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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine Bush s style open and unpredictable by Maureen Dowd new York times Eorge Bush mrs buttered Pup can Dan. Quayle ordered  with extra by Loci Barbara gym Lood 31 Iho  Sian re in Iho movie lobby and Isle Chi straws in Iwai Sirje Coll Dinka As the president Clell grm Rcd Anc munched on handfuls of Popcorn. Marilyn Ouay e Lold him Aboul the Niimd her younger son spilled Popcorn All Over its tap White watching the dim  a typical relaxed saturday night at she movies Willi a coup to of Washington bureaucrats and their families no exactly. The secret ski vice. Allie All had been checking he crocks in Ilia theater Wall and Loo log around in Iho Rais Nelles and july fruits and there were Metal defectors set up near Iho . But the scene last weekend at the. Cinc plex Odeon theater Complex in a residential area of Northwest Washington where the Bushes and of Yalcs attended a premiere of the comedy my  is an alien alongside less enal led moviegoers catching Iho evening show of tequila. Sunrise was a Nigmy unusual one that round augur a strikingly Diller enl presidential style in Ino Bush administration. Although everyone Gires thai Bush will be More restricted when to ascends to the most August Soltico in the land next Rte Only. He has made it Clear irial he intends to maintain his unpredictable and. Casual style As much As possible. Indeed Bush aides said the presidential secret service detail has already been put on notice that Bush will hav a manner quite dil lorent from president twi an s. And thai they will have to adapt he recognizes Hal there will to some constraints said a Bush aide. But he also thinks Hal All Hal Skull s overdone and he gift fight it for the last eight years. Honald. Reagan has been a format and Distant presence in the nation s capital. When he is not entertaining world leaders at the White House or attending a Logan private dinner parties the president can be. Found in the residential quarters with his Wie Nancy dining quietly or catching a Ieie vision program or an old Movita. Although washingtonians Are accustomed of the  motorcade passing they Are not accustomed to seeing the reagans out and about town. Now comes George Bush who relishes. Spontaneity. With Energy and spirits More reminiscent of the Andover student Fie once was than a 64-year-olb head of. Stale. Bush loves to gel out. Run around pop up and drop by. the president elect loves meeting new people and socializing with old friends. He likes to bound Oil during the Day for jogging or Tennis go out at night to. Mexican chinese thai and italian. Restaurants in the City and suburbs arid Stop by clothing hardware and sporting vice president Bush leads a Salute to president Reagan at the Kennedy Center in Washington . With him Tram hit Roddy Mcdowell Hal hotter ask Kathleen Turner honors co producer George Stevens jr., John Denver and Cicely Tyson. The Day Bush announced Brent. Scowcroft As his Choice to head the Csc he even kept the decision secret irom Hia own press Secretary. Shops on weekends to Cheek out the merchandise. As vice i Osidell he could regularly be seen around town browsing in the. Soars Power look Section poking around the meat refrigerator of the Georgetown Safeway or trying on conservative lies a Arthur Adler men s shop. Lei it to remembered thai when Mikhail Gorbachev decided to suddenly hop out of the limousine Al a downtown Comer during his visit to Washington last december sending the Kab and secret service into a panic and his motorcade slamming into reverse there was someone in the Back seat egging him on. George Busti. ,. The a Elul weds spoken by Bush that preceded the soviet Leader s Slop went something like gosh would t it be great if you could just Slop and meet. Some olt hese Normal folks ?." ,. Bush likes to pick up Iho phone himself and arrange things in icing Jesse Jackson on a tuesday to come to lunch on wednesday calling his Friend and adviser Pete Teeley on a saturday morning ant suggesting Virtey grab a bite Hal night suggesting on tuesday to his Hollywood pal Jerry Weintraub the producer of my Stepmother is an alien Hal he attend a screening of the movie on saturday and have a cocktail party at his Home for the stars Kim Basinger and Oan Ackroyd i George Bush has a fee Day he manufactures things thai involve people said a Bush aids. The idea of spending a Day alone i Don t think would Over occur to him. It would be punishment of some Hindhis daughter Dorothy Lebond. Recalled a recent moment when he decided that an aide in his Senate office Don Rhodes needed some new socks. A Mon Doro he said to his daughter. Let s go up to Sears and buy some new socks or Don.". Mrs Bush laughingly Tella friends of her husband s proclivity Lor invitations that mushroom i go to the store to buy dinner Lor 10 or 12 people and come Home and find out that he s invited 36 " Jerry Parr the retired chief Blythe while. House  Crerar who How. Operates his own Washington consulting firm said Hal both Bush and the secret service will have to Bend a Little spontaneity can enhance the risks to a president he said but it can also provide. Extra Protection since no one knows in Advance where he is going. Parr suggested Hal Bush May not fully realize be How much More difficult it will be to move easily As president. When the president  he said it s like . / some wonder whether Bush is Overly obsessed with spontaneity ,. The Day he announced Brent. Scow Croil As Hia Choice to head the. National Security Council he was so determined to make it a Surprise that he did not even Tell his press Secretary. Sheila tale. Tale had assured the reporters covering Bush that they could take an Early plane o  for the preside no elect s thanksgiving Holiday in Maino since nothing would be happening in Washington. When she and scowl Ion Learned of the announce Mcnol very shortly before it was to happen  vice -. President. I Vegol a Bonolo pick with you she said. I sent the reporters to Maine and told them nothing was going to happen. Why did t you Tell me you did t ask  he replied. Into said thai she found inc incident amusing and she and other aides stress that Bush was not being rude. He was trying to make the Point dramatically Hal he not the press and not aides leaking information would control fhe announcement Agenda. He does love to get the press anything to can keep As a suprise he will said one of his lop advisers of think frankly. He does things sometimes jus for the sport olit.". Aides Point out that the same Quality of mischievous Ness can be seen around the Whilo House where Bush has tended to move so quickly thai he often slips away. Irom some o the secret service detail and in Kennebunkport where he delights in momentarily losing the secret service by mane vering his Sleeker. Faster Powerboat through rocks where Tho agents Toalii Adsit Hardtop follow. But everyone who knows Bush says. That he is an extremely responsible Man who does not defy limits placed on him. Am that he is above All a courteous  _. There s something very Boyish about him in this respect almost  said c. Boyden Gray Bush s counsel. But i think he d be sensitive about gumming up traffic with the secret service. Ii it Means irritating people with a Long caravan of cars it could curb his appetite for spontaneity but he will try to go out when the mood hits him. And 1 think people will find it refreshing.". Friday december 9, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 13  
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