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Senior Correspondent Laurence Barrett first introduced himself to Ronald Reagan at a Reagan campaign appearance in Elizabeth, N. J. during the state's 1976 primary. "It was no more than a glancing meeting a handshake and exchange of pleasantries," says Barrett. He did not see Reagan again until almost four years later, when he was assigned to cover the former California Governor's latest campaign for the presidency. Barrett reintroduced himself in Los Angeles last January. In the ensuing months he interviewed Reagan more than a dozen times, as he tracked the candidate on his victorious march...
...report on TIME'S Man of the Year, Barrett got very close indeed. He talked with Reagan at the President-elect's Pacific Palisades home in early December, then met with him again shortly before Christmas for the exclusive TIME interview that is part of this week's cover story. For Barrett, the profession of Reagan watching is far from finished; he will move to Washington in January to become TIME'S White House correspondent "Reagan is not an easy man to know," says Barrett. "But he is a great talker. His son Mike says that...
...Poland could lead to a trade and diplomacy "quarantine" against the Soviet Union. On other subjects, from welfare to the environment to human rights, he maintains his basic firm, conservative line. Shortly before Christmas, Reagan discussed his views in a lengthy interview with TIME Senior Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett, who covered his campaign throughout the election year of 1980. During their session, Reagan lounged comfortably in an easy chair in his Pacific Palisades home, obviously at ease in his new starring role. Highlights...
...Alexander Taylor Reported by Gisela Bolte/ Washington and Barrett Seaman/Detroit
...Rona Barrett, who is about to join the Today team, gives the news. Get over the idea that anything coming out of Hollywood is gossip, while anything out of Washington is hard news...