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Article: George W. and redeeming the baby boomers.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- August 7, 2000
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PHILADELPHIA _ They share a unique cultural heritage, George W. Bush, Al Gore Jr. and Bill Clinton, the third man in. They no doubt can sing the theme for the Mickey Mouse Club and probably yearned for Annette long before Frankie Avalon did. They understand all the lyrics to ``American Pie'' and remember the first time that black-and-white images on televisions gave way to muddy colors. And as they reached their teen years, emulating the Beatles, they let their hair grow longer than their parents liked.
They are baby boomers, charter members of what is now _ and will be for decades _ the largest generation of Americans, some 76 million strong, a plurality of the ...