Word: reaganism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...revive the Reagan-Bush promises of the 1980s, a $500 per child tax credit and a tax cut for capital gains on investments...
...HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONAL WORKing with our senior population, I find Ronald Reagan's admission of his developing confusion from Alzheimer's disease an extremely admirable act ((Health, Nov. 14)). In a society where we worship youth and strength, Reagan again has shown what true courage is by admitting to the frailties of aging. I hope that we begin to accept and cope with the realities of our aged with the grace and candor of our former President. Children may be the future of our country, but old age is our future...
...NEWS OF REAGAN'S CONTRACTING Alzheimer's disease came as no news at all to this American expatriate. That this actor President had lost the plot was one of the reasons for my emigration. I can see American lawyers trying to outdo one another with the Reagan defense: My client is not guilty, your honor, because he forgets things and therefore cannot be held responsible for his actions. I've often wondered how revisionist historians would rewrite the Reagan years, and now I know...
...SADDENED TO HEAR OF REAGAN'S condition. Putting politics aside, the man was President of this country for eight years, and whether you like him isn't the issue. What is clear is the man's courage to tell the public that he has this disease. My heart and deepest feelings go out to him; he needs the country that he led so well for eight years to show him the way. We owe you, Ron; we'll be here...
...panel's unanimous endorsement of government support ofhuman embryo research-- potentially used to correct infertility and avoid birth defects. "I do not believe that federal funds should be used to support the creation of human embryos for research purposes," Clinton said, continuing a ban first established by President Ronald Reagan. The panel's proposal came over intense opposition from groups that believe human life, for legal purposes, should begin at the moment of conception. The prominent doctors and researchers on the panel moved forward carefully, saying the work should be limited to two-week-old embryos and calling for public...