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...rather have Reagan negotiating for us than any other President in memory. In addition to having a remarkably healthy psyche, the President is a moral man with surprisingly accurate instincts about what is good for this country. At least he will not sell our interests down the river as Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman did when they dealt with the Soviet Union at Yalta and Potsdam. Gail Funaro Cerritos, Calif...
...similar program called Ebony/ Jet Celebrity Showcase but pulled it off the air because he was dissatisfied with the quality of the guests. This time around he has a blockbuster lineup. Since the show premiered in September on 60 stations, it has featured Sammy Davis Jr., Bill Cosby, Aretha Franklin and Little Richard...
Michael Robinson, George Washington University's media scholar, sees a "presidential focus" developing in the mass media. He notes that Franklin Roosevelt was not even quoted at first in some major papers when Germany invaded France in the spring of 1940. "Today," says Robinson, "a White House response is the first sought on anything important. It's changing our political culture...
...also literate, informed and involved, and they write to TIME in impressive numbers, an average of 54,000 letters a year. British Journalist Phil Pearman has compiled some 1,900 excerpts into Dear Editor: Letters to Time Magazine 1923-1984 (Lansdowne Press; $24.95). It includes such memorable contributions as Franklin Roosevelt's compliment to the magazine as a "pioneer and innovator, [with an] originality that has been refreshing and oftentimes delightful" (Feb. 28, 1938) and Bob Hope's complaint that he had been "flattered in reverse as only TIME usually does" (Oct. 11, 1943). The project was managed by TIME...
...night, but the U.S. Postal Service finally succeeded in staying him from his appointed rounds. After only twelve months as Postmaster General, the 16-year postal careerist, age 54, was fired last week by the Postal Service Board of Governors. His replacement as the 66th successor to Benjamin Franklin: Albert Casey, 65, a tough manager who retired as chairman and chief executive of American Airlines last year...