/<br > O<br > Rainbow<br > Fotn the bcginnit+g it h~ld been <>no ol those disf+tal，<br >，hizzl~， ovcrcasl da s in late March. "lhc (2apitol In + thcvc<br >grudgingly umh:r .t leaden gray sky， dim+iv puddles x~:idcning it~<br >lhc p，tvcmcnl bctv~ccn the govcrnm，. nl buildings. "ll~cr~. was<br >n，> ，:old Ol hint ，>f o+M m the air ---iust a suddenness amt~so+，u ，+~:<br >warmth that pcvmc，ucd the attnosphurc， h:ulging thet+c like at+<br >hnmincnt and morbid tJuc:~t+<br > ()n this Momtav， the First I.a，.tv ha，.t an unUsllaliv lm.s ，<br >s，:hc，tulc， at least for one of the &r，. s dming her first ie ，v<br >months in Vashington. AI the most， she might ha c one c.n-<br >gagcmcnt in a da，，， but this .hmda" she had tx~，<，. I h~wcvcr，<br >the wcrc not "ptJt:，li+， " appcarar~ccs with the press ~>tl h:lmt，<br >jusl informal rcccpti，，n. + the tirst at the Phillips (iallctv :m，t<br >the second at the h，)mc of Michael Aitaslic.<br > "l hc ~ccnc from inside ItLc limousine m the Vhitc t[，.>usc<br >&ivcvcav vas not :m inspil-mg one f，~u+ a h)nglim~ rcsMcnt ~1<br >(i:diforni:L l，catlcss t)ranchcs htmg limply in the htJmid attn<~-<br >sphere. Not :~ t~tcalh of air stirred. "l hc p.，lvcmcm "，. ，:is w，t，l amt<br >I)lack.<br > ..

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