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...greater influence on presidential policy than anyone since Mrs. Wilson. It was not until years later, when Ronald Reagan's Alzheimer's condition was disclosed, that the nation began to take Nancy Reagan to its heart. Lady Bird Johnson (still a beloved national figure), Rosalynn Carter and Barbara Bush all managed to balance the external and internal functions of First Lady. They were good performers, good wives and good political partners. All of them promoted important causes--but none was an independent political figure. Nor was Betty Ford, an ordinary political housewife catapulted into an extraordinary role. To her credit...
...time to banter with the other hosts and make sure the network emblem plastered on your coffee mug was visible to the camera when you drank from it. But last week DEBBIE MATENOPOULOS lost her regular cushion on the couch of The View, the ABC talk show hosted by Barbara Walters and four other women of varying ages. As an unknown MTV production assistant, Matenopoulos was chosen for the show to represent youth, a task she accomplished all too well with callow contributions that often left her colleagues dumbfounded. Matenopoulos is now pursuing other projects, including a TV sitcom...
...committee's key recommendations was to effectively cap the spending from the state's stabilization fund, which was termed as a "slush fund" by Barbara Anderson, founder and executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation & Government. While other states have similar "rainy-day funds," there are no limits to what Massachusetts can spend from the stabilization fund...
SEPTEMBER 1999 Monica tells Barbara Walters that she would "like to see Linda Tripp get hit by a truck, if they could find one big enough," and that she has lost 6 lbs. since giving up Ring Dings...
...their energy. Forstmann, who is chairman of Gulfstream Aerospace and a senior partner at a New York LBO firm he co-founded, spent a year canvassing the country, examining local school districts--the program will serve 40,000 students in 38 cities--and cajoling everyone from Michael Ovitz to Barbara Bush to join the fund's board of advisers. He got the idea for the venture after years of studying a similar financial-aid program in New York City. Nine out of 10 school kids who used money from the fund to attend private schools, he says, went...