Word: relishing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Above all, she takes meticulous care of her husband when he is not campaigning, making certain he does not overwork and gets to bed before 10 p.m. Reagan seems to relish the motherly, don't-forget-your-galoshes attention. With great affection, he calls her "Mommy" and she calls him "Ronnie." Says Nancy Clark Reynolds, Mrs. Reagan's longtime press secretary: "When they hold hands, it's for real...
...ever had--he held the job for a total of 17 years--and probably the most influential politician in Texas history. Fourteen years after his death, Texas politics is still dominated by Rayburn proteges like John Connally, Lloyd Bentsen and others of the same ilk--practical, adaptable men who relish the exercise of power for its own sake and maintain a highly skeptical regard for principles and ideologies...
...Administration appeared to relish the squabble. In his White House press conference, Ford scourged the Democrats: "I can't imagine a Congress not having enough imagination to combine a spending limitation and a tax reduction. If they don't, there ought to be some changes up on Capitol Hill...
...actually relish war and conflict...
Pike is believed to be thinking of running for James L. Buckley's U.S. Senate seat next year, a tough fight he would relish. But for now he is determined to nettle the members of the Administration who would conceal activities Pike thinks they ought to disclose. "Congress might have to revise its own rules to safeguard genuine secrets," says Pike, "but that is Congress's decision to make. The foreign affairs of the nation belong to the nation, not just to the Executive...