His father, the H2's owner, had driven a Model T when a kid.

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Mr Bush's role model throughout his presidency was not his father but the patron saint of the modern conservative movement, Ronald Reagan.

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At the time, Obama bypassed his father's native Kenya and opted for Ghana, describing it as a model of peace and democracy in the continent.

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He points to San Francisco's highly successful Embarcadero Center, designed and codeveloped by his father, as a possible model for a new World Trade Center.

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And Sharon's father promised her that if she practiced guitar for an hour, she could go outside and launch her model rockets.

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