Word: patly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pat and Bernice Brown have always been somewhat awed by the single-minded zeal of then- only son. When the boy was in seventh grade and short for his age, he vigorously argued that he should be given hormone shots so that he would grow tall enough to dance with girls who had already sprouted. (The shots were denied him, but hi time he reached a height of 5' 10^".) Kathy, Jerry Brown's younger sister, watched sympathetically as her brother was raised in the penumbra of his father...
...Preparatory in 1955, but his mother wanted him to finish college first. Bernice Brown has had a considerable influence on her son. Thoughtful and self-contained, she had the drive to finish college by the age of 18. "Oh, he has my genes," she says with a smile. And Pat Brown readily admits: "Jerry's much more like his mother than...
...psychiatrist, but ended up majoring in Latin and Greek at the University of California in Berkeley. In 1964, he graduated from Yale Law School, and eventually joined the prestigious Los Angeles law firm of Tuttle & Taylor. But there were always some things about law that bothered him. Says Pat Brown: "He isn't comfortable with the fact that much of the law is based on adversary relationships rather than the search for truth...
...more like the state's Attorney General. He sued three oil companies for making illegal campaign contributions. Today Brown runs against Exxon nearly as vigorously as he does against Richard Nixon; he has accepted no contribution from a major oil company-not that many have been offered. Says Pat Brown proudly: "He had more guts than I did, taking on major oil companies. I just let 'em alone...
Even proud old Pat Brown, now 69, wonders about his son. "He's got the best brain that anybody ever had up there. Whether the best brain will make the best Governor remains to be seen...