The Other Partner TIPPER GORE

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When Hillary Clinton said she wasn't one of those women who stay home and bake cookies, she could have been talking about Tipper Gore. Al and Tipper met at his senior prom. They dated each other exclusively while he was at Harvard and she got her psychology degree from Boston University. Later she earned a master's degree. But since her husband was first elected to Congress in 1976, Tipper -- a nickname her mother gave her as an infant from a favorite lullaby -- has spent most of her time rearing the couple's four children in Arlington, Va. Her main career...

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