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...private life, Reagan for the most part remained his mother's obedient son. Professionally, he was his father's offspring, "a supplier of entertainment, comfort, distraction, and healing symbols," a somnipractor, suggests the author, an arranger of others' dreams. The now famous years as radio sportscaster, describing baseball games confected from telegraph bulletins, were succeeded by decades as a Hollywood actor whose ideas of history were often derived from scenarios...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Somnipractor REAGAN'S AMERICA: INNOCENTS AT HOME | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

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