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Reagan inhabits his moment in America with a triumphant (some might say careless or even callous) ease that is astonishing and even mysterious. It is an afternoon in early summer. The sky is a splendid blue, with great cotton clouds floating across it and the grass a vivid field of green. There are noises of celebration in the crowd. Tonight there will be fireworks...
...local scene, from city council sessions to school basketball games. Blessedly free of boosterism, the Star often casts a critical eye over its own backyard. It is small newspapers like the Star --independent in tone, enterprising in coverage and devoted to exploring local issues thoroughly--that exemplify the grass-roots strength of American journalism...
...Clark Durant III, a Detroit attorney who chairs Kemp's operation in Michigan, maintains that the Vice President was the big loser last week. "While a lot of the numbers may be overstated or double counted or muddled, the message is really very clear," says he. "The Republican grass roots want an alternative to George Bush. Even by his own count, Bush didn't do very well for a front runner." Moreover, Durant contends, when push comes to shove, many of Robertson's followers will throw their support to Kemp. "They say they like Robertson for their minister," says Durant...
From over 67,000 rented chairs to $15,000 worth of grass seed, the University each year invests thousands of dollars in chairs, tables, tents and labor in preparation for four days of Commencement activities...
...almost every working week, Richard Wirthlin stuffs his battered brown briefcase full of the feelings of thousands of Americans and heads for the White House. The President's pollster stops first at the Oval Office, where he tells Ronald Reagan what his fresh probings of the nation's roots --grass, sage and swamp--have yielded. Then he heads across the hall to the Roosevelt Room for lunch with the senior staff and more talk about the presidency and the people...