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Do you have a new iPhone? your device is not in iOS 12 support list, and you are planning to get a new iPhone/iPad for iOS 12? Sure you will be looking for a safe and quick way to move data from the old device iPhone 7/7 Plus/6/6s/5/5s to the new iPhone X. I'd like to introduce you the best iOS to iOS data transferring software Tenorshare Phone to Phone Transfer, which can directly clone contents from one iPhone to another without restoring. The whole process of transferring iPhone/iPad data only takes a few steps and you don't have to take any risk to lose all your files.

The program is designed to transfer data from iPhone to iPhone/iPad/iPod touch. It will let you clone everything from old phone to a new one. Alternatively, you can copy selected parts such as contacts, photos, notes, etc. from iPhone to iPad. You can also migrate music, videos, and other media data freely between any two iOS devices without iTunes restrictions. It is compatible with both PC and Mac

Of course there are other common way to share data between iPhones using back up of the old iPhone in iTunes then restore to new iPhone, however, steps are pretty tedious and you cannot select files to transfer. With Tenorshare Phone to Phone Transfer you are allowed to either transfer all the data or part of them from old iPhone to iPhone XS/XS Max/XR without using iTunes.

Highlights:

Safe & Easy Data Transfer Between Any Phones
1:1 Data Clone Among iDevices with Lightning Speed
Zero quality loss
Support Any iDevice 
Intuitive Design, 1-Click Operation
Transfer All Contents Seamlessly
Support the newest iOS 12 and iPhone XS/XS Max/XR

Homepage:

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Product Page:

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Download:

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Size:  11.59 Mb

System Requirements:

Tenorshare Phone to Phone Transfer System Requirements:



Supported Data for Transfer:



Supported iOS version and Devices:



Purchase:

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Many purchase options are available for you. After purchase, license key will be sent to your email address. You can use it to activate the program. Now you will enjoy lifetime free updates, free customer support and 30-Day money-back guarantee

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Do you have a new iPhone? your device is not in iOS 12 support list, and you are planning to get a new iPhone/iPad for iOS 12? Sure you will be looking for a safe and quick way to move data from the old device iPhone 7/7 Plus/6/6s/5/5s to the new iPhone X. I'd like to introduce you the best iOS to iOS data transferring software Tenorshare Phone to Phone Transfer, which can directly clone contents from one iPhone to another without restoring. The whole process of transferring iPhone/iPad data only takes a few steps and you don't have to take any risk to lose all your files.

The program is designed to transfer data from iPhone to iPhone/iPad/iPod touch. It will let you clone everything from old phone to a new one. Alternatively, you can copy selected parts such as contacts, photos, notes, etc. from iPhone to iPad. You can also migrate music, videos, and other media data freely between any two iOS devices without iTunes restrictions. It is compatible with both PC and Mac

Of course there are other common way to share data between iPhones using back up of the old iPhone in iTunes then restore to new iPhone, however, steps are pretty tedious and you cannot select files to transfer. With Tenorshare Phone to Phone Transfer you are allowed to either transfer all the data or part of them from old iPhone to iPhone XS/XS Max/XR without using iTunes.

Highlights:

Safe & Easy Data Transfer Between Any Phones
1:1 Data Clone Among iDevices with Lightning Speed
Zero quality loss
Support Any iDevice
Intuitive Design, 1-Click Operation
Transfer All Contents Seamlessly
Support the newest iOS 12 and iPhone XS/XS Max/XR

Homepage:

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Product Page:

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Download:

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Size:  11.59 Mb

System Requirements:

Tenorshare Phone to Phone Transfer System Requirements:



Supported Data for Transfer:



Supported iOS version and Devices:



Purchase:

Buy Tenorshare iTransGo (Phone to Phone Transfer) for Win here: 

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Many purchase options are available for you. After purchase, license key will be sent to your email address. You can use it to activate the program. Now you will enjoy lifetime free updates, free customer support and 30-Day money-back guarantee

User Interface:



Features:

Transfer Contents Straightforwardly

Based on Any iDevice and Any iOS Version
It is simple to copy data from iOS 11/10/9/8 devices to iOS 12 devices, and vice versa. Include all types of files like photos, messages, contacts, etc.





1-Click Solution to Migrate Everything

from Old Device to a New One
Whether it's your treasured photos, your favorite music, or the funny videos can all be transferred to a new device with one click



Transfer Music Directly within Seconds

Farewell to iTunes



With Tenorshare Phone to Phone Transfer, hundreds of music in your iPhone can be synced to your iPad/iPod directly within seconds. Freely to share without iTunes Restriction

Sync App Data Simultaneously When Changing a Device

When you got a new iPhone or iPad, you'll not want to lose your app settings and game data in the old iPhone. Tenorshare iTransGo will migrate all app data to new phone without omission.

Lightning Speed to Copy Large Volumes of Data



If you need to transfer large amount of data from one device to another, Tenorshare iTransGo is the best choice for you. A full transfer of 128GB data can be done in 5 minutes.

How to use the program?

The program use is very simple and doesn’t need experience. Launch Tenorshare iTransGo on your computer, then connect the two devices (you need to move data between) to computer via USB cable. One of these devices will be the source device and the other is the target device. You can click Flip button to switch between source device and destination device. Now all you have to do is 3 simple steps; analyse the device contents, select the content you need to copy, finally start transfer

The analysis step will let you see the contents in the source iPhone, and list the capacity usage in the destination iPhone. After you select the data you need, the capacity required in your destination iPhone will be displayed. Note that the transfer process will erase all contents from the destination device

Analysis of data:



Select data:



Transfer data:





Conclusion:

Tenorshare iTransGo ( Phone to Phone Transfer) will make it easy to transfer everything you want to a new device. The program is easy to use and save your time with no data loss. You can select any data you need to move to the new device with no restoration step

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Windows Boot Genius will help you solve all Windows boot issues. It's easy to handle as well. It is an emergency software that will save your computer and data. It will also save your time. You can easily create a bootable CD/DVD or USB drive to restart inaccessible system. The program will help you to boot up any computers that won't start properly, reset Windows local and domain password and recover data from unbootable hard disk

Highlights:

• Boot up any desktop or laptop that won’t start properly
  
• Backup Windows system and product keys before system repair
  
• Permanently erase specific files & folders or entire partition.
  
• Provided 40+ Windows boot repair tools
  
• Reset Windows administrator and standard user password
  
• Recover data from unbootable hard disk
  
• Support new Windows 10 system repair
  

IObit Uninstaller 8 is a perfect uninstallation tool. It provides an easy and secure way to remove unnecessary programs, Windows apps, Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, malicious or Ad plugins, and thoroughly removes all leftovers, giving you a clean PC and a secure & smooth online surfing experience.  

As the first uninstall utility that comes up with the idea of bundleware removal, IObit Uninstaller 8 monitors program installations in real time and provides an easy way to uninstall bundleware. New Bundleware category is added in IObit Uninstaller 8 navigation panel where lists all the bundled products so that you can uninstall all unwanted bundleware conveniently and quickly. Another wonderful new feature is Easy Uninstall which allows you to quickly uninstall a program from its opened window, desktop icon, or system tray icon.  

There are also many improvements in IObit Uninstaller 8. The enhanced scan engine ensures quick and thorough cleanup of all leftovers, just like they've never existed on your PC. With the unique and enlarged database, IObit Uninstaller 8 makes it easy to uninstall stubborn programs that cannot be uninstalled in the normal way. Software Updater is also improved to easily keep more important programs always up to date. What's more, IObit Uninstaller 8 supports removing Windows apps under non-administrator accounts and the latest UWP apps on Window 10 to free up more storage space.

Homepage:

https://www.iobit.com/en/advanceduninstallerpro.php

Product Details:

Author: IObit
Release Date: 2018-10-18
File Size: 15.9 MB
License Type: Freeware
Version: 8.1.0.13

System Requirements:

• Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10
• 300 MB of free disk space
• 1024*768 screen resolution and above

Download:

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Purchase:

The program is available for 29.99$ :  1 year subscription / 3 PCs

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User Interface:



Features:

Lighter & Cleaner PC

Need to uninstall programs and free up disk space? IObit Uninstaller 8 is the one you can trust, no matter programs no longer being used, can’t being uninstalled through standard uninstallation or bundled with other programs. It also introduces an easy way to uninstall programs. You can quickly remove programs via desk icon, opened window or system tray icon.

Safer & Faster Browsing

Once malicious toolbar get to your computer they might take over your browsers by changing settings without permission. What’s worse, you would end up in privacy leaking and slow internet. IObit Uninstaller 8 Free lists all toolbars and marks out the malicious ones installed on main-stream browsers: Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera, allowing you find and delete them quickly.

No Leftover Files

Regular uninstall cannot delete programs completely. With IObit Uninstaller 8, you don’t need to worry about leftovers any more. IObit Uninstaller 8 removes leftovers automatically after uninstalling programs. Even those leftover files cannot be deleted by other uninstallers; you can still count on it.

Update Software Simply

Outdated software is risky. Attacker can easy find weakness in it resulting whole system at danger. IObit Uninstaller 8 Free is there keeping over 60 critical programs up to date for you. You can easily update software via secure download links to the latest version on publishers’ websites.

Why IObit Uninstaller PRO?

IObit Uninstaller PRO is an enhanced edition of free. Its advanced features will ensure a better PC performance and safer online browsing.



Comparison of the free and Pro versions:



What's new in version 8:

The brand new IObit Uninstaller 8 is loaded with several new features and enhanced functions to help users monitor and list all detected bundleware, simplify the uninstalling process and automatically update more important software.

New Easy Uninstall to uninstall a program from its opened window, desktop icon, or system tray icon.
New Bundleware Uninstall to monitor and list all bundleware for easier uninstallation.
New Software Updater with 500% larger database to update more important programs. 
Enhanced Scan Engine for more powerful scan and more thorough leftover cleanup.
Expanded Toolbars & Plug-ins database to remove 100% more malicious & Ads plugins.
Enlarged Stubborn Program database to remove 300% more stubborn programs. 
Supported removing Windows apps under non-administrator accounts.
Supported removing the latest Universal Windows Platform apps on Win 10. 
Supported removing plug-ins in Chrome Beta versions. 
Supported Classic & White skins.
Supported 33 languages.

What's new in IObit Uninstaller v8.1 (8.1.0.12) :

Enhanced scan engine to clean more registry leftovers.
Expanded Software Updater database by 10% to update more important programs.
Enhanced Cleanup Residual to clean more residuals.
Improved algorithm for File Shredder to shred files more thoroughly and quickly.
Fixed known bugs.

Main Features:

Uninstall Programs



Bundleware Removal: This built in feature is very useful. You can remove many programs at the same time.  You can easily remove the programs that are installed without your notice during program setup



There are buttons for large programs (larger than 100 MB), recently installed apps and infrequently used apps

Stubborn Program Removal:  these are the apps that are difficult to be uninstalled in the normal way



Software Updater: Using IObit Uninstaller, you can easily get updates for all your important apps.



Toolbars and Plugins:



Windows Apps:  the Windows built-in apps and the apps downloaded from Windows store



Action Center: this feature is concerned with security and performance. It recommends other IObit software and good apps from partners 

Tools: these are easily accessible using the button located in the right upper corner. These include easy uninstall, force uninstall, cleanup residual, uninstall history, file shredder, and windows updates.



Forced Uninstall:



Cleanup residuals:




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In this sequel of Street Karate you will make good use of your fighting skills.
When night falls, the streets belong to the bad guys. They are looking for a lone passerby to mug, and perhaps knock out a couple teeth for good measure. The townspeople live in fear of the dark streets. Well, not everyone. Meet Severe Jack - big tough guy who is not afraid to kick some bad guy ass. Today he came out of the sports arena and discovered that someone had stolen his car. That was the last straw. Severe Jack is going hunting. Here is a nice example of a very rare game genre on the PC - beat 'em up. The game was made in the best traditions of street fight platformers. Clear the levels, retaking the street from the bad guys, using only your fists.
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Windows Boot Problem:
Over time, your computer may get stuck or crashed for many reasons. There are many booting issues that can affect your system including Blue Screen of Death, Black Screen of Death, freezes, and crashes, recover missing boot and restore crashed MBR, corrupt registry, virus-infected registry key value and partition table. Of course, it is a bad day to have such a problem on your computer as you can’t access your data and many important documents and files may be lost

Blue Screens of Death:

This error is related to the low-level software crashing or faulty hardware running in the Windows kernel. Application’s breakdown and new drivers’ installation or updating will also causes a critical error to result in a blue screen.



Tenorshare Windows Boot Genius:

Windows Boot Genius will help you solve all Windows boot issues. It's easy to handle as well. It is an emergency software that will save your computer and data. It will also save your time. You can easily create a bootable CD/DVD or USB drive to restart inaccessible system. The program will help you to boot up any computers that won't start properly, reset Windows local and domain password and recover data from unbootable hard disk

Highlights:

• Boot up any desktop or laptop that won’t start properly
  
• Backup Windows system and product keys before system repair
  
• Permanently erase specific files & folders or entire partition.
  
• Provided 40+ Windows boot repair tools
  
• Reset Windows administrator and standard user password
  
• Recover data from unbootable hard disk
  
• Support new Windows 10 system repair
  

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A mysterious villain is using a time machine to destroy everything in his path. He wants to return the Priest, the King of Atlantis and the Ancient Emperor so he can use them to create a new world order! Claire and her friends must find out who the villain is and stop him and all his minions. Hurry, let's go on a journey!




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Requires: Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP       Kaspersky Internet Security provides you with complete internet security protection with anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-phishing, anti-spam and anti-hacker technologies. 

It will also provide you with parental controls and a virtual keyboard making it perfectly suited to a home or small office. Kaspersky Internet Security provides superior protection against viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware, adware, and will scan all your files, email, and internet traffic to make sure they are safe from attack.

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https://nationalpost.com/news/world/form...-at-age-94        George H.W. Bush, former U.S. president, dies at age 94, just months after death of wife Barbara
The son of a senator and father of a president, Bush was the man with the golden resume who rose through the political ranks
The Associated Press
Michael Graczyk
December 1, 2018
12:57 AM EST

HOUSTON — George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94.

The last veteran of the Second World War to serve as president, Bush was a consummate public servant and a statesman who helped guide the nation and the world out of a four-decade Cold War that had carried the threat of nuclear annihilation.

His death also marked the passing of an era.

Although Bush served as president three decades ago, his values and ethic seem centuries removed from today’s acrid political culture. His currency of personal connection was the handwritten letter – not the social media blast.

He had a competitive nature and considerable ambition that were not easy to discern under the sheen of his New England politesse and his earnest generosity. He was capable of running hard-edge political campaigns, and took the nation to war. But his principal achievements were produced at negotiating tables.

“When the word moderation becomes a dirty word, we have some soul searching to do,” he wrote a friend in 1964, after losing his first bid for elective office.

His death was announced in a tweet by Jim McGrath, his spokesman. The cause of his death was not immediately available. In 2012, he announced that he had vascular Parkinsonism, a condition that limited his mobility.. His wife of more than 70 years, Barbara Bush, died in April 2018.

The son of a senator and father of a president, Bush was the man with the golden resume who rose through the political ranks: from congressman to UN ambassador, Republican Party chairman to envoy to China, CIA director to two-term vice-president under the hugely popular Ronald Reagan. The 1991 Gulf War stoked his popularity. But Bush would acknowledge that he had trouble articulating “the vision thing,” and he was haunted by his decision to break a stern, solemn vow he made to voters: “Read my lips. No new taxes.”

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He lost his bid for re-election to Bill Clinton in a campaign in which businessman H. Ross Perot took almost 19 per cent of the vote as an independent candidate. Still, he lived to see his son, George W., twice elected to the presidency — only the second father-and-son chief executives, following John Adams and John Quincy Adams.

After his 1992 defeat, Bush complained that media-created “myths” gave voters a mistaken impression that he did not identify with the lives of ordinary Americans. He decided he lost because he “just wasn’t a good enough communicator.”

Once out of office, Bush was content to remain on the sidelines, except for an occasional speech or paid appearance and visits abroad. He backed Clinton on the North American Free Trade Agreement, which had its genesis during his own presidency. He visited the Middle East, where he was revered for his defence of Kuwait. And he returned to China, where he was welcomed as “an old friend” from his days as the U.S. ambassador there.

He later teamed with Clinton to raise tens of millions of dollars for victims of a 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean and Hurricane Katrina, which swamped New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005. During their wide-ranging travels, the political odd couple grew close.

“Who would have thought that I would be working with Bill Clinton, of all people?” Bush quipped in October 2005.


Former President George H. W. Bush, left, walks with his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush, followed by their son, President George W. Bush, and his wife first lady Laura Bush, Jan. 7, 2009. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP, File
In his post-presidency, Bush’s popularity rebounded with the growth of his reputation as a fundamentally decent and well-meaning leader who, although he was not a stirring orator or a dreamy visionary, was a steadfast humanitarian. Elected officials and celebrities of both parties publicly expressed their fondness.

After Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, Bush quickly began building an international military coalition that included other Arab states. After liberating Kuwait, he rejected suggestions that the U.S. carry the offensive to Baghdad, choosing to end the hostilities a mere 100 hours after the start of the ground war.

“That wasn’t our objective,” he told The Associated Press in 2011 from his office just a few blocks from his Houston home. “The good thing about it is there was so much less loss of human life than had been predicted and indeed than we might have feared.”

But the decisive military defeat did not lead to the regime’s downfall, as many in the administration had hoped.

“I miscalculated,” acknowledged Bush. His legacy was dogged for years by doubts about the decision not to remove Saddam Hussein. The Iraqi leader was eventually ousted in 2003, in the war led by Bush’s son that was followed by a long, bloody insurgency.

I see history as a book with many pages, and each day we fill a page with acts of hopefulness and meaning

   
George H.W. Bush entered the White House in 1989 with a reputation as a man of indecision and indeterminate views. One newsmagazine suggested he was a “wimp.”

But his work-hard, play-hard approach to the presidency won broad public approval. He held more news conferences in most months than Reagan did in most years.

The Iraq crisis of 1990-91 brought out all the skills Bush had honed in a quarter-century of politics and public service.

After winning United Nations support and a green light from a reluctant Congress, Bush unleashed a punishing air war against Iraq and a five-day ground juggernaut that sent Iraqi forces reeling in disarray back to Baghdad. He basked in the biggest outpouring of patriotism and pride in America’s military since the Second World War, and his approval ratings soared to nearly 90 per cent.

The other battles he fought as president, including a war on drugs and a crusade to make American children the best educated in the world, were not so decisively won.

He rode into office pledging to make the United States a “kinder, gentler” nation and calling on Americans to volunteer their time for good causes — an effort he said would create “a thousand points of light.”


George H.W. Bush, R-Texas, in Washington on March 6, 1968. Charles Tasnadi/AP, File
It was Bush’s violation of a different pledge, the no-new-taxes promise, that helped sink his bid for a second term. He abandoned the idea in his second year, cutting a deficit-reduction deal that angered many congressional Republicans and contributed to GOP losses in the 1990 midterm elections.

An avid outdoorsman who took Theodore Roosevelt as a model, Bush sought to safeguard the environment and signed the first improvements to the Clean Air Act in more than a decade. It was activism with a Republican cast, allowing polluters to buy others’ clean-air credits and giving industry flexibility on how to meet tougher goals on smog.

He also signed the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act to ban workplace discrimination against people with disabilities and require improved access to public places and transportation.

Bush failed to rein in the deficit, which had tripled to $3 trillion under Reagan and galloped ahead by as much as $300 billion a year under Bush, who put his finger on it in his inauguration speech: “We have more will than wallet.”

Seven years of economic growth ended in mid-1990, just as the Gulf crisis began to unfold. Bush insisted the recession would be “short and shallow,” and lawmakers did not even try to pass a jobs bill or other relief measures.

Bush’s true interests lay elsewhere, outside the realm of nettlesome domestic politics. “I love coping with the problems in foreign affairs,” he told a child who asked what he liked best about being president.

I wasn't out of touch, but I lost

   
He operated at times like a one-man State Department, on the phone at dawn with his peers — Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union, Francois Mitterrand of France, Germany’s Helmut Kohl.

Communism began to crumble on his watch, with the Berlin Wall coming down, the Warsaw Pact disintegrating and the Soviet satellites falling out of orbit.

He seized leadership of the NATO alliance with a bold and ultimately successful proposal for deep troop and tank cuts in Europe. Huge crowds cheered him on a triumphal tour through Poland and Hungary.

Bush’s invasion of Panama in December 1989 was a military precursor of the Gulf War: a quick operation with a resoundingly superior American force. But in Panama, the troops seized dictator Manuel Noriega and brought him back to the United States in chains to stand trial on drug-trafficking charges.

Months after the Gulf War, Washington became engrossed in a different sort of confrontation over one of Bush’s nominees to the Supreme Court. Clarence Thomas, a little-known federal appeals court judge, was accused of sexual harassment by a former colleague named Anita Hill. His confirmation hearings exploded into a national spectacle, sparking an intense debate over race, gender and the modern workplace. Thomas was eventually confirmed.

In the closing days of the 1992 campaign, Bush fought the impression that he was distant and disconnected, and he seemed to struggle against the younger, more empathetic Clinton.

During a campaign visit to a grocers’ convention, Bush reportedly expressed amazement when shown an electronic checkout scanner. Critics seized on the moment, saying it indicated that the president had become disconnected from voters.


President George H.W. Bush talks to reporters after meeting with top military advisors to discuss the Persian Gulf War on Feb. 11, 1991. From left are, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, Vice President Dan Quayle, White House Chief of Staff John Sununu, the president, Secretary of State James A. Baker III, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Colin Powell. Ron Edmonds/AP, File
Later at a town-hall style debate, he paused to look at his wristwatch — a seemingly innocent glance that became freighted with deeper meaning because it seemed to reinforce the idea of a bored, impatient incumbent.

In the same debate, Bush became confused by a woman’s question about whether the deficit had affected him personally. Clinton, with apparent ease, left his seat, walked to the edge of the stage to address the woman and offered a sympathetic answer.

Bush said the pain of losing in 1992 was eased by the warm reception he received after leaving office.

“I lost in ’92 because people still thought the economy was in the tank, that I was out of touch and I didn’t understand that,” he said in an AP interview shortly before the dedication of his presidential library in 1997. “The economy wasn’t in the tank, and I wasn’t out of touch, but I lost. I couldn’t get through this hue and cry for ‘change, change, change’ and ‘The economy is horrible, still in recession.’

George Herbert Walker Bush was born June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, into the New England elite, a world of prep schools, mansions and servants seemingly untouched by the Great Depression.

His father, Prescott Bush, the son of an Ohio steel magnate, made his fortune as an investment banker and later served 10 years as a senator from Connecticut.

George H.W. Bush enlisted in the Navy on his 18th birthday in 1942, right out of prep school. He returned home to marry his 19-year-old sweetheart, Barbara Pierce, daughter of the publisher of McCall’s magazine, in January 1945. They were the longest-married presidential couple in U.S. history. She died on April 17, 2018.


Former Presidents George W. Bush, left, and George H.W. Bush arrive at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church for a funeral service for former first lady Barbara Bush, in Houston on April 21, 2018. David J. Phillip/AP, File
Lean and athletic at 6-foot-2, Bush became a war hero while still a teenager. One of the youngest pilots in the Navy, he flew 58 missions off the carrier USS San Jacinto.

He had to ditch one plane in the Pacific and was shot down on Sept. 2, 1944, while completing a bombing run against a Japanese radio tower. An American submarine rescued Bush. His two crewmates perished. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery.

After the war, Bush took just 2 1/2 years to graduate from Yale, then headed west in 1948 to the oil fields of West Texas. Bush and partners helped found Zapata Petroleum Corp. in 1953. Six years later, he moved to Houston and became active in the Republican Party.

In politics, he showed the same commitment he displayed in business, advancing his career through loyalty and subservience.

He was first elected to Congress in 1966 and served two terms. President Richard Nixon appointed him ambassador to the United Nations, and after the 1972 election, named him chairman of the Republican National Committee. Bush struggled to hold the party together as Watergate destroyed the Nixon presidency, then became ambassador to China and CIA chief in the Ford administration.

Bush made his first bid for president in 1980 and won the Iowa caucuses, but Reagan went on to win the nomination.

I miscalculated

   
In the 1988 presidential race, Bush trailed the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, by as many as 17 points that summer. He did little to help himself by picking Dan Quayle, a lightly regarded junior senator from Indiana, as a running mate.

But Bush soon became an aggressor, stressing patriotic themes and flailing Dukakis as an out-of-touch liberal. He carried 40 states, becoming the first sitting vice-president to be elected president since Martin Van Buren in 1836.

He took office with the humility that was his hallmark.

“Some see leadership as high drama, and the sound of trumpets calling, and sometimes it is that,” he said at his inauguration. “But I see history as a book with many pages, and each day we fill a page with acts of hopefulness and meaning. The new breeze blows, a page turns, the story unfolds.”

Bush approached old age with gusto, celebrating his 75th and 80th birthdays by skydiving over College Station, Texas, the home of his presidential library. He did it again on his 85th birthday in 2009, parachuting near his oceanfront home in Kennebunkport, Maine. He used his presidential library at Texas A&M University as a base for keeping active in civic life.

He became the patriarch of one of the nation’s most prominent political families. In addition to George W. becoming president, another son, Jeb, was elected Florida governor in 1998 and made an unsuccessful run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.

The other Bush children are sons Neil and Marvin and daughter Dorothy Bush LeBlond. Another daughter, Robin, died of leukemia in 1953, a few weeks before her fourth birthday.

— With a file from The Washington Post

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