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...great end of life is not knowledge but action," wrote British Philosopher Thomas Huxley. There may not be a better summation of the 40th President, who slights the former but excels in the latter. The Tightness of Reagan and almost everything he has done is yet to be proved. But his presence is established, the force of his person for good or ill is now a fact of Washington life admitted by friend and foe. For him the presidency works remarkably well...
Since there is nothing like a dame, only a cockeyed optimist could confuse Bob Hope with the real thing. The comedian shed his golf togs and donned a tropically fruity outfit for this week's NBC-TV special celebrating his 78th birthday and the 40th anniversary of the U.S.O. During the taping at West Point before 25,000 cadets, officers and onlookers, Hope sprang eternal. He sparred with Sugar Ray Leonard and teamed up with Mary Martin, 67, to reprise a number from South Pacific. "If I entered the Miss U.S.A. contest,"said Hope, "I'd probably...
Bobby Hackett, 500 free, 12th place, 4:22.56; Ted Chappell, 500 free, 4:30.03; Ted Chappell, 400 I.M., 28th place, 4:00.37; Bobby Hackett, 200 free, 15th place, 1:37.66; Mike Coglin, 400 I.M., 34th place; 4:04.50; Geoff Seelen, 100 back, 40th place, 52.38; Jack Gauthier, Bobby Hackett. Ted Chappell, Larry Countryman, 800 free relay, 15th place, 6:38.33; Bobby Hackett, 1650 free, 7th place, 15:11.73; Larry Countryman, 1650 free, 25th place...
...hostages' release and felt a surge of national relief, a rebirth of confidence and hope, however transitory, that rivaled the first landing on the moon. Here was a pageant awash with symbolism and reality that defined democracy: the orderly transfer of authority to the nation's 40th President. And it coincided with the news Americans had been waiting and praying for these long, agonizing, humiliating months. The 52 were free at last...
Reagan settles into the White House with the nation still divided in its opinion of hun. Fewer than half of the American people now express full confidence and trust in the 40th President, while nearly as many say they have doubts and reservations about him. These are the findings of a national opinion survey conducted for TIME by the research firm Yankelovich, Skelly and White Inc. shortly before Reagan's Inauguration...