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When Linda Bach, now 52, was 10, her father died of a heart attack, and she decided to become a doctor "to save other children from losing their father." But her ambition was thwarted when, despite her superb undergraduate record at Ohio State, where she was frequently the lone woman in her pre-med classes, she was turned down for medical school. It was 1969, and 90% of medical students were male. One physician on the O.S.U. medical-school admissions committee told her, "I'd hate to be your kid!" In fact, Bach turned out to be a wonderful mother...
Lame duck be damned - President Clinton wants to canter, if not gallop, through his last year in office. His swan song State of the Union address Thursday outlined a wide-ranging laundry list of new initiatives, from a modest tax break to big spending initiatives in health care and education, and pressed his Republican opponents on gun control and on a patients' bill of rights. "This is an ambitious agenda for a lame-duck presidency," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "But then his popularity is very high compared with, say, Ronald Reagan...
...dimmed. Wednesday night's debate doubleheader for the most part appeared to confirm existing trends: Bush maintains his overall lead, although he may well lose a few to McCain along the way; Gore is way out in front of Bradley who, if he can't win in the Granite State's traditional graveyard of anointed favorites, may be unlikely to catch up to Gore anywhere else...
...going to reel in the vice president's lead. Where Bush had done his best to look presidential and hold himself above the fray, Gore didn't have to. He'll get plenty of opportunity to look statesmanlike Thursday night behind President Clinton during the State of the Union address. The administration's record is the centerpiece of Gore's campaign, and that record has no finer salesman than President Clinton during his annual policy address. Gore simply has to show up and reap the dividend...
...Bush, too, might turn into a fine president, for he obviously has certain action virtues that transcend his inability to name obscure heads of state off the top of his head...