Word: compliments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Having written and chastised you for having "honored" Khomeini as Man of the Year in 1979, I feel it only fair that I now write and compliment you on your choice of Reagan this year...
...temper is seemingly nonexistent. That may be his greatest qualification for dealing with the mercurial Iranians. Says former Governor Brown: "I regard him as one of the ablest men I have ever met. He's diplomatic. He's skillful. He's fair." Carter paid a similar compliment last week in awarding Christopher the Medal of Freedom: "He is indeed outstanding." Privately, Carter added that he regrets not having named Christopher to succeed Griffin Bell as Attorney General...
...next day, he and Nancy rode in a motorcade to downtown Los Angeles for a red-carpet reception at city hall and a lunch with businessmen and other admirers at the Biltmore Hotel. Jesse Unruh, a Democrat who ran against Reagan for Governor in 1970, had an imaginative compliment. Said Unruh: "You rarely get into trouble in the political field because of your enemies. It is the most difficult part of leadership to be able to say no to your friends." That, he added, was one thing Reagan had proved himself capable of doing...
...friendships. "I should have long since given myself the pleasure of writing to you about your new book," she told Proust. "If I were to tell you that I burrow in its pages every night before going to sleep, you would think I was merely offering you a hollow compliment. But the fact is, [my husband] gets into bed every night to find me, your book, and my glasses. 'I am jealous but resigned,' he says...
...sources said Weinberger, who could not be reached for comment, supports the proposal and has suggested it to other Reagan officials. In July, Weinberger wrote Allison to compliment him on this "important and useful" proposal...