautionary notes that should warn a public official off any non-Jeffersonian actions. George Bush's attempt at just-folks normalcy was undermined when he turned a blind eye to his chief of staff flying military jets to private appointments, and closing the waters off Kennebunkport, Maine, while he pounded through the surf in his cigarette boat. Ronald Reagan could pull off the common touches as only a B-movie actor could, but his wife offset those by ordering a set of hand-painted china inscribed NANCY and a closetful of unpaid-for designer creations. Nixon...
...July 11, Bush played golf. Always an early riser, he started out at 6:40 a.m. for the Cape Arundel course in Kennebunkport and played 18 holes. Nothing happened that day. As Michael Wines of The New York Times wrote in the press pool report for the day: "Four hours, 10 words, no news...
...George Bush packs up for Kennebunkport, Houston or wherever he claims to live, the future for many of his top advisers is foggy. Among these officials is James A. Baker III--the Cabinet member who seemed to stand above the others. While some suspect that he is eyeing a 1996 run for his boss's office, Baker himself is far from certain of his 1993 job description...
George Bush may be a summertime neighbor in Kennebunkport, but the final election returns showed that Maine voters awarded the President a sorry third place in November's balloting, with 206,504 votes (30.39%), trailing Ross Perot, who won 206,820 (30.44%) and Bill Clinton, the victor with 263,420 (38.8%). Perot finished second in one other state, Utah. His strong run in Maine showed again that the state is receptive to mavericks. Down Easters chose independent James Longley as Governor in 1974 and made Jerry Brown the winner of last February's Democratic caucuses...