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SEN. GEORGE ALLEN is standing on the sideline of an empty Giants Stadium about an hour-and-a-half before the 1 P.M. start of a New York Jets vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers game. His brother Bruce is general manager of the Bucs, so Allen is here to root on the family team. He is idly handling a football, tossing it from one hand to the other, and, whenever he can find a willing target, throwing spiral passes-to a friend, to one of his brothers, to me.
A guy with a vest reading FIELD PHOTO comes up to him: "You're going to be a tall president," he says, smiling. Allen laughs and they banter about the senator's height. He is commonly called 6'4", but he is quick to note ...