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John F. Kennedy Jr., then not quite 3, had toddled into the Oval Office and, most likely, into his father’s lap. The president made a seamless transition from burdened commander in chief to doting father and began a nursery word play with his son.

Kennedy: “Why do the leaves fall?”

John: “Because it’s autumn.”

After questions about winter and spring, the president asked: “When do we go to the Cape? Hyannis Port?”

John: “Because it’s summer.”

“It’s summer,” repeated the youthful father, though it was November and in less than three weeks, he would be dead.

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