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When the Hilary term ended: Int. Rick Stearns, March 4, 1993, Dec. 12, 1993.

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Waiting to see them: The account of Clinton's trip to Spain is based on interviews with Lyda Holt, June 8, 1993; Rick Stearns, March 4, 1993; Peggy Freeman, June 4, 1993; and Jack Holt, Jr., June 4, 1993.

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Leopoulos was always hungering: Int. David Leopoulos, June 9, 1993.

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He attended special cram courses: Ints. Maurice Shock, March 24, 1993, and Alan Ryan, Dec. 14, 1993.

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“I didn't take any kind”: Int. Maurice Shock, March 24, 1993.

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“If you were an American”: Int. Edgar Williams, March 23, 1993.

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In the end: Ints. Strobe Talbott, June 2, 1993; Doug Eakeley, Dec. 19, 1993; and Paul Parish, Oct. 23, 1993.

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he drove to Springfield: Ints. Amy and Kit Ashby, June 19, 1993.

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One of the candidates: Ints. Joseph Duffey, Feb. 7, 1994, and Anne Wexler, May 11, 1993.

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They had worked together: Ints. Tony Podesta, May 5 and May 10, 1993, and Carl Wagner, June 28, 1993.

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“he had a baby face”. Int. Virginia Kelley, Jan. 13, 1992.

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Many from the Pursestrings contingent: Int. Tony Podesta, May 5, 1993.

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“Bill Clinton was an unusual choice”:
Ibid

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“Oh, my God!”: Int. Mickey Donenfeld, May 13, 1993.

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“one of the few Yalies”. Int. Irv Stolberg, May 12, 1993.

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“I was told the new guy”: Int. Chuca Meyer, May 12, 1993.

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“He'd come over”: Int. Mickey Donenfeld, May 13, 1993.

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Wexler realized: Int. Anne Wexler, May 11, 1993.

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“We had a lot of students”: Int. Joseph Duffey, Feb. 7, 1994.

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with his adaptability: Int. Anne Wexler, May 11, 1993.

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“could never bridge the gap”: Int. John Spotila, Jan. 12,1994.

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The irony here: Int. Joseph Duffey, Feb. 7, 1994. Also Eric Rennie,
From a Campaign Album
, 1973.

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“but we couldn't get”: Int. Larry Kudlow, May 13, 1993.

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When one critic: Rennie,
From a Campaign album
.

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The Duffey crew worked hard: Ints. Joseph Duffey, Feb. 7, 1994; Anne Wexler, May 11, 1993; Judi Gold, June 23, 1993; and Tony Podesta, May 10, 1993.

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“It is always tempting”: Rennie,
From a Campaign Album
.

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Once during the campaign: Int. Anne Wexler, May 11, 1993. 233 “Hi, I'm BillRogue Clinton”: Int. Nancy Bekavac, June 29, 1993.

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“as nonchalant about it”. Int. Bill Coleman, May 29, 1993.

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“He was very quick”: Int. Don Pogue, June 2, 1993.

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entered Yale law in 1968: Int. Steve Cohen, Feb. 3,1994.

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“In exams the concern”: Int. Robert Borosage, Jan. 10, 1994.

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“He never went to class”: Int. James Blair, July 15, 1993.

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He was “flabbergasted”: Int. Don Pogue, June 2, 1993.

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It is hardly surprising:
Ibid.

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In the law school corridor: Int. Robert Borosage, Jan. 10, 1994.

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Bands of students: Int. Don Pogue, June 2, 1993.

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Clinton moved easily: Int. Bill Coleman, May 29, 1993.

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“Oh, you poor bastard”: Int. Nancy Bekavac, June 29, 1993.

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“Politics… was a natural part”: Int. Bill Coleman, May 29, 1993.

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“If you scratched the surface”: Int. David Schulte, Jan. 27, 1994.

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“About the White House”: Letter to Cliff Jackson, Nov. 17, 1971.

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Clinton thrived on what politics: Int. Nancy Bekavac, June 29, 1993.

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His living quarters: The account of the Fort Trumbull beach house is based on interviews with Doug Eakeley, Dec. 19, 1993; Bill Coleman, May 29, 1993; Don Pogue, June 2, 1993; Nancy Bekavac, June 29, 1993; and Robert Reich, April 15, 1993.

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“New Haven is the vile crotch”:
American Oxonian
(Spring 1971). Also int. Robert Reich, Sept. 16, 1994.

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“Robert Reich is now less confident”:
Time
, May 17, 1971, “Class of 1968 Revisited.”

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The Rhodes Scholars had scattered:
American Oxonian
(Spring 1971 ).

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Aller went to Spain: Ints. Strobe Talbott, June 2, 1993, and Brooke Shearer, July 1, 1993. Also letter to Brooke Shearer, Nov. 3, 1971, and a richly textured article on Aller's final troubled years in
NYT Magazine
, Nov. 22, 1992, by Alessandra Stanley.

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Clinton went out to California: Ints. Brooke Shearer, July 1, 1993, and Derek Shearer, Jan. 5, 1994.

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“Bill, this is Hillary”: Int. Robert Reich, Sept. 16, 1994.

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Struggling to hold Clinton's: Int. Jeff Glekel, Sept. 21,1994.

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On their first outing:
ART news
(September 1994), p. 141.

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It took a little time: Int. Don Pogue, June 2, 1993.

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“He cared deeply”: Int. Hillary Clinton, Jan. 16, 1992, (Hillary Clinton declined inter-view requests for this book, but was interviewed by the author during the 1992 presidential campaign. )

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“They were funny together”: Int. Don Pogue, June 2, 1993.

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“Come off it, Bill!”: Int. Doug Eakeley, Dec. 19, 1993.

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Emerson kept private numerical grades:
The Nation
, Nov. 2, 1992, Andrew L. Shapiro.

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“Clinton had the charm”: Int. Steve Cohen, Feb. 3, 1994.

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“The story of what”: Int. Carolyn Ellis, Jan. 28, 1994.

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“mainstream, conscientious”: Int. Greg Craig, Jan. 27, 1994.

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She kept her hair long: Int. Carolyn Ellis, Jan. 28, 1994.

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Rodham served as a commentator: Ints. James Blumstein, June 22, 1993, and Jack Petranker, Feb. 7, 1994. (“Jamestown 70” inspired an article in
Playboy
, April 1972, headlined “Taking Over Vermont—get 225,000 counterculturalists to settle in the green mountain state and exercise their franchise—and you've begun a unique social experiment.”)

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“You couldn't get away with that”: Int. Rick Ricketts, June 22, 1993.

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Dorothy Rodham often told:
A First Lady
, p. 35.

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when one marriage disIntegrated: Int. Rick Ricketts, June 22, 1993.

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“conservative but not paranoid”: Int. Hillary ClInton, Jan. 16, 1992.

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“a much more Intellectual view”: Int. Sherry Heiden, March 16, 1993.

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“We'd get our
Weekly Reader
”. Int. Rick Ricketts, June 22, 1993.

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He considered himself a liberal realist: The account of Don Jones is based on Interviews with Don Jones, April 14, 1993 and May 17, 1993, and with Rick Ricketts, June 22, 1993, and Sherry Heiden, March 16, 1993.

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The most overt case for Hillary: R. E. Levin,
Inside Story
, p. 15; Rodham,
A First Lady
, p. 42. Also
NYT
, Feb. 18, 1994, Maureen Dowd.

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“let's-keep-it-clean”: Letter to Don Jones, May 17, 1964.

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Hugh Rodham did not spoil: Ints. Hillary ClInton, Jan. 16, 1992, and Rick Ricketts, June 22, 1993. Also
WP
, Jan. 11, 1993: “The Education of Hillary ClInton,” Martha Sherrill.

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Hillary kept up a running: Int. Rick Ricketts, June 22, 1993.

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“a clean slate”: Int. Geoffrey Shields, Feb. 23, 1994.

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“See how liberal I'm becoming”: Letter to Don Jones.

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“We saw everything”: Int. Betsy Johnson Ebeling, Sept. 27, 1994.

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“try out different personalities”: Letter to Don Jones. Int. Don Jones, May 17, 1993.

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“personally pretty conservative”: Int. Geoffrey Shields, Feb. 23, 1994.

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“You can't accomplish anything”:
Ibid.

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“started out thinking”: Int. Alan Schechter, Sept. 8, 1994.

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“someone can be a Burkean realist”: Int. Don Jones, May 17, 1993.

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reluctantly acquiesced:
A First Lady
, p. 79.

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Adams described her: Transcript of Adams's Introduction, Wellesley College files.

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“I find myself in a familiar position”: Transcript of “Remarks of Hillary D. Rodham, President of the Wellesley College Government Association and member of the Class of 1969, on the occasion of Wellesley's 91st Commencement, May 31, 1969.”

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“She said it had been hard”. Int. Geoffrey Shields, Feb. 23, 1994.

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21 Edgewood Avenue: Ints. Greg Craig, Jan. 27, 1994, and Carolyn Ellis, Jan. 28, 1994.

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“I am trying to at least”: Letter to Denise Hyland, Fall 1971.

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eating breakfast at the Blue Bell:
NYT Magazine
, Nov. 22, 1992.

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The call was from Brooke Shearer: Ints. Brooke Shearer, July 1, 1993, and Strobe Talbott june 2, 1993.

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They all had their own perspectives: Ints. Rick Stearns, March 4, 1993; John lsaacson, March 5, 1993; Brooke Shearer, July 1, 1993; Mike Shea, April 6, 1993; and Willie Fletcher, Nov. 23, 1993.

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“His politics are probably closer”: Letter to Cliff Jackson, Nov. 17, 1971.

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“As to the ‘disturbing undercurrents' ”: Letter to Cliff Jackson, December 1971.

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“the pluralist model”: Int. Greg Craig, Jan. 27, 1994.

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there was a Prize Trial: The account of Rodham and ClInton's performance at the Prize Trial is based on Interviews with Robert and Sarah Alsdorf, April 7, 1993; Mike Con-way, April 1, 1993; Elliot Brown, April 1, 1993; Mark Klugheit, April 1, 1993; and Nancy Bekavac, June 29, 1993.

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“You said you were sending”: Ints. Billie Carr, Dec. 15, 1992, Feb. 16, 1994.

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which was how Hart wanted it: Int. Gary Hart, March 1993.

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Despite the admonition: Ints. Robert Hauge, Dec. 8, 1992; Sissy Farenthold, February 24, 1993; and Billie Carr, Feb. 16, 1994.

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At a reunion of Duffey workers: Ints. Anne Wexler, May 11, 1993, and Tony Podesta, May 10, 1993.

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Stearns had sent ClInton: Ints. Rick Stearns, March 4, 1993; Steve Smith, July 15, 1993; Don O'Brien, Dec. 16, 1992; and Gary Hart, March 1993.

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Taylor Branch brought his own share: Ints. Taylor Branch, Jan. 11, 1992, Feb. 28, 1993, and Feb. 14, 1994.

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The McGovern headquarters: Ints. Joyce Sampson, Jan. 10, 1993; Lisa Hazel, Jan. 8, 1993; and Nancy Williams jan. 7, 1993.

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from a hippie commune: Int. Mark Blumenthal, Jan. 9, 1993.

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Branch took finances: Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.

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The Texans viewed the newcomers: Ints. Mark Blumenthal, Jan. 9, 1993; Lisa Rogers, Jan. 9, 1993; Carrin Patman, Jan. 5, 1993; and Anne McAfee, Dec. 19, 1992. 269 “good cop-bad cop routine”: Int. Billie Carr, Dec. 15, 1992.

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“Who's Linda Ronstadt”: Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.

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One of his first acts: McGovern archive at Seeley G. Mudd Manuscripts Center at Princeton University. In his return telegram, LBJ wrote: “Have just returned home from hospital. Thank you for your wire and your concern. Will be delighted to see you and senator Eagleton at any time convenient to you.”

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Clinton and Branch helped the national staff: Ints. Rick Stearns, March 4, 1993, and Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.

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sometimes with disdain: The LBJ Library file on McGovern campaign shows Johnson's annotations to a McGovern fundraising letter. One sentence in the letter begins: “In having stubbornly pursued an unpopular, unjust war in Vietnam for nearly ten years….” Johnson scrawled the words “yes” over “unpopular” and “no” over “unjust.”

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greatly disappoInted ClInton and Branch: Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 27, 1993.

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“a great man”:
Arkansas Democrat
, Sept. 27, 1977.

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One week before the meeting: LBJ Library. Statement was released Aug. 16, 1972. One paragraph in the statement read: “It is no secret that Senator McGovern and I have
widely differing opinions on many matters, especially foreign policy. Impelled by his conscience, Senator McGovern has not refrained from criticizing policies of mine with which he has disagreed. Neither shall I refrain from stating my disagreements with any positions of his if and when I believe, in my own conscience, that the public Interest, as I see it, demands such action.”

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The day after the announcement: Memo to LBJ from aide Joan Kennedy, LBJ Library.

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The boisterous crowd:
Austin American-Statesman
, Aug. 22, 1972: “McGovern Cheered by Huge Crowd,” p. 1.

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McGovern was startled: The account of the meeting with LBJ is drawn from an Interview with George McGovern, March 10, 1994.

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“a donnybrook of a family feud”:
Dallas Times Herald
, Aug. 27, 1972, Ernest Stromberger.

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to express their “ill feeling”:
Austin American-Statesman
, Aug. 23, 1972.

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It is clear from a series of letters: Letters from McGovern to Barrientos and Bullock are part of the McGovern Archive at Seeley G. Mudd Manuscripts Center, Princeton University.