In a new book entitled The Education of Ronald Reagan, Thomas W. Evans discusses the huge effect exerted on the future president by the years he spent working for General Electric after his acting career went south. People of a certain age will remem In a...
WASHINGTON, June 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Immediately prior to their paying final respects to former President Ronald Reagan at a special ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, a U.S. Congressional briefing and Capitol Hill press conference will be held by thWASHINGTON, June 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Immediately prior to their...
Dec. 26--WHERE ONLY THE TALL CORN GROWS: Remember the flap last fall about Edmund Morris's biography of Ronald Reagan? Morris invented a fictional first-person narrator in order to make more readable his "Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan." Dec. 26--WHERE ONLY THE TALL CORN GROWS: Remember...
When the late President Ronald Reagan announced in 1994 that he suffered from Alzheimer's disease, his acknowledgment ratcheted up efforts to find treatments and a cure. When the late President Ronald Reagan announced in 1994 that he suffered from Alzheimer's disease, his...
WHO got President Ronald Reagan to change his "evil empire" attitude to the Soviet Union? Who told him to go off to American-Soviet summits and to stay there as long as possible? Who saw to it that no unfavorable publicity stuck to the Te ...
Trust, but verify: Ronald Reagan's philosophical mantra during arms treaty negotiations with the Soviets in the 1980s was based on the premise that when it comes to human nature, without verification, trust eventually is eroded. We see that lesson in Trust, but verify: Ronald Reagan's philosophical...
LOYALTY is at a premium in a court rocked by the revelations of former courtiers. So it was seemly that President Ronald Reagan should this week reward his most faithful knight, Vice-President George Bush, by formally anointing him his chosen heir. Ye LOYALTY is at a premium...
Sep. 6--WASHINGTON--To prepare for a firestorm of questions from members of Congress today, Ford Motor Co. chief executive officer Jacques Nasser has turned to a Capitol Hill insider who helped former President Ronald Reagan become known as the " Sep. 6--WASHINGTON--To prepare for a firestorm of...
The campaign for the US Senate seat in Virginia, likely to be contested between Charles Robb and Oliver North, is getting more amusing as it progresses. Recent developments include confessions of marital infidelity from Robb and Ronald Reagan accusing NorThe campaign for the US Senate seat in Virginia, likely to...
Interview: Jack Kemp talks politics, NAFTA and Reagan A prominent political leader loses the Republican nomination for president, but later wins the White House when the public grows disenchanted with a Democrat as chief executive. It happened to RonaInterview: Jack Kemp talks politics, NAFTA and Reagan...
AFTER the fall of the Soviet Union--so thunderous, so unexpected--the bystanders wondered who had brought it about. Was it the main actors on the spot, Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, pulling sometimes in tandem, more often at loggerheads? Was it Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, who rallied the willpower of...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] JUST after the 2006 election, exultant Democrats and exasperated Republicans identified Iraq and corruption as the decisive issues, and predicted these issues would also shape the 2008 presidential race. They were half right. Voter perceptions of U.S. failure in Iraq and widespread corruption on Capitol Hill...
From the Award-Winning "American Experience" Series Comes the Fascinating Biographies of ten of the Most Diverse and Influential Men Who Served as President of the United States HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- PBS Home Video and Paramount Home Entertainment present an extraordinary collection of compelling and...
From the Archive 3 August 2000 HOWEVER FERVENTLY the Blair government might wish it, the argument over America's proposed national missile defence system NMD will not go away. Within a few weeks, despite the disappointing results of tests so far, President Clinton is likely to give...
There has never been a bad "American Experience." Since it debuted in 1988, this PBS documentary series has produced dozens of documentaries that range from good to great. And some of the best have been packaged in "The Presidents Collection," a 15-disc, 35-hour DVD collection that PBS...
MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Barack Obama used a big American flag and a custom-built race car as backdrops here Wednesday, signaling his intention to challenge John McCain in what has been reliably Republican territory. As Democrats await their presumptive presidential nominee's choice of a running mate, Obama tried to...
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Here's a quick political quiz about famously Republican Utah: Which presidential candidate has raised more money from Utahns this election cycle, Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama? Utahns have given more, actually much more, to Obama. For every $4 that McCain raises from Utahns, Obama raises...
Barack Obama follows presidential footsteps with visit to The Kahala HONOLULU, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama recently visited The Kahala Hotel & Resort, joining a distinguished group of VIPs who have trod The Kahala's red carpet. Since its opening in 1964,...
SAN FRANCISCO California's former and perhaps future governor, Jerry Brown, says it took him 13 minutes to get here from Oakland, where he was mayor for eight years and now lives. He came on BART, the transit system launched by his father Pat, who was Democratic...
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