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...explanation something like this, "I voted for Reagan," he said, with his head turned down a bit. "I guess I was one of the few million closet Reaganires people too embarrassed to admit before the election that we were going to vote for an old actor, someone the IV news portrayed as a non-intellectual with a perpetual "gee whiz, ain't life grand' grin...
...helicopter to superlight planes made of titanium and graphite-epoxy composites. Multinational companies were attracted to the Falcon 900 (price: $13.5 million), a 27-seat craft introduced last month and capable of flying from New York to Tokyo with just one stop. High-rolling investment bankers liked the Gulfstream IV 19-passenger twin jet (also $13.5 million), with video screens at every seat and a computerized flight deck that an airline captain might envy...
...opponent campaigns aggressively in bowling alleys and at factory gates. She prefers cozy chats in private homes, where 30 or so guests can listen to her speech while munching on tuna sandwiches and fruitcake. Republican Elise du Pont, 48, wife of retiring Governor Pierre S. du Pont IV, is seeking her first elected office by running for Delaware's sole House seat against the Democratic incumbent Tom Carper. Most observers think that the former housewife's fortune and famed last name give her a strong chance of winning. She insists rather plaintively that this view works against...
This is a curious position to take for a man who has written what many call the best and most comprehensive history of the Vietnam War, and has received critical acclaim and high ratings for his 13-part IV documentary on the war for PBS being shown for the second time this summer...
...tell about Winston Churchill, British lords and ladies, Khrushchev, Castro, the CIA, and even some movie stars. The last few pages are devoted to Margaret Truman, for whom Daniel appears to have great respect. Daniel even manages to take a shot at Harvard in the midst; on Aga Khan IV '59--who is revered as a god by his subjects--he writes: "You might say he is the only divinity with a degree from Harvard, at though some other Harvard graduates have intimations of immortality...