                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, January 2, 1995                TAG: 9501020084
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: FINAL 
SERIES: EVOLUTION OF A LEADER
        First in a five-part series
        Gingrich takes charge
SOURCE: By Nolan Walters
        KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE
                                             LENGTH: Short :   33 lines

GINGRICH PERFECTLY CAST FOR POLITICAL MELODRAMA WITH A TURBULENT LIFE, NEWT GINRICH GREW UP TO BE SMART, TALKATIVE AND DETERMINED.

MEMO: [For a copy of the story, see microfilm for this date.]

ILLUSTRATION: THE SERIES

TODAY: The young Newt Gingrich grew up smart, talkative,

determined.

TUESDAY: The unlikely path that led Gingrich to power in Congress

and his party.

WEDNESDAY: The influences on Gingrich's complex vision range from

futurists to past giants of industry.

THURSDAY: The young history scholar built his political career as

he took apart his marriage.

FRIDAY: Can a purveyor of scandal become an enduring national

figure?

by CNB