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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ironically, Americans have ample evidence that Reagan is more arrogant than ignorant, more a devious liar than a genial fool. As Christopher Hitchens pointed out in a recent issue of The Nation, when Reagan told Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir that he himself had liberated Jews from the Nazi death camps he was not simply making a blunder. Reagan never left the country during the War, and he knows it; it's hard to confuse Hollywood with Auschwitz. By the same token, when Reagan claimed he had received a message "from Pope John Paul urging us to continue our efforts...

Author: By Joshua H. Henkin, | Title: ArReagance | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

...York Times, put forth a vague pastiche for "renewal" and "healing" that hinted at a retreat toward trade protectionism and vast new Government spending programs. He offered no clues on where the money might come from in a nation whose wealth is dangerously overspent now. Robert Byrd's genial and rambling pledges for a new beginning did nothing so much as remind people of the Senate Democratic leader's other, unhappy years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Seeking a Democratic Vision | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

...Robert Klein on cable's USA Network. That spatter of patter may also be why a veteran of TV's talkfests is leaving the lists. This week, after 23 years, Merv Griffin, 61, broadcasts his / 5,520th and final show. "It's tough to say good-bye," said the genial, gee- whiz Griffin, as he taped a farewell evening of nostalgia about his 25,000 guest interviews. "But I felt it's better to leave when you're on top." Well, not quite. The show is on only 40 stations, down from 100. But don't feel too bad. Merv...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 8, 1986 | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

...While Noiret's exquisite wife (Claudia Cardinale) is giving birth to their sixth child, he luxuriates in the ardor of his latest bimbette. What his wife sees as playing around, he sees as just playing -- and how natural for this overgrown bear of a little boy, this Ewok of genial lust. His eldest daughter (Fanny Ardant) is sympathetic but admonitory: "No man, especially a good man, can keep two women happy." He does, though. He keeps his daughters happy and his wife almost forgiving. In embracing these Gallic cliches, Next Summer creates an imaginary ideal family, one with adulteries, frustrations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Man, a Woman and Some Dogs | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

...This week the sky will be splashed with celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. The President will hand out the sparklers, and the nation will gaudily salute the American dream. Reagan, master illusionist, is himself a kind of American dream. Looking at his genial, crinkly face prompts a sense of wonder: How does he pull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ronald Reagan: Yankee Doodle Magic | 7/7/1986 | See Source »

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