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Article: Laura Bush becoming formidable fund-raiser, advocate for husband.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- March 27, 2004
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Byline: William Douglas
WASHINGTON _ Laura Bush hates "The Box."
She dislikes being boxed and packaged by others as a "traditional first lady" in the mold of Bess Truman and Mamie Eisenhower, presidential wives from the "Leave It to Beaver" 1950s. She's also curious about a historian's recent survey of first ladies that describes her as "average" and ranks her 20th.
"Do I aspire to be up there at the top of the list? Absolutely," Bush said in an interview with Knight Ridder in her office in the East Wing of the White House. "While you have this opportunity, while you have this forum, you want to be as constructive for your country as you ...