FIRST IN HIS CLASS: A BIOGRAPHY OF BILL CLINTON, by David Maraniss; Simon & Schuster (502 pages, $25). (Originated from Knight-Ridder Nespapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: February 22, 1995| Author: Davies, Frank | Copyright information

When they met Bill Clinton, some found him ``a glad-handing politician;'' others discovered an engaging listener with a sharp mind. One who would become a close friend recalls that within 45 minutes, Clinton said he planned to be a governor and national leader.

The recent college graduates were the best and brightest of their class in 1968 _ first-year Rhodes scholars sailing for England and sizing each other up. Some of their first impressions, writes David Maraniss in ``Fi...

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