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...contacted him about this document, so we did not. It is to be assumed that he will make certain revisions to this text before today's ceremony, but other portions--"Our Father, who art in heaven..." "Dear Lord..." "Praise unto Him..." and "Let's here it for the Gipper!"--will surely remain...

Author: By Nicholas J.S. Christenfeld and Paul DUKE Jr., S | Title: Benedictus Erroneous | 1/21/1985 | See Source »

...This fantasy of an all-righteous America fills movie theaters even as it fuels presidential elections. Who is Indiana Jones if not the movie-serial avatar of White House Reagan, leaping up from near fatal assaults with a wave and a joke? Who is Superman if not the Krypton Gipper, fighting for truth, justice and voluntary school prayer? At the end of a campaign year that played like one long half-time pageant, two entertaining movies arrive with a complementary pair of star figures for the next generation. Supergirl: the girl next door as feminist champion. The Terminator: a killing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Girl of Steel vs. Man of Iron | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

...just a few votes but get a sympathetic Congress,' I would choose the latter." With a cock of the head and flashing his folksy grin, Reagan added, "Help spread the word, get out the vote. And if you can, well, win those races for the Gipper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Out with a Flourish | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

...performance in the first presidential debate two weeks earlier in Louisville, Ronald Reagan had to show millions of Americans watching Sunday night's face-off in Kansas City that he was in command of his office, in control of his facts and not addled by age. Once again, the Gipper was up to the task...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tie Goes to the Gipper | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

...millions of Americans with no prepared text. Now he could look forward to winding up the campaign with a series of stage-managed rallies, snappy one-liners and those flag-bedecked settings that come off so well on TV newscasts. Nov. 6 was only two weeks away, and the Gipper could look forward to a rousing fortnight with his favorite audience, the American electorate. ?By Ed Magnuson and George...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tie Goes to the Gipper | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

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