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Cuts of a different sort--tax reductions--are Reagan's answer to inflation. He shares the Lafferite fantasy that the increase in available spending cash will stimulate the economy. Instead, the cuts, combined with his oft-repeated desire to balance the nation's budget, will only increase inflation and the...
Perhaps. But Americans, weary of bickering and division, had been looking eagerly for heroes who could inspire a healing outburst of spontaneous affection and patriotism.
They scrambled into a telephone room, where 24 of them at a time could call anyone they wished at Government expense. In the early hours of Wednesday, Washington, D.C., time, those long-silent voices sent their relatives in the U.S. into shouts of joy and expressions of affection as the...
Yet in the odd child-parent pattern of the Reagan family, Ron's decision to marry suddenly with barely a last-minute word to his folks is perfectly traditional. It is widely known that Ron's parents have not managed to see a single ballet performance of their son, who...
And Jimmy Hoffa, somewhere. And Jimmy Durante, as the world knows. But could a U.S. President actually call himself Jimmy and get away with it? As it turned out, the answer was no. By calling himself an adoring diminutive, Mr. Carter preempted any possible public urge to do the same...