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...stand as the Washington-based outsider against the Austin-based insider. In a two-person primary race, McCain hopes his personal story will implicitly carry a critique of Bush's. At the age of 40, Bush was still finding himself in Midland, Texas; McCain had already served as a naval aviator in the Vietnam War and endured 5 1/2 years of hell as a prisoner of war. And while Bush has used his father's name and connections to get ahead in business and politics, McCain turned down paternal protection when it mattered most. As the son of the commander...
...night after a grand party, at which both husband and wife indulge in potentially dangerous flirtations, she taunts him about his relationships with his female patients and insists on burdening him with a tale of an encounter she had at a seaside resort, where she and a young naval officer eyed each other erotically. Nothing more than that happened, but she tells her husband, in language that is almost identical in novel and screenplay, "Had he called me--I thought--I could not have resisted him...and at the same time you were dearer to me than ever...
...reasons to think twice about getting a body part pierced--not least of which is pain. But folks with congenital heart disease have an extra worry: for them, piercing raises the risk of developing a heart-valve infection. If you have congenital heart disease and can't resist a naval ring, be sure to ask for preventive antibiotics...
Bush chose Harvard over other schools such as the Georgia Tech, The Naval Academy, Dartmouth and Brown because "it is Harvard" and because he likes Boston and has relatives in the area. He says his high school generally does not send students to Harvard...
...Rosen's career stayed on track though. He taught at the Naval War College until 1990, when he returned to Harvard and applied for a job as an associate professor...