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会计学Warming-upActivityTwoBillsWhenBillClintonandBillGatesplayedgolfonMartha’sVineyardafewyearsago,theydidn’tclick.ThePresidentgaveGatesaheavydoseoftheClintontreatment,oozingcharmandseekingemotionalcommongroundinthefactthatbothhadrecentlylosttheirmothers.ClintonmusthavebeendisappointedbythecoolresponseofGates,whosawthesubjectasundulypersonal.Gates,forhispart,wasputoffthatClintondidn’tengagehimonhisfavoritetopic,technology.Whenthegolfingended,thetwomenwenttheirseparateways.Gatesdidn’ttakesidesintheClinton-Doleelectionacoupleofyearslater.ClintonlethisJusticeDepartmentpursueapotentiallydevastatingantitrustlawsuitagainstMicrosoft.It’snothardtoseewhythesetwolarger-than-lifefigures—oneistheworld’smostpowerfulman,theotheristherichest—didn’tbecomefastfriends:thetwoBillsareasdifferentasthetwoendsofthebaby-boomgenerationtheyrepresent.Clinton,whoenteredcollegein1964,isdrippingwithSixtiesvalues:aJohnF.Kennedy-stylebeliefinpublicserviceasacalling;anAge-of-Aquariusfocusonemotionalconnection;andacounterculturalstreakofsex,drugs,androck‘n’roll.Gates,whocameofageinthe1970s,hasaWatergate-yeardetachmentfrompolitics,amind-setmoreme-generationthan“love-in”,andapassionforthegreatrevolutionaryforceofhisowndecade:thepersonalcomputer.ButClintonandGatesareremarkablyalikeinotherways,particularlyintheirflaws.Bothhavealmostlimitlessdriveandself-absorptionandawillingnesstopushtherulestotheedge—orpassit—togetwhattheywant.Whencalledtoaccount,bothhavebeendismissiveofthelegalprocessandhavehadastrainedrelationshipwiththetruth.Thesequalitieshavelandedbothmeninsimilarbinds:Clintoniswaitingtohearifhewillberemovedfromoffice;GatesisfendingofftheJusticeDepartment’sefforttoreinin,orevencarveup,Microsoft.Theirflawswilltakecenterstagethisweek,asbothmenmountdefensesintheirrespectivetrials.Bothmenfoundtheircallingsearly.ClintonwaselectedasenatoratBoysNationat16.OnaWashingtonfieldtripthatyear,heshookhandswithPresidentKennedy—anironicmomentcapturedinaphoto.AfterYaleLawSchoolandaRhodesScholarship,Clinton,at32,beca
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