r a heavier burden than she could carry, but sometimes she wished He didn’t have so much confidence in her. Al’s mother, Pauline, was equally impressive. She said that even great leaders sometimes commit grievous sins; that King David had done something f On August 31, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 512 points, following a drop of 357 just four days earlier; all the gains of 1998 were wiped out.
The White House was a magnet for more than ambitious politicians. Early in August, I met with ten Indian tribal leaders in Washington to announce a comprehensive effort to increase educational, health care, and economic opportunities for Native Americans. And Al, Tipper, Hillary, and I had gotten to know one another in a way that would have been impossible without those long hours on the bus. They were even rewarded for problems they had created; they had killed health care, campaign finance reform, and lobbying reform with Senate filibusters.
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