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RONNIE, MY LOVE: Nancy Reagan remembers a man of humor, heart and deep faith...
...cannot talk about Ronnie without mentioning his wonderful sense of humor. I think he could tell stories all day without repeating himself--a joy for people with him, but he also made use of it politically. If things got a little heated and tense, he would break the tension with a story. By the time he ended, the mood would have changed, and they got on with the business with no rancor...
...learned about principle, I learned about kindness, I learned about humor. Ronald Reagan was unfailingly courteous to the people around him, thoughtful to the little guy, the elevator operator, the butler at the White House." George H.W. Bush is calling up memories from his years as Reagan's political mate, Vice President and friend, a huge and profound segment of Bush's crowded adult life. Yet the only Reagan movie he could remember seeing was the football classic Knute Rockne--All American, in which Reagan starred as the legendary George Gipp (the Gipper) of Notre Dame...
Bush notes how Reagan's warmth and humor could reshape his positions without creating the impression of inconsistency. "He sent me off to see [Soviet President Mikhail] Gorbachev. I guess I was the first one of any authority to meet with him. I wrote out the cable of that meeting and sent it back saying this leader was different. When I got back, many people were disgusted." Nevertheless, Reagan, who had famously called the Soviet Union the "evil empire," was warming to a quiet thaw. "I don't think the President ever changed his views to 'I love communism,'" says...
...executives settling in for cocktail hour. Food was a preferred topic, as Chirac complimented Bush on the cheeseburger he'd been served, and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi praised the Italians, sort of. "I love Italy! Berlusconi! Spaghetti!" he said, waving his arms. The place was hungry for good humor. - By John F. Dickerson Second Time Lucky? POLAND President Aleksander Kwasniewski nominated the leftist former Finance Minister Marek Belka as Prime Minister, again. Belka has two weeks to rally support ahead of a vote of confidence in parliament, which bounced his first nomination in May. A second rejection would trigger...