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Concord, N.H.
IT might be the very peak of the Clark boomlet in early January. The lobby of Concord High School is packed with 700 people, almost to the rafters. Kids are sitting atop soda and concession machines in the back to get a better view. Clark is halfway through his question-and-answer period when a man stands up and explains how he had been struck speechless--speechless--upon meeting Clark a few months earlier. He says that he has since realized that his tongue-tiedness had been a product of his sheer awe at the fact that Clark is such "a humble, down-to-earth man. You're what we need in this country." The crowd cheers. The man tells Clark that to make ...