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Reagan came to the cotillion with an aura of invincibility from his decisive, and uncompromising, victory in paring $36 billion from the fiscal 1982 budget, which was formally approved by Congress last week. His extensive three-year tax cut program, however, enjoys far less support both in Congress and throughout the country, mainly because it threatens further to bloat the federal debt and aggravate inflation. As if to dramatize such fears, the nation's leading banks last week raised their prime lending rate to 20.5%, up 3½ percentage points in one month. Moreover, last week's report...
...made them more aware that a paper's reputation can be just as much at stake as the reporter's. Unnamed sources are often justifiably used to get behind the sham of public statements but can become a lazy reporter's invention to provide a false aura of insider's knowledge...
...magisterial theater, and a forceful part of Giscard's campaign for a second seven-year term when presidential elections are held in two rounds of voting, on April 26 and May 10. But the aura of confidence is deceptive. Giscard is no longer the certain victor he once appeared to be; with only days to go before the first round, he is on the defensive...
Mikva, who survived six years of N.R.A. targeting, is cited as proof that the awesome aura projected by the gun lobby may be illusory when it comes to wielding votes rather than merely Mail-grams. Mikva feels that the best way to defeat what he calls a "paper tiger" is to stand up to it. Congressman Russo agrees: "The N.R.A. is indeed a paper tiger. I was their No. 1 target. Yet I've won by bigger margins every election...
...seen in other Presidents, notably L.B. J. Ruge has studied carefully the White House environment, Reagan's state of mind, any symptoms of stress. What he found was reassuring. He noted that those who traveled with the President, whether staff or Secret Service agents, genuinely liked him. That aura, created in large part by Reagan's humor and courtesy, was a great health benefit. Ruge was also convinced that Nancy Reagan's dedication to her husband was another element in his excellent state of mind and body...