                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, November 25, 1994              TAG: 9411250333
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

THE EVOLUTION OF MR. GINGRICH

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Newt Gingrich - an Army brat who grew up in Harrisburg, Pa., France,

Germany and Georgia - speaks proudly of his childhood. But Gingrich

once told a reporter that he could not finish Pat Conroy's novel

``The Great Santini,'' which was about a boy's struggle to prove

himself to his father, an overbearing military officer.

KEYWORDS: NEWT GINGRICH SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PROFILE BIOGRAPHY by CNB