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Nancy H. Teeters, who has opposed the credit tightening, said that excessive monetary restraint will result in a business decline. "It's very simple," Mrs. Teeters said. "Rates are too high...
Familiarity breeds nicknames, so it stands to reason that the more we get to know President-elect Ronald Reagan, the more likely we are to call him by any other name. But which one? Mr. Reagan calls Mrs. Reagan "Mommie," and she him "Ronnie." According to the New York Times, Mr. Reagan's tailor, Frank Mariani, also calls him Ronnie ("Ronnie is rather conservative"). Should we too call him Ronnie? Or should we call...
...Britain's Margaret Thatcher was aided immeasurably in her campaign by being known as Maggie; "Ted" Heath and "Sunny Jim" Callaghan were similarly embraced. So was Rhodesia's Ian Smith, who was known as "Good Old Smitty" to his white supporters, if not to blacks or to Mrs. Smith. Thailand's former Prime Minister Kriangsak Chamanan was called "Sweet Eyes." Such definite nicknames are useful not only to normal citizens but to journalists as well. In the matter of Mr. Reagan it will be considerably easier for, say, a pleased New York Post to write...
...should be said too that there are public figures whose bearing simply does not lend itself to nicknames. It is hard to imagine that the French would ever refer to their leader as Val. And Mrs. Gandhi is surely nothing but Indira to her friend...
...Hyde Park." Perhaps Mr. Reagan will come to be known as "The Squire of Rancho del Cielo," or "The Gipper," in reference to his second most memorable movie role, or in reference to the first, "The Rest of Me." New York Builder Donald Trump is called "The Donald" by Mrs. Trump, so we might call Mr. Reagan "The Ronald." It is too early to tell...