Word: inner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tuesday morning, with Regan and Baker at his side, and found that he had given the evening news broadcasts a better story than his diplomatic team's success in Geneva. At his midweek press conference, the President said he did not think of Baker and Meese as leaving the inner circle. "They're just changing chairs at the Cabinet table," he said. "I don't care which side of the table they're talking from. I'll be listening...
...personnel shifts and personality clashes within an Administration do more than titillate Washington insiders. For good or ill, the success or failure of an Administration often turns on the working relationships of the people within it. Throughout his political life, Ronald Reagan has been surrounded by an inner circle of aides of proven talents and unquestioned loyalty. As he embarks on his second term, the old crew is dispersed and the course uncertain...
...There is an observation that the President finds it very helpful to use you as a means of smuggling messages out to his inner circle...
...terms of I would take it to Mike. It wouldn't be Ronnie using me to get a message to them (the inner circle). It would be Ronnie talking to me--and after he reads this article he'll never talk to me again...
Such great control. His bland face and laid-back manner rarely reveal his inner feelings. Those who know him well say Ueberroth is a fascinating paradox, an idealist with a salting of cleverness, a man of high principle who is willing to go right to the edge of scruple to reach his goals. He once described himself as both shy and ruthless. Over the years he has perfected a calculating public modesty, down-playing himself about, say, his mediocre college grades. But behind the self-deprecation is a huge ego and a steely inner toughness. Everything Ueberroth does...