Life Lessons: From One Gates to Another

UNION, Wash., August 27, 2009, USA Today — Everywhere he goes, Bill Gates is escorted by a mythic résumé. Mercenary software genius. Self-made billionaire. Passionate philanthropist.

Everywhere, that is, but here — a tree-studded haven along the Hood Canal near Seattle that has welcomed him and his clan for a half-century.

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