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1、ATaleofTwoBills------ByADAMCOHENWhenBillClintonandBillGatesplayedgolfonMartha'sVineyardafewyearsago,theydidn'tclick.ThePresidentgaveGatesaheavydoseoftheClintonTreatment,oozingcharmandseekingemotionalcommongroundinthefactthatbothhadrecentlylosttheirmothers.Clintonmusthavebeendisappoint
2、edbythecoolresponseofGates,whosawthesubjectasundulypersonal.Gates,forhispart,wasputoffthatClintondidn'tengagehimonhisfavoritetopic,technology.Whenthegolfingended,thetwomenwenttheirseparateways.Gatesdidn'ttakesidesintheClinton-Doleelectionacoupleofyearslater.ClintonlethisJusticeDepartm
3、entpursueapotentiallydevastatingantitrustlawsuitagainstMicrosoft.It'snothardtoseewhythesetwolarger-than-lifefigures--onetheworld'smostpowerfulman,onetherichest--didn'tbecomefastfriends.ThetwoBillsareasdifferentasthetwoendsofthebaby-boomgenerationtheyrepresent.Clinton,whoenteredcollege
4、in1964,isdrippingwithSixtiesvalues:aJohnF.Kennedy-stylebeliefinpublicserviceasacalling;anAge-of-Aquariusfocusonemotionalconnection;andacounterculturalstreakofsex,drugs,androck'n'roll.Gates,whocameofageinthe1970s,hasaWatergate-eradetachmentfrompolitics,amind-setmore"me-generation"than"
5、love-in,"andapassionforthegreatrevolutionaryforceofhisowndecade:thepersonalcomputer.ButClintonandGatesareremarkablyalikeinotherways,particularlyintheirflaws.Bothhavealmostlimitlessdriveandself-absorption,andawillingnesstopushtherulestotheedge--orpastit--togetwhattheywant.Whencalledtoa
6、ccount,bothhavebeendismissiveofthelegalprocessandhavehadastrainedrelationshipwiththetruth.Thesequalitieshavelandedbothmeninsimilarbinds:Clintoniswaitingtohearifhewillberemovedfromoffice,GatesisfendingofftheJusticeDepartment'sefforttoreinin,orevencarveup,Microsoft.Theirflawswilltakecen
7、terstagethisweek,asbothmenmountdefensesintheirrespectivetrials.pg.5ThetwoBillsbeganlifeworldsapart.Clinton'schildhoodinsmall-town,1940sArkansaswasshapedbyamotherwhoworkedasanurseandplayedattheracetrack,andanalcoholicstepfather.Gates,bycontrast,wasbornintotheSeattleuppercrust,hisfather
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