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Article: THE WILL TO WIN, STRONG CHARACTER ARE SON'S REWARD

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August 9, 1988
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All young Larry Blake had to do was blow off one school day and his father, middle-aged Larry Blake, wouldn't be so distraught. But the kid didn't, and the old man is, and life isn't all rainbows and cotton candy, either, but more like brown grass and dry mouth instead.

Most parents would trade their automatic TV channel changers for a kid who was where he was supposed to be on time every school day for 13 years. One may be easier on the old sacroiliac, but nothing calms the nerves like a dutiful child.

The elder Blake wasn't much older than the younger Blake is now when he became a parent. He was 20 when ...

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