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...sake of freedom, George Bush will boogie. The President doesn't like to dance. When the duties of his office absolutely require it, he grimaces, twirls Laura a few times and then hotfoots it off the parquet. But when he landed at the Tiblisi Georgia airport Monday, the President greeted the array of performers waiting for him with a sustained wiggle. The President's first ever act of rhythmic whimsy only hints at his enthusiasm for the power of the Georgian example...
...child. Still, when he attends boxing matches, Kerkorian sits up in the cheap seats, not at ringside. "He wants to be in the background," says Molasky. For a guy who may be about to rumble with General Motors, that may be his toughest act yet. --With reporting by Laura A. Locke/ San Francisco and Jeffrey Ressner/Los Angeles
...Laura has her causes, from discouraging kids from joining gangs to promoting literacy. They didn't garner a lot of attention when the President's agenda was working, but they could matter more if his policies continue to sputter. She and all the living First Ladies will donate red dresses this week to raise money to promote her campaign to combat heart disease. She will travel to Jordan later this month to deliver a speech on democracy at the World Economic Forum. And in a gambit previewed by Barbara Bush more than 15 years ago, the President's team will...
...Laura has been saving Bush for decades. She persuaded him to stop drinking on his 40th birthday. He converted to her Methodism, giving him the religious faith that has guided his remarkable trajectory. At the moment she has no plans to campaign for his signature, second-term Social Security proposal, but a senior White House official says, "We're not ruling anything...
Like her mother-in-law, Laura is a shrewd defender of the President's agenda. She stepped up to support his strict position against federal funding for research on new embryonic stem cells, and she created a stir last year when she told TIME that she approved of the Swift Boat ads against John Kerry. (She noted that the Democrats deserved them for not opposing independent 527 groups.) Even after the correspondents' dinner, the First Lady waxed serious, testifying to what a joy her husband is. All that remained was for Bush to provide the final touch, noting...