Word: pres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good student, liked by everyone, especially the adults. Somehow the other kids did not want to short-sheet his bed for this. "They accepted from the start that George was going to be the best in whatever activity," his mother says. "Someone asked me, 'Wasn't it hard for Pres that his younger brother was able to do everything so well?' But George never boasted, so it was all part of the family performance." The category that Bush's parents monitored most closely at Greenwich Country Day School was "claims no more than his fair share of time and attention...
While the fathers were doing the nation's business, the sons were walking their own paths. George Bush was making his stake in the Texas oil patch. The tall, kindly Pres Bush passed on the stories of a life he relished when the grand men of the Senate's inner club held sway. His son could not resist Washington...
...late Christmas Eve, the tree is up and listing at something less than 15 degrees. Not perfect, but acceptable. The kids will sleep until dawn. Insufficient but unavoidable. The pres- ents are wrapped, all but that one saved for last. A favorite. One that should be freshly assembled and brightly functioning when the kids charge into the room in . . . can it be just five hours...
...break between the President and Enrile was at last complete. On Friday morning, during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new chapel on the outskirts of Manila, she went out of her way to thank him for the role he had played in the February revolt, but he was not pres-ent to receive the compliment. In a ceremony at the Defense Ministry four hours later, Enrile received the Philippine Legion of Honor, the nation's highest civilian award, which is customarily presented to the recipient by the President in person. On this occasion, however, Aquino was not on hand...
...legal and political terrain faced by Frost and her allies has changed considerably since the day Scopes went on trial, even in the pres-ent era of Reagan conservatism. For one thing, the state of Tennessee has switched sides. In 1925 the state prosecuted Scopes; today the Tennessee advocate general is backing the school board against Frost. For the most part, the local community has been unreceptive to the Fundamentalists' claims. No matter which way the monkey trial of the 1980s comes out, the case has already demonstrated that history never does quite repeat itself...