Word: quietus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...November elections, the scramble for the 1988 election will begin. Reagan has been too strong a figure in the past six years to be relegated soon to the status of a lame duck. But his time is receding. Perhaps the Reagan era is to be remembered simply as a quietus. Perhaps it is the illusion of a long summer celebration of the past, an illusion necessary before the future can begin...