Ronald Reagan

...President Jose Lopez Portillo on February 14, 1977. • At his first state dinner a month into office in 1981, President Reagan hosted British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. What makes a successful dinner? It's what you don't plan,...

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...its occupants; for some, it was the start of 444 days of captivity. In 1980, Ronald Reagan won the White House as he defeated President Jimmy Carter by a strong margin. In 1991, Ronald Reagan opened his presidential library in Simi Valley,...

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...in which Reagan challenged President Jerry Ford for the nomination. Ford went to his grave believing that Reagan had weakened him so much that Carter could send him home. He argued that if Reagan had conceded earlier and campaigned harder...

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...this when he entitled his autobiography The Audacity of Hope and his handlers understood it as they openly sought to emulate Ronald Reagan, the modern American political figure who understood this truth best. It is ironic then that in just...

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...of Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. In 1982 -- two years after Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter -- Republicans lost 26 seats in the house (starting from a relatively weak minority, much as they have now). In 1994 -- two years after Clinton...

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