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The President and First Lady Nancy Reagan glided happily through the Inaugural's opening events, welcoming a crowd of 6,000 to Friday night's Prelude Pageant, held in a light snowfall on the Ellipse. The program was a musical tribute to U.S. history, with a narration by Actor Fess...
That was only the first telegenic touch. The ceremonies were scripted down to the last detail with Reagan's favorite electronic medium in mind. He booked himself into televised appearances at no fewer than six events, including a presidential coin toss before the start of Sunday's Super Bowl game...
After his record-setting $16.3 million, nouveau-riche extravaganza in 1981, the President had raised the possibility of a simple swearing-in ceremony this time, without any of the surrounding hoopla. But Republican Party politicos convinced him otherwise. "We knew we couldn't just have a swearing-in," says Ronald...
To stay within a budget limit of $9 million to $10 million, the committee is scheduling one-third fewer events this year. Gone are 1981's candlelight dinners and highbrow concerts at the Kennedy Center, and satellite balls across the country. Even the parade following the public swearing-in, with...
As thousands of cheering spectators crowded outside Panama City's Atlapa convention center, and dozens of dignitaries from the U.S., Western Europe and Latin America smiled approvingly inside the hall, Nicolás (Nicky) Ardito Barletta was installed as Panama's 21st President. Secretary of State George Shultz...