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...calls him Mr. Bush-lent me swim trunks and my choice of at least a dozen pairs of running shoes. All this on the day after the Nashua, N.H., debates, when his political fortunes were taking a nosedive." Barrett found Reagan a gracious host in his Pacific Pali sades, Calif, home, but characteristically controlled: "He says virtually the same thing in private as he does from the podium." Only through extended exposure to the candidate was Barrett able to penetrate the reserve. For example, Reagan talked candidly with Barrett last week about the abrupt firing of Campaign Manager John Sears...
...driver who was too cautious to ever rush for any flight, let alone ours. We passed the hat around and collected money for him--$50, $100, $122.37--if he got us the airport for our flight. Battle plans were hastily drawn up. The male chaperone-a track coach at Pali High and a former sprinter, would make a run for the gate. The rest of us would run interference, grabbing sky cabs, ticket checkers and paging people who might help stop the flight. When we got to the airport the chaperone left hell in his path, a chaos of people...
...island that is accessible no other way: the rim of the crater of long-dead Mount Waia-leale (with 400 to 800 inches of rain a year, the wettest spot on earth), the hidden beaches like Honopu and the Valley of the Lost Tribe on the Na Pali coast, populated today only by prancing mountain goats. Said Jackie, after she had picnicked at one of Kauai's inaccessible beaches hemmed by steep lava cliffs: "I had forgotten-and my children had never known-what it is like to discover a new place, unwatched and unnoticed...
Parental pressure for grades at Pali is intense; students often retaliate at home by demanding cars, clothes, expensive vacations. "If you aren't aware of the underlying fraud," explains Senior Al Hunsaker, an A student, "then you become a grind. In a way, it's a massive put-on, faking out the community and the family without going through the suffering of a full-fledged revolt." "As long as we don't make waves," a classmate adds, "the administration is happy...
Dancing the Jerk. Drinking is common enough among Pali students, and the important thing is style. "It's all right to get blasted, if you can be witty or brave," says Larry Futterman, 17, "but if you get sloppy, you're way out." Glue-sniffing and marijuana are also out, because they bring on major trouble from the cops. Illicit sex is discussed more intensely than it is practiced, but even the talk is becoming boring since it involves a responsibility wary Pali teen-agers are not willing to accept...