Word: reaganism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other members of the Presidents Club knew what was happening to Ronald Reagan when they talked to him at the funeral of Richard Nixon this spring. It was confirmation of the whispers and rumors they all had been hearing about his failing memory. None was ready to use the dreaded word Alzheimer's just then, but it was in the back of their minds...
George Bush told friends he was profoundly worried about his old compatriot. Jimmy Carter confided just a few weeks ago to a companion that Reagan's responses were not right. And Jerry Ford thought Reagan seemed hollowed out. Yet on that solemn day in Yorba Linda, California, when the Presidents came one by one down the stairs, Reagan looked every inch his former self to the millions of television viewers. At the top step he paused a bit, gave that smile of his, and the crowd burst into applause despite the somber nature of the moment. He still seemed invincible...
...those close to him knew he was facing another assailant. One friend called him about that same time to talk about Nixon and what he had meant to Reagan's own political career. Nancy Reagan, also on the line, prodded his memory, and when it engaged, Reagan did well. He could recall talking to Nixon back in 1960 about switching parties, but Nixon wanted him to campaign as a Democrat for Nixon, which he did. Asked what Reagan had finally thought about Watergate, the epic scandal of this age, Reagan fell silent. "Forgive me," he said...
...word spread about his condition, there was a gentle conspiracy among the politicians and even the journalists: Let Reagan talk about it when and if he wanted...
...published by Science. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and at Harvard say an eyedrop drug called tropicamide causes pupils in the eyes of Alzheimer's patients to dilate approximately four times more readily than in those of people without the brain-debilitating disease. Former President Reagan's revelation last weekend that he's an Alzheimer's victim is expected to focus national attention on the disease. Still, the availability of the new testing procedure means only that patients can plan for the loss of mental ability; there's no known cure yet.Post your opinion on theHealth...