Article: A LIFE OF THE PARTY; TERRY MCAULIFFE WRITES THE BOOK ON HOW A ROWDY KID FROM SYRACUSE BECAME A MAJOR POLITICAL PLAYER.(News)

Byline: Frederic Pierce Staff writer

The deal that allowed Bill and Hillary Clinton to buy the Westchester County home the first lady needed to run for the U.S. Senate was quietly struck on two Central New York golf courses while thousands of spectators looked on.

Syracuse native Terry McAuliffe agreed to lend $1.34 million to the first family and worked out the details while he and the president golfed at Bellevue and Lafayette country clubs during the Clintons' 1999 vacation, according to a new book.

"Nobody knew what was really going on, and we didn't want to leak it out," McAuliffe said in an interview about his memoir, "What a Party! My ...

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