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14TheLate-BloomingGeorgeW.BushJr.

Thelate-blooming1Bushwasafailureat40.Buthechangedhislifeandisnow

thePresidentoftheUnitedStates.Hereshowhedidit.

大器晚成的小布什在40岁时还是一个失败者，但是他改变了他的生活，并

且现在是美国的总统。这里讲述他是如何做到的。

(绿色为编者话，因为注释，所为保留)

SinceGeorgeW.BushjoinedtheU.S.presidentialraceofficiallyinJune,1999,

hehasbeendrawinglargecrowdsandmediacoverage.Theworldcertainlyknows

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fromwhence.Bushsprangbiologically.FewcouldmissthefeaturesofGeorgeSr.

inthesonsface,andhispersonalityisfrequentlycomparedwithmotherBarbaras.

Butthetrajectory5ofhispoliticalcareerislessfamiliar.WhenGeorgeBushSr.last

ranforpresidentin1992,hiseldestsonhadyettoholdelectedoffice.Sevenyears

later,afteronlyfouryearsasGovernorofTexas,GeorgeW.istryingtobecomethe

firstsecond-generationAmericanpresidentinhistory.

ThestoryaboutBushbeganofficiallyin1973.Inthatyear,afterbeingrejected

bytheUniversityofTexasLawSchool,heappliedtoHarvardBusinessSchooland

wasaccepted.Mastersdegreeinhand,heheadedfor6abuddys7ranch8inTacsonand

stoppedtovisitfriendsinMidland.Therehemetoneoldpal9whowasgettingintooil.

“ItoccurredtomethatMidlandwastheplaceIneededtogo,”Bushsays.“There

wasexcitementintheair.”Hedecidedtobeanindependentoilman.Richfriendsof

hisfatherbacked10hisbusinessventures11.Theyalsobackedhimwhenhedecidedto

runforCongressin1977(afteronlytwoyearsintown).However,thedecisionof

Bushtoplungeintopoliticsviolated12abasicfamilytenet13:Firstmakeyourmark

andyourfortune,thenrunforoffice.Finally,Bushlost,47％to53％.Bushhad

alsosurprisedfriendsbycourtingandmarrying--injust3months--alibrariannamed

LauraWelch,whowasasreserved14andknowing15