Like other women of the time, Abigail lacked formal education, but curiosity spurred her keen intelligence, and she read avidly the books at hand. Reading created a bond between her and the young John Adams and they were married in 1764.
A native of Tennessee, Al Gore served as vice president of the United States under President Bill Clinton from 1992 to 2000, after a long tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. He lost a presidential bid to George W. Bush in 2000.
Al Gore's Nobel Patrol. Fans of Al Gore are a passionate lot. Take, for example, Stephen Cohen, a 68-year New York City old medical writer who first encountered Gore 20 years ago when the then-svelte senator from Tennessee made an unsuccessful run for the Democratic presidential nomination. It was love at first sight.