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The first lady is also scheduled to tour the Slovakian border with Ukraine, becoming the latest high-profile Biden administration official to come close to the conflict zone.

By Katie Rogers

The home, in Midland, Texas, was part of a formative time in the shaping of the future president, historians said.

By Maria Cramer

In Her words

In choosing to continue teaching at a community college, Dr. Biden is breaking with precedent and modernizing the persistently anachronistic first lady role.

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta

A new biography of the former first lady also quotes a family insider confirming a long-lasting affair between former President George Bush and an aide.

By Peter Baker

George and Barbara Bush, John McCain, Aretha Franklin, Anthony Bourdain: Their obituaries were expected to be widely read, but that wasn’t the case with Zombie Boy’s.

By William McDonald

After days of ceremonial observances in the nation’s capital, hundreds filed into a Houston church Thursday morning to remember George H.W. Bush.

By Manny Fernandez

The Bushes were “woven into the fabric of the town,” one resident said. “To not have them here is a void.”

By Kate Taylor

Items from family, friends, college and the White House that influenced the 41st president.

By Amy Schoenfeld Walker and Bill Marsh

Failing health after sudden grief — especially the loss of a spouse — has been reported by medical researchers. But it seems to be statistically quite rare, experts said.

By Gina Kolata and Benedict Carey

Once the televised funeral for Barbara Bush was over, President Trump notified Americans that he’d been on the phone with Rambo.

By Katie Rogers

Mourners from across the country, including four ex-presidents, gathered in Texas for the funeral of the former first lady.

By Manny Fernandez

In his first interview following Barbara Bush’s death, George W. Bush, the 43rd president, remembered his mother’s personal warmth and biting wit.

By Peter Baker

On the Runway

The former first lady’s legacy and approach to her role was reflected in her signature style.

By Vanessa Friedman

Mrs. Bush was an iconic yet approachable first lady in Houston, whether chatting with neighbors while walking her dogs or reading to schoolchildren.

By Manny Fernandez

TimesVideo

Mrs. Bush didn’t shape policy, but she shepherded her family through decades of Republican campaigns, making it a mainstay of American politics.

By Robin Stein,Ben Laffin and Peter Baker

Many lawmakers from both parties publicly remembered Mrs. Bush, including her support for literacy programs.

By Maggie Astor

Mrs. Bush avoided controversial issues while in the White House and became known for her straight talk, lack of pretension and self-deprecating humor.

By Enid Nemy

Mrs. Bush was the wife of the 41st president, George Bush, and the mother of the 43rd, George W. Bush.

Mrs. Bush, 92, the popular wife and mother of presidents, “will instead focus on comfort care,” according to a statement.

By Peter Baker

Mr. Bush was in stable condition at Houston Methodist Hospital on Wednesday after doctors cleared his airway, his spokesman said. His wife, Barbara, was also admitted.

By Peter Baker

Housing prices in Barbados are slowly returning to 2008 levels, brokers say, and new luxury properties are coming to market.

By Marcelle Sussman Fischler

First Draft

“My mom said he can now have a martini.” — Jeb Bush on his father, former President George Bush, 91, who is slowly recovering from a broken vertebra after falling at his Maine home this summer.

By First Draft

First Draft

Family members got together in Kennebunkport, Me., for Barbara Bush’s 90th birthday.

By First Draft

First Draft

If you ever wondered what the patrician Bush family might have in common with Maine’s up-from-the-streets governor, Paul LePage, you can now see for yourself.

By Katharine Q. Seelye

HistorySource

These strong women all helped to modernize the role, but the 1994 imagery was still retro.

By Michael Beschloss

Mrs. Bush, 88, was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital on Monday for treatment of pneumonia and remained there Tuesday evening.

By Manny Fernandez

The Caucus

Barbara Bush said she does not want Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, to run for president in 2016, even though he is “by far the best-qualified man.”

By Sarah Wheaton

The Caucus

Another member of the Bush family lines up behind Mitt Romney.

By Ashley Parker

The former first lady is back on the campaign trail — this time for Mitt Romney — and once again, she’s not biting her famously sharp tongue.

By Ashley Parker

As president, George W. Bush backed a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage. Now one of his daughters, Barbara, has come out in favor of it.

By Michael Barbaro

The image of a mother handing her son a jar containing a fetus — a scene from George W. Bush’s youth — has stirred a debate about the psychological fallout of miscarriage.

By Benedict Carey

TBR

FAINT PRAISE: It's a reviewer's cliché to observe that an author, with his or her new book, ''leaps into the top rank'' of American novelists -- as if writers were bullfrogs jostling for space on a lily pad. But the print ads for Nell Freudenberger's new novel, ''The Dissident,'' contain a perplexing spin on that cliché. ''Freudenberger . . . leaps into the upper quartile of American novelists,'' the ad reads, quoting a review that ran in Salon. Upper quartile? Is that praise? Or a sneaky put-down? Even if you were in the upper quartile of, say, Brooklyn novelists, couldn't your ranking still be as low as No. 3,407? Freudenberger's elegant novel, which has received respectful but not ecstatic reviews, has not yet cracked the Times list (or the extended lists). In terms of critical attention, it's been crowded out by narratives from two other young novelists: Claire Messud's ''Emperor's Children'' (No. 8 this week) and Marisha Pessl's ''Special Topics in Calamity Physics'' (No. 21).

By Dwight Garner

TBR

Nell Freudenberger “leaps into the upper quartile of American novelists.” Also, the Web-savvy Barbara Bush.

By Dwight Garner

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 10-30-05: QUESTIONS FOR ARIEL DE GUZMAN

Q:The recipes in your new book, ''The Bush Family Cookbook,'' are surprisingly fattening. The Bush family recipe for mixed-vegetable casserole, for instance, combines frozen peas and green beans with three cups of mayonnaise and heavy cream. Isn't that unhealthful? Only if you eat the whole dish. This is for how many people?

By Deborah Solomon

STORM AND CRISIS: THE FORMER FIRST LADY

As President Bush battled criticism over the response to Hurricane Katrina, his mother declared it a success for evacuees who ''were underprivileged anyway,'' saying on Monday that many of the poor people she had seen while touring a Houston relocation site were faring better than before the storm hit. ''What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas,'' Barbara Bush said in an interview on Monday with the radio program ''Marketplace.'' ''Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality.''

Pres Bush enlists his mother, Barbara Bush, 79, in his campaign to overhaul Social Security, with former first lady, in cameo role as participant in 'conversation' on the issue, appearing with him on stage in Pensacola, Fla, to express her concern about program's solvency; photo (M)

By Elisabeth Bumiller

Oscar de la Renta will design Laura Bush's inaugural ball gown; Bush's changing sense of style discussed; designs for dresses for daughters Jenna and Barbara also noted; photos; drawings (M)

By Ruth La Ferla

THE 2004 CAMPAIGN: THE PRESIDENT

Aides say Pres Bush is confident of winning re-election and having great time in race's frantic, exhausting final stages; his playful optimism, whether calculated or genuine, has become part of his campaign's playbook as he hurtles toward Election Day in nail-biting position that no inumbent seeking second term has faced at least since 1948: polls that provide no clear evidence of whether he will be re-elected; in public, he betrays no strain; aides say he is aware that slightest crack in his confident facade could dampen turnout among his supporters and enthusiasm of hundreds of thousands of volunteers he is calling on to herd them to polls; people who spend time with him behind scenes say picture is same in private, but his closest family members, including his mother Barbara Bush, admit to extraordinary level of tension, suggesting that Bush may not be quite as carefree on inside as he tries to come across on outside; photos (M)

By Richard W. Stevenson

Article on rise of Pres George Bush's twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, to full-fledged political celebrity during Republican National Convention; politics, especially presidential, has become increasingly personal and a candidate's wife and children have become ultimate insiders; photos (M)

By Shaila K. Dewan

THE REPUBLICANS: THE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK -- THE STATEMENTS

Political Points column examines speech by Pres Bush's daughters Barbara and Jenna, which is generally poorly received; social conservative grande dame Phyllis Schlafly recalls platform fights at past conventions and comments on moderate speakers; Democrats decry keynote speaker Democrat Zell Miller as biggest flip-flopper of all, having recently touted Sen John Kerry's credentials but vilifing him in his convention speech; other vignettes from Republican Convention; drawings (M)

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and John Tierney

THE REPUBLICANS: THE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK -- FAMILY MATTERS

Republican convention serves as family reunion for about 90 Bush relatives; some longtime associates--James A Baker III, Richard Darman, Brent Scowcroft--had other commitments, and some key members of administration are not in attendance or have not been given speaking roles; photo (M)

By James Bennet

THE REPUBLICANS: THE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK -- THE FIRST DAUGHTERS

Pres Bush's daughters Jenna and Barbara spend some time in spotlight at convention, notably highly scripted as they introduce their mother Laura before her speech (M)

By Jodi Wilgoren

THE REPUBLICANS: THE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK -- THE OVERVIEW

Republican national convention, with perhaps three times the television audience that saw its sharp-edged opening speakers, returns to 'compassionate conservatism' theme with glowing testimonials to Pres Bush from his wife Laura, Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger, black officials Sec Rod Paige and Lt Gov Michael S Steele and Bush's half-Hispanic nephew George P Bush; photos; Laura Bush, introduced by twin daughters in 'goofily affectionate tribute,' says Bush went to war because US security depended on it and describes him wrestling with agonizing decisions; Schwarzenegger tells economic pessimists not to be 'girlie men'; Sen Elizabeth Dole bluntly defends party stance against same-sex marriage, abortion and secularism (M)

By Todd S. Purdum

THE REPUBLICANS: THE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK -- PINK ELEPHANTS

Vignettes from several parties around town for Republican delegates and politicians who arrived in New York over weekend before convention; Bush twins Jenna and Barbara turn heads at Roseland Ballroom (M)

By Glenn Collins

UNIFYING THE PARTY: THE CANDIDATE'S WIFE

Teresa Heinz Kerry disavows pumpkin spice cookie recipe that staff member submits to Family Circle magazine's presidential cookie bake-off; says she does not even like pumpkin spice cookies; recipe and Laura Bush's recipe for oatmeal-chocolate chunk cookies are published in July issue of magazine; in first bake-off, Hillary Rodham Clinton's cookies won over Barbara Bush's in 1992 (M)

By Marian Burros

CAMPAIGN 2004: THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTERS

Pres Bush's 22-year-old daughters Jenna and Barbara, who have insisted that media respect their privacy, make appearance in Vogue magazine, wearing Oscar de la Renta ballgowns and Harry Winston jewelry; photo; twins are also making first appearances on campaign trail; counter party image, Barbara saying she plans to work with AIDS children and Jenna planning to teach at charter school (S)

By Elisabeth Bumiller

THE 40TH PRESIDENT: PRESIDENTIAL RELATIONS

George H W Bush has been generous this week in his praise for Ronald Reagan, man who in essence made him -- and by extension, his eldest son -- president of United States; describes Reagan as 'wonderful, warm human being'; but over the past quarter-century, relationship between families has been strained for periods by political ambition, social resentment and lack of chemistry between two formidable first ladies; photo of Bushes and Reagans on Inauguration Day 15 years ago (L)

By Elisabeth Bumiller

John Tierney Political Points column asks whether Pres Bush's daughter Barbara snubbed Yale secret society Skull and Bones or society snubbed her; discusses former Democratic enemies joining to found National Progress Fund to woo Ralph Nader's supporters to party; notes Defense Sec Donald H Rumsfeld is reading Jean Edward Smith's biography Grant, and Pres Bush is re-reading The One Year Bible; drawings (M)

By John Tierney

Pres Bush will give commencement addresses at Air Force Academy, Louisiana State University and Concordia University; says he does not want to disrupt his daughters' graduations with presidential visit; in May, Barbara will graduate from Yale and Jenna from University of Texas (M)

By Elisabeth Bumiller

Political Points | 5.7 2:07 PM

Mother's Day is typically thought of as an occasion when children do something nice for their moms, but Barbara Bush is turning the tables.

By Carl Hulse

Polls show that women do not support Pres Bush in same numbers as men, but no other president has had women in such powerful positions in White House; they include national security adviser Condoleezza Rice and White House adviser Karen P Hughes; Bush supporters say his dependence on Rice and Hughes shows that he is comfortable with strong-willed women, like his mother Barbara Bush and his wife Laura Bush; photos (M)

By Elisabeth Bumiller

Pres Bush's mother Barbara Bush gives telephone interview about her new book Reflections, and about her son; says he is not 'far right nut'; thinks he is 'wonderful'; says he is not given deferential treatment when he visits her and his father, former Pres Bush; says he calls them frequently to see how they are (White House Letter); photo (M)

By Elisabeth Bumiller

BOOKS OF THE TIMES

Michiko Kakutani reviews book Reflections: Life After the White House by Barbara Bush; photo (M)

By Michiko Kakutani

BLACKBOARD: SCHOOL CHOICE

Article notes where children of several public figures are going to college and where they went to secondary school; includes Barbara and Jenna Bush, daughters of Pres Bush, who are seniors at Yale and University of Texas, respectively; photos (special section, Education Life) (M)

By Fran Schumer

WAR COVERAGE

Richard France letter, in response to Frank Rich article, criticizes Barbara Bush's choice not to watch TV coverage of Iraq war (S)

LONG ISLAND JOURNAL

Long Island Journal column: Long Island Panthers, 70-member competitive cheerleading team formed by longtime cheerleader, coach and choreographer Nicole Gabrinowitz, is headed for national competition in Myrtle Beach, SC; Barbara and George H Bush deliver keynote speeches at Long Island Assn's annual meeting and luncheon at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury; photo (M)

By Marcelle S. Fischler

Campaigning reaches fever pitch in Louisiana as latest polls show Republican Suzanne Haik Terrell is slightly ahead in runoff election against first-term Democratic US Sen Mary Landrieu; Pres George Bush campaigns on behalf of Terrell as Vice Pres Dick Cheney, Barbara Bush, Rudolph Giuliani and other Republicans record messages that are speed-dialed to voters around state; photos (M)

By Katharine Q. Seelye

THREATS AND RESPONSES: DIPLOMACY

Saudi Amb Prince Bandar bin Sultan and wife Princess Haifa al-Faisal say they are loyal partners in Bush administration's fight against terrorism and are pained that her gifts to ailing Jordanian wife of Saudi man have strained United States-Saudi ties by ending up in hands of two of Sept 11 hijackers, interview; Princess Haifa says she never met Majeda Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Osama Bassnan, but sent money for her surgery and monthly support payments after her aides confirmed woman's claim that she had six children; says she makes many charitable contributions to needy Saudis; State Sec Colin L Powell warns against rupturing ties in desire to protect ourselves; his wife, Alma, and Barbara Bush, Pres Bush's mother, call Princess Haifa to express support; Prince Bandar says they did not knowingly aid Nawaq Alhazmi and Khalid al-Midhar, who were on American and Saudi 'watch lists' before they helped hijack and crash plane into Pentagon; holds Saudi Arabia covertly aids in capture of Al Qaeda leaders (M)

By Patrick E. Tyler

Article on fashion designer Lela Rose, who comments on her spring collection, which will be shown at party at Taffin, and Barbara Bush, Pres Bush's daughter, who is working as summer intern; photos (M)

By Ruth La Ferla

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

Cathy Horyn reviews fashions by young designer Zac Posen; photos; comments on sitting next to Pres Bush's daughter, Barbara, at show (M)

By Cathy Horyn

AFTER THE ATTACKS: THE STRATEGY

In 1991, former Pres George Bush, Dick Cheny and Colin Powell faced foreign aggression; their challenge was to marshal skeptical public, divided Congress and reluctant alliance to fight Persian Gulf war against Iraq--known foe on clear turf; now Pres George W Bush, again aided by Dick Cheney and Colin L Powell, who are indelibly shaped by that experience decade ago, confront almost opposite task; they face an aroused public and international alliance that is eager to help; but they must finds ways to buy enough time and patience to conduct new kind of long, 21st-century twilight struggle against shadowy enemy--or many enemies--in unknown corners around world; photo of Pres Bush, former Pres Bush, Barbara Bush and former Pres Clinton at prayer service in Washginton (M)

By Todd Purdum

Breathless press attention to alcohol abuse charges against Jenna and Barbara Bush noted; photo (S)

By Frank Bruni

White House beseeches reporters to give Bush family privacy following report that Pres Bush's 19-year-old twin daughters have been charged with violating Texas liquor laws; daughters, Barbara and Jenna, receive misdemeanor citations; Barbara is charged for underage possession of alcohol and Jenna with using false identification to try to buy alcohol; matter throws White House and press corps into turmoil, each trying to define what is and what is not appropriate for public examination; Ari Fleischer, White House press secretary, says family's conversations or emotions about matter are off limits to press; twins will visit with their parents at Camp David this weekend (M)

By Frank Bruni

Austin police and Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission investigate report that Pres Bush's twin 19-year-old daughters, Jenna and Barbara, tried to buy alcohol illegally at popular Mexican restaurant on May 29; Austin police spokeswoman says Jenna Bush allegedly used valid ID that belonged to someone else; says Barbara's role is unclear; incident comes two weeks after Jenna Bush pleaded no contest to being minor in possession of alcohol; White House refuses to discuss incident (M)

Pres Bush and wife Laura celebrate Easter at outdoor sunrise service on grounds of Canaan Baptist Church near their ranch in Crawford, Tex; former Pres and Mrs George Bush join them at service, as do other members of Bush family; photo (M)

By Katharine Q. Seelye

THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE FLORIDA RACE

Gov George W Bush's parents, Barbara Bush and former Pres George Bush, and his brother, Gov Jeb Bush, speak at Bush campaign rally, Orlando, Fla; photo (M)

By David E. Rosenbaum

THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE FAMILIES

Former first lady, Barbara Bush, campaigns for her son, Gov George W Bush, in Lansing, Mich, one of several stops on bus trip across southern Michigan; she says she will manage two to three days a week on trail from now to Election Day; Bush campaign officials say former Pres Bush will also start popping up at campaign stops; photo (M)

By Frank Bruni

THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE TEXAS GOVERNOR

Former Pres George Bush and his wife, Barbara, express confidence that their son, Gov George W Bush, will be elected president; say American voters crave change, just as it did after eight years of Pres Reagan and four of Pres Bush; believe that notion of 'Clinton fatigue' is real and that their son's frequent pledge to restore honor and integrity to Oval Office is one that will resonate with voters who feel that those virtues have been compromised by Pres Clinton; photos (M)

By Frank Bruni

Excerpts from interview with former Pres George Bush and his wife, Barbara

Former Pres George Bush has outwardly maintained a cautious distance from Gov George W Bush's presidential campaign, seldom making joint appearances with his son and rarely commenting on election, but behind the scenes he is anything but remote; former president is in regular contact with Gov Bush's senior campaign staff, including chief strategist Karl Rove; Mr Bush says, in written response to an interview request, that he and his son talk often and that he gives advice when asked for it; in recent interviews with nearly a dozen of the two men's associates, no one comes even close to suggesting that the elder Bush is trying to mold his son's candidacy; Gov Bush is currently on weeklong visit to family compound in Kennebunkport, Me, that includes celebration of Barbara Bush's 75th birthday; photos (M)

By Frank Bruni

Barbara Bush's statement in December 1999 that Republican Party should remove anti-abortion plank from party platform will be used in radio ad being prepared by Republicans for Choice; ad urges Gov George W Bush to 'listen to your mama'; photo (S)

By B. Drummond Ayres Jr.

THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE FAMILY

Gov George W Bush's 18-year-old twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna, have so far been spared public spotlight; Bush family has been remarkably successful at preserving girls' privacy; photo (M)

By Frank Bruni

THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE FAMILY TIES

Interview with former president George Bush, who rejects efforts to characterize Bush family as political dynasty; he is campaigning in New Hampshire with wife and other family members on behalf of son, Gov George W Bush, Republican presidential frontrunner who also disclaims dynastic credentials; photo (M)

By R. W. Apple Jr.

THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE OVERVIEW

Bill Bradley, campaigning in New Hampshire, attacks Vice Pres Al Gore's credentials as defender of abortion rights; Gore insists he backs woman's right to chose; presidential campaigns pull out all stops on weekend before NH primary; Sen John McCain seeks to raise doubts about Gov George W Bush's ability to defeat Democrat in general election; ex-Pres George Bush and wife, Barbara, campaign for son; photos (M)

By Richard L. Berke With Katharine Q. Seelye

THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE FRONT-RUNNERS

Sen John McCain, campaigning in New Hampshire, attacks Gov George W Bush, suggesting he is not ready for presidency and would not be strong competitor against Vice Pres Al Gore; Bush brings out his parents to campaign for him in tight race (M)9

By Alison Mitchell With Frank Bruni

THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE FAMILY CONNECTION

Barbara Bush campaigns for her son, Gov George W Bush, in New Hampshire (S)

Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan, names five new suites for living former First Ladies; Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush were each consulted on decor (S)

CHRONICLE

Barbara Bush, wife of former Pres George Bush, is expected to be on hand in Columbia, SC, on Oct 29 when new science building named for her is to be dedicated on campus of Columbia College, a women's school; Robert and Janice McNair, who gave $3 million toward construction of building, asked that it be named to honor Mrs Bush (Chronicle column) (S)

By Lawrence Van Gelder

Delegates to Presidents' Summit for America's Future gather for final session at Independence Mall in Philadelphia, where Gen Colin L Powell and Hillary Rodham Clinton urge them to fulfill promises made during last three days to help troubled children around country; photo of Hillary Rodham Clinton with George and Barbara Bush at closing ceremonies (M)

By Michael Janofsky

THE NIGHT

Comment on annual awards gala of Council of Fashion Designers of America, held at New York State Theater at Lincoln Center; Barbara Bush presents lifetime achievement award to Arnold Scaasi; Sharon Stone presents Kenneth Cole with humanitarian award for AIDS aids; photo; other winners include Donna Karan, Daryl Kerrigan and Amy M Spindler of The New York Times for fashion journalism (M)

By Trip Gabriel

Influencing People At the Box Office

Report on booming circuit in motivational speaking, long a cornerstone of American business life; such events used to be mostly quiet and uplifting evenings with Dale Carnegie and Normal Vincent Peale; but now these seminars aimed at rousing sales representatives, entrepreneurs and execs to higher levels of business performance are fast becoming blockbuster events--complete with superstar speakers--that rival a good-sized trade show or business convention; hottest motivational mogul right now is Peter Lowe, 36-year-old Canadian missionary's son whose upstart company, Peter Lowe International, has virtually every major speaking star on its marquee; some of those who have appeared at Lowe's motivational events are Jack Kemp, Mario Cuomo, Barbara Bush, James A Baker, Willard Scott, Les Brown and William J Bratton; photos (M)

By David J. Morrow

Former President GEORGE BUSH and his wife, BARBARA, are appearing a television advertisem*nt for the Houston Astros. In a campaign that goes on the air on Monday, the former first couple recall Mr. Bush's days as a first baseman at Yale. Mrs. Bush reminisces about being a scorekeeper for the team. It's one of three spots featuring famous Houstonians as part of the Astros' efforts to sell 10,000 season tickets.

By Felicia R. Lee

Read the inscription: BARBARA BUSH is a free spirit. Mrs. Bush, the former First Lady who is known for her no-nonsense ways, was awarded the Freedom Forum's Free Spirit Award at a luncheon on Tuesday in the organization's headquarters in Arlington, Va., The Associated Press reported. The Freedom Forum, a journalism group, promotes freedom of press and speech, and the award is for Mrs. Bush's work on literacy.

By Nadine Brozan

Read the inscription: BARBARA BUSH is a free spirit. Mrs. Bush, the former First Lady who is known for her no-nonsense ways, was awarded the Freedom Forum's Free Spirit Award at a luncheon on Tuesday in the organization's headquarters in Arlington, Va., The Associated Press reported. The Freedom Forum, a journalism group, promotes freedom of press and speech, and the award is for Mrs. Bush's work on literacy.

By Nadine Brozan

Former President George Bush was speaking at the Tokyo Dome tonight, but that is not who 60-year-old Chieko Haneda was coming to see. "The true mother will be attending," she said excitedly. The true mother is Hak Ja Han Moon, wife of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church. Tonight, Mr. Bush and his wife, Barbara, were the warm-up speakers for Unification Church followers who had come mainly to hear Mrs. Moon extol the virtues of her husband and his religion.

By Andrew Pollack

GEORGE BUSH and his wife, BARBARA, will travel to Japan in mid-September to address the Women's Federation for World Peace. The federation was founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church, and his wife, Hak Ja Han Moon. According to The Washington Times, the conservative daily newspaper started by Mr. Moon, the federation "is dedicated to broadening the understanding of cultures as a means of promoting world peace."

By Nadine Brozan

THE 1994 CAMPAIGN: FLORIDA

There were 500 people for lunch at $500 a head. There were centerpieces in red, white and blue and a "Jeb for Governor" banner over the head table. But the big draw for the Republican faithful here at the tony Design Center of the Americas and elsewhere across the state in the last two days was less Jeb Bush, the party's candidate for governor, than Jeb Bush's parents, former President George Bush and his wife, Barbara.

By Karen de Witt

THE 1994 CAMPAIGN: CONNECTICUT

The Bush family, as in George Herbert Walker, the former President, and his brother Prescott Jr., both of the Greenwich Bushes, have parted company in deciding who should be the next governor of Connecticut. President Bush, who grew up partly in Greenwich and whose father, Prescott Sr., was a United States Senator here, has endorsed the Republican candidate, John G. Rowland. Prescott Bush Jr., who still lives in Greenwich, has endorsed Eunice S. Groark of A Connecticut Party, founded perhaps not coincidentally by Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., also of Greenwich.

By Dirk Johnson

THE 1994 CAMPAIGN: IN TEXAS

Gov. Ann W. Richards still has her rock-star appeal. She was mobbed after speaking to a conference of Methodist clergymen here in East Texas the other day, and one minister pushed his way through to plead for an autograph on his T-shirt, a Texas curio that depicts Ms. Richards in a white fringe-leather motorcycle suit, astride a Harley-Davidson emblazoned with the words "White Hot Mama." That Ms. Richards retains all of her charm was abundantly evident a few hours later at a rally in Pittsburg, another little East Texas town, where she clutched 82-year-old D. H. Abernathy, the town's Mayor for the last 41 years. "I just love Mayor Abernathy," she said, stretching out "love" to five syllables or so and adding a wink. "You know, we've had this little thing." The crowd roared, the Mayor beamed.

By Sam Howe Verhovek

IN her newly published memoir, Barbara Bush reveals that in the mid-1970's she was overcome by depression so severe that she feared she might purposely end her life by crashing her car. The former First Lady attributed her emotional distress to the hormonal changes of menopause compounded by the stress of her husband's job as Director of Central Intelligence. By linking her depression to menopause, Mrs. Bush perpetuates a centuries-old belief that the hormonal swings that accompany this life stage can touch off what had long been called involutional (a term referring to the body's changes at menopause) melancholia.

By Jane E. Brody

IDEAS & TRENDS

BIOGRAPHERS claim Jack Kennedy was obsessed with sex, Lyndon Johnson was intoxicated by power and Richard Nixon craved adulation. Now comes a new political kiss-and-tell that lays bare the real George Herbert Walker Bush: a man who gave away overcoats to old ladies, doted on the wild ducks in the White House pond and was utterly devoted to his pet springer spaniel Ranger. The book is "Barbara Bush: A Memoir," by Mr. Bush's wife, and if it does not rewrite history, it does seem to belie one adage: that anyone crazy enough to seek the Presidency has to be a little cuckoo himself. The Bushes come across as reasonably human -- perfectly normal millionaire lifelong national political figures. Mrs. Bush's account is not meant as a treatise on world affairs, and no one will mistake it for one, though it may well be confused at times with a back issue of Town and Country. The Kohls, Majors and Mitterrands make frequent cameo appearances, but mostly at Bush clambakes in Kennebunkport, in windbreakers and deck shoes, rather than at high-level summits. World affairs are for "the men," Mrs. Bush says, and she leaves it at that. Just Folks, Really More important are first-person accounts of the blisters on Raisa Gorbachev's feet and the unending stream of celebrity visitors to the various Bush homes: Andre Agassi, Arnold Palmer, Bon Jovi and on and on. In Mrs. Bush's world, virtually everyone is dear, great, a favorite or a lifelong friend. The book's few sharp words are pointed solely at those interests -- Democrats, right-wing Republicans, the press -- who would hurt the President she loves.

By Michael Wines

Bending, if not quite breaking the silence on political issues that she kept in 30 years of public life, Barbara Bush says in a new autobiography that she disagrees with her husband's stances on abortion and gun control, thinks Patrick J. Buchanan's "America-first" speech at the 1992 Republican convention sent a racist message and believed that Bill Clinton "did not have a chance" to defeat George Bush in the last Presidential election. In an otherwise rosy depiction of life as the helpmate of a rising politician, Mrs. Bush also states, almost as an aside, that she was so deeply depressed in the mid-1970's that she sometimes stopped her car on highway shoulders for fear that she might deliberately crash the vehicle into a tree or an oncoming auto.

By Michael Wines

They may be out of the limelight, but former presidents and their families still slip into the news. GEORGE and BARBARA BUSH, for example, spend most of their time in retirement being, as Mr. Bush puts it, "little points of light," doing civic work in Houston. But last week, they barnstormed in Florida for three days for their son JEB BUSH, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor.

By Nadine Brozan

The White House refused today to allow the head of the office that runs the Executive Mansion to testify before a Congressional subcommittee whose Republican members had hoped to ask about the abrupt dismissal of a member of his staff. A White House lawyer contended that the official, Gary Walters, the chief White House usher, had no obligation to appear before Congress because he was a member of President Clinton's personal staff. But some Republicans on Capitol Hill suggested that the White House may have been motivated by a desire to prevent Congressional scrutiny of the unusual dismissal.

By Douglas Jehl

As Barbara Bush has told it, "George is the best little dishwasher in Texas." George Bush recounts it differently: "Barbara makes the bed. I make the coffee. And Millie does the dishes." But however they divide domestic chores these days, the former President and First Lady insist that they and their famous dog are home in Houston to stay. And nearly one year after an involuntary departure from the White House, they insist that they are utterly content to be here in their new red-brick house on West Oak Drive South.

By Sam Howe Verhovek

BARBARA BUSH, the former First Lady, who spent 25 years in Washington, says there's not much she misses about the nation's capital. "My children, my friends," she told The Associated Press Saturday night.

By Lena Williams

EGOS & IDS

Nearly three weeks after the "Hair Force One" brouhaha that beseiged President Clinton, Barbara Bush also retained the services of a high-priced hairdresser. On June 8, the former First Lady celebrated her 68th birthday at the Upper East Side home of Robert and Georgette Mosbacher. Before the party, Mrs. Bush had her hair done at the Mosbacher home by a stylist from the Coppola salon on Madison Avenue. While the salon wouldn't comment on what it cost Mrs. Bush, it generally charges $200 for at-home visits.

By Degen Pener

A greeting in pink chalk appeared today on the daily menu board next to the "Help Wanted" sign at the Old Salt's Pantry on Dock Square, "Welcome Home, Mr. and Mrs. Bush." A couple of blocks away 900 townspeople assembled on the Village Green to cheer the return of this seaside community's most famous summer residents.

EGOS & IDS

Anna Perez, who was Barbara Bush's press secretary, spent Tuesday, her last full day on the job, working a decidedly different beat. Ms. Perez helped handle publicity for one of the many parties last week celebrating the inauguration of President Clinton. "I certainly didn't celebrate the election, but an inauguration is something that all of us should be celebrating," Ms. Perez said at the party, a luncheon that was given by Elle magazine in honor of the poet Maya Angelou. The hosts were Johnnetta B. Cole, the president of Spelman College in Atlanta, and Peggy Cooper Cafritz, the founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington.

By Degen Pener

THE INAUGURATION: THE BOOMERS' BALL

IT'S not just the country that must adjust to the idea of a President Clinton. Bill Clinton himself is still feeling the shock. Shortly after the new President took his seat in the reviewing stand at the Inaugural Parade yesterday, a uniformed military officer walked over and saluted him. Mr. Clinton froze before he realized that his new status as Commander in Chief required him to salute back.

By Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich