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273 "always impl[y]...": WasP, 2 Aug. 1984, A28.

273 "What?...": WasP, 19 Aug. 1984, A9.

273 "I wasn't...": Ibid.

274 "Look. We...": Patti Davis, The Way I See It (New York, 1992), pp. 11, 242.

274 "Ronald...": RR, An American Life (New York, 1990), pp. 21, 29.

274 "If my father...": RR with Richard C. Hublen, Where's the Rest of Me? (New York, 1965), p. 14.

274 "loved three...": Ibid., p. 11.

274 "Life is...": WSJ, 8 Oct. 1980, p. 1.

274 "We hang...": Time, 5 Jan. 1981, p. 14.

274 "the perfect...": Bill Thompson in Anne Edwards, Early Reagan (New York, 1987), p. 65.

274 "you couldn't...": RR, American, pp. 46, 59.

274 "and my fraternity...": Ibid., pp. 75-76.

274 Dutch told...: Laurence Leamer, Make-Believe (New York, 1983), p. 90.

275 "likeable, clean-cut American": Anne Edwards, Early Reagan, p. 154.

275 "it was a fantasy...": RR, American, pp. 84, 83.

275 "Poor Man's...": RR in Photoplay Combined with Movie Mirror, Aug. 1942, p. 45.

275 "Mr. Norm...": Ibid., p. 44.

275 "we'll lead...": Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 115.

275 "one of...": Frank Van Der Linden, The Real Reagan (New York: 1981), p. 59.

275 "Now I'm...": Photoplay, Jan. 1945, p. 23.

275 "The monastery...": RR, Where's, p. 11.

275 "This learning...": Photoplay, Apr. 1948, p. 114.

275 "I was divorced...": People, 29 Dec.-5 Jan. 1981, p. 24.

276 "and I couldn't...": Joe Santley quoted in Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 148.

276 "But Nancy...": RR, American, p. 122.

276 "backstage baby...": NR with William Novak, My Turn (New York, 1989), p. 69.

276 "Nancy Robbins...": Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 25.

276 "armchair psychologists...": NR, My Turn, pp. 69-70.

276 "My Father...": NR in McCalls, June 1983, p. 81.

276 "Nancy's social...": Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 45.

276 "majored in English...": NR, My Turn, pp. 82, 84.

276 "the Glamour Girl...": Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 60.

277 "lead the life...": Lee Edwards, Reagan (San Diego, 1967), p. 61.

277 "the most glamorous...": NR, My Turn, pp. 86-88.

277 "to have a successful...": Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 70.

277 "I had always...": NR, My Turn, p. 91.

277 "one of the things...": Ibid., p. 95.

277 "everything wrong": GH, June 1985, p. 240.

277 "Do you want...": NR, My Turn, p. 100.

277 "Go ahead...": Ibid., p. 103.

277 just decided...: RR, Where's, p. 269.

277 "squeeze[d] in...": NR in McCall's, June 1983, p. 133.

277 "By then...": NR, My Turn, p. 101.

277 "Your mother...": Davis, Way I See, p. 25.

277 "difficult": NR, My Turn, p. 103.

277 "From the start...": RR, American, p. 123.

277 "The Dragon Lady": Michael Reagan, On the Outside Looking in (New York, 1988), p. 84.

278 "preferred my mother's...": Davis, Way I See, pp. 33-34.

278 "presidential couple...": NR, My Turn, p. 123.

278 "A woman isn't...": James t. Patterson, Grand Expectations (New York, 1996), p.364.

278 "My life...": Ibid., pp. 92-93.

278 "Wow, everything's...": Davis, Way I See, p. 73.

278 "Not a day...": Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 191.

279 "If Ronnie...": Nwswk, 28 Apr. 1980, p. 33.

279 a recognition...: Edwards, Reagan, p. 85.

279 "He has two...": Davis, Way I See, p. 105.

279 "the most difficult...": Redbook, July 1981, p. 62.

279 "Nancy, people...": Look, 31 Oct. 1967, p. 40.

279 "a stopgap...": Ibid., pp. 37, 42.

280 "How do you...": Ibid., p. 40.

280 "Sex is not...": Helene Von Damm, Sincerely Ronald Reagan (Ottawa, IL, 1976), pp. 95-96.

280 "yes, dear...": Bill Boyarsky, The Rise of Ronald Reagan (New York, 1968), p. 5.

280 "I simply don't...": USNWR, 8 Mar. 1976, p. 16.

280 "the most powerful...": Time, 24 Nov. 1975, p. 23.

281 "peer marriage": Pepper Schwartz, Love Between Equals (NewYork, 1994), pp. 4-5.

281 "you're really...": CBS, "60 Minutes," with NR, 20 Dec. 1981, R5643, RR AV.

281 "never seen...": NYT, 5 Apr. 1980, p. 7.

281 "When you...": New York, 28 July 1980, p. 14.

281 "She never...": WasP, 1 May 1980, F1.

281 "as close...": Peter Hannaford, The Reagans (New York, 1983), p. 292. See also pp. 228-229.

281 "Campaigning and...": New York, 28 July 1980, p. 14.

281 "Give me...": People, 17 Nov. 1980, p. 45.

281 "They had eyes...": Hannaford, The Reagans, p. 290.

281 "when they...": Time, 24 Nov. 1975, p. 23.

282 "was all sweetness...": WasP, 1 May 1980, F2. See NR with Bill Libby, Nancy (New York, 1980).

282 "Ronald Reagan's...": New York, 28 July 1980, p. 14.

282 "mostly women...": LHJ, Oct. 1980, p. 111.

282 "part of...": NYTM, 26 Oct. 1980, 6:45.

282 "shamelessly goody-two-shoes...": New York, 28 July 1980, p. 14.

282 "equal rights...": NR, Sears in NYTM, 26 Oct. 1980, 6:100.

282 "Glare at...": LHJ, Oct. 1980, p. 111.

282 "My biggest...": NR, My Turn, p. 36.

282 "Nancy, you...": Chris Wallace, First Lady (New York, 1986), p. 83.

282 "I don't often...": NYT, 26 Oct. 1980, p. 41.

283 "No, no...": WasP, 10 Nov. 1980, D1.

283 "If I were...": WasP, 1 May 1980, F1.

283 "Obviously we...": NYT, 5 Apr. 1980, p. 7.

283 "You can't...": Nwswk, 21 Dec. 1981, p. 27.

283 "more emphasis...": American Council of Life Insurance, "Monitoring the Attitudes of the Public 1983," in Dennis A. Gilbert, Compendium of American Public Opinion (New York, 1988), p. 138.

283 "spic and span...": Daniel Yankelovich, New Rules (New York, 1981), p. 96.

283 "THE NEW...": People, 17 Nov. 1980, p. 44.

283 "more Rodeo...": New York Daily News, 13 Nov. 1980, p. 43; WasP, 11 Nov. 1980, B1.

283 "still ... cringe": NR, My Turn, p. 36.

283 When Nancy suggested: Nwswk, 22 Dec. 1980, p. 14.

283 "Why can...": Professor Caryl Rivers in New Orleans Times-Picayune, 15 Feb. 1981, 4:15.

284 "First Companion...": LAT, 16 Jan. 1981, 2:11.

284 "a policy decision...": "Transition of the wife of the President-elect," OA 5097, p. 16, Edwin A. Meese MSS, RR Lib.

284 "It's a hard...": People, 17 Nov. 1980, p. 47.

284 "I'll be me": New York, 28 July 1980, p. 15.

284 "Redecorating the...": People, 29 Dec./5 Jan. 1981, pp. 24-25.

284 "I don't like...": People, 19 Jan. 1981, pp. 38, 40.

284 "perhaps...": People, 17 Nov. 1980, p. 47.

284 "very special...": See Bill Adler, Ronnie and Nancy: A Very Special Love Story (New York, 1985); Leamer, Make-Believe; 50 Plus, Feb. 1986, p. 20; NYT, 7 May 1986, p. 1.

284 "I love you...": Adler, Ronnie and Nancy, pp. 104-105.

284 "gave old...": NYDN, 13 Nov. 1980, p. 57.

284 "main characteristics...": Time, 5 Jan. 1981, p. 15.

285 "fatherly ...": David Stockman, The Triumph of Politics (New York, 1986, 1987), pp. 12, 119.

285 after the first hundred...: "The Reagan Presidency After 100 Days," 28 Apr. 1981, 018542CA, Box 1, PR 015, WHORM, RR Lib.

285 "Critics who...": Nwswk, 9 Mar. 1981, p. 27.

285 "old fashioned...": WasS, 4 Mar. 1981, C1. See also Nwswk, 21 Dec. 1981, cover story and 17 Nov. 1980, cover story.

286 "That the first...": WasP, 2 Dec. 1981, L1.

286 "more ceremonial...": Judy Mann in WasP, 20 Nov. 1981, B1, B19.

286 "everything...": Sheila Tate in NYT, 17 Nov. 1985, p. 14.

286 "I wish...": Redbook, July 1981, p. 64.

286 drifted off...: WasS, 4 Mar. 1981, C1.

286 "Honey, I...": ABC, "Barbara Walters Special," with NR, 2 June 1981, R247, RR AV.

286 "I love you": Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 318.

286 "Nothing can...": NR, My Turn, p. 11.

286 "I think you...": "Barbara Walters Special," with NR.

286 "I have a new...": George Mitrovich to Mabel H. Brandon, 3 June 1981, 031491, Box 19, PR 016-1, WHORM.

287 "You are right...": RR to Sam Harrod, 4 Feb. 1982, 058987, Box 12, PR 016.

287 "today's media...": Washington Journalism Review, Dec. 1982, p. 26. See also Public Opinion, Oct./Nov. 1981, p. 42. Herbert J. Gans offered a tendentious critique of these polemical articles in Columbia Journalism Review, Nov./Dec. 1985, p. 29. For liberal complaints about right-wing media bias see Mark Hertsgaard, On Bended Knee (New York, 1988, 1989).

287 "I don't mean...": Redbook, July 1981, p. 64.

287 only 23 percent...: WasP, 25 Nov. 1981, C1.

287 "lovely, lovely...": ChiT, 17 Jan. 1982, 9:12

287 "She dresses...": The Washingtonian, July 1981, p. 109.

287 "Good Heaven's...": WasP, 28 Dec. 1981, A19.

287 "I and many...": WasP, 2 Dec. 1981, p. L1.

287 "silly...": WasP, 24 Oct. 1981, B1.

287 "fresh look...": "60 Minutes" with NR.

288 "bum rap: WasP, 25 Nov. 1981, C3.

288 "Last year...": NYT, 19 Feb. 1982, B5.

288 "all major...": Sheila Tate to West Wing Scheduling Committee, 29 Dec. 1981, CFOA 152, NR Chron Files, Michael Deaver MSS, RR Lib.

288 "national release": Wendy Borcherdt to Shirley Hudson Allison, 13 July 1982, OA 7112, Michael Baroody MSS, RR Lib.

288 "no more...": Muffie Brandon to George Stevens, Ann Wrobleski, 10 Dec. 1982, Box 7176, Mabel Brandon MSS, RR Lib.

288 "more suitable...": Sheila Tate to Ginny Frizzi, 25 Jan. 1982, O56454, Box 2, PR016.

288 Senate Finance...": Max Friersdorf to Michael Deaver, et al., 29 Jan. 1981, Box 13528, Ellen Bradley MSS, RR Lib. See also suggested Talking Points, 20 Mar. 1981 for Luncheon with Wives of Top Democratic and Republican Leaders and Ranking Members, 23 Mar. 1981 in Box 13528.

288 "She has derived...": NYT, 16 Jan. 1982, p. 15.

288 "no longer...": Elaine D. Crispen to Mrs. Marjorie Behr, 24 Feb. 1982, 062058, Box 11, PR 01402.

289 overlapping frumpy...: NR, My Turn, pp. 41-42.

289 off-the-record: AP and UPI wire services provided a short description, and major newspapers including the NYT, WasP, and the ChiT had minor items about the skit. 29 Mar. 1982, A-3, Box 14, RR News.

289 Now, they loomed...: Compare "Polishing the Image," WasP, 19 Feb. 1982, D1 to "NR on the Road in Iowa," WasP, 6 Aug. 1982, D1.

289 The program grew...: "The Reagan Record: The Family and Traditional Values," 9 Aug. 1988, p. 20, 576686, Box 63, FG 001, RR Lib.

289 "To love...": NR in SatEP, Mar. 1982, p. 81.

289 She realeased...: NR with Jane Wilkie, To Love a Child (Indianapolis, 1982), p. xi.

289 "a Betty Ford issue": TNR, 16-23 Sept. 1985, p. 18.

289 "depressing...": NYT, 14 Sept. 1986, p. 27.

290 "Money does...": NR Interview in USNWR, 31 May 1982, p. 50.

290 "Government didn't...": WTTG, "Merv Griffin Show," 6 Oct. 1982, R1119, RR AV. On why this moralistic appeal inspired conservatives and fustrated liberals see George Lakoff, Moral Politics (Chicago, 1996), pp. 186-187.

290 "I became...": Letter quoted in The Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. "Nancy" "The Entertainment Industry Salutes the First Lady," 26 Sept. 1985, 1983, NR VF.

290 "But Mrs. Reagan...": Staff notes for Wendy Toler to John T. Schuler, 24 Aug. 1988, WH Alpha File, JSN [2 of 18], RR Lib.

290 "Well why...": GH, Jan. 1987, p. 64.

290 simplistic: For an attack on the program see Washington Monthly, May 1992, p. 18.

290 "a marked change...": "Nancy" Entertainment Council.

291 In the episode...: NBC, "Diff'rent Strokes," with Mrs. Reagan, 19 Mar. 1983, 20:00-20:30, RR Lib.

291 "the most significant...": Carlton Turner to NR, 1 Feb. 1983, 127555PD, Box 5, PR 016.

291 "You radiated...": Burt Reynolds to NR, c. Mar. 1983, 136120, Box 20, PR 016-012.

291 "constructive hypocrisy": ChiT, 30 Oct. 1995, p. 11.

291 Reporters treated..." See 26 Apr. 1985, Box 43, B5, RR News.

291 "a mother-to-mother...": WasP, F1, in 26 Apr. 1985, A-9, RR News.

291 "Because there...": Time, 14 Jan. 1985, p. 27.

291 "Well, I'm sure...":WTTG, "Merv Griffin Show" with RR and NR, 27 Sept. 1983, 21:00-22:00, R1630 B, RR AV.

291 "If a wife...": LAT, 30 Mar. 1982, p. 1.

292 a sea change: "Drug Use Decreasing-- Trends Promise a Real Success," 18 Mar. 1983, 1292225C, Box 13, FG 001, RR Lib.

292 "total nominal...": "Ten Myths that Miss The Mark," Issue Alert, 2 Mar. 1983, 118188PD, Box 11, FG 001.

292 new government...: "The Reagan Accomplishments: The First Six Years," 16 Dec. 1986, pp. 4, 5, 44117755, Box 46, FG 001.

292 "They portray...": NYT, 14 Oct. 1984, p. 28.

293 "Christmas in...": George Stevens, Jr., to Michael Deaver, 5 Apr. 1982, Box 7176, Brandon MSS: NBC, "Christmas in Washington," 13 Dec. 1982, R1210, RR AV.

293 "the Great...": RR, Eisenstadt in Stephen Skowronek, The Politics Presidents Make (Cambridge, MA, 1993), pp. 409, 412.

293 "The public...": Richard B. Wirthlin to NR, 21 Oct. 1981, OA 10872, Deaver MSS.

293 By 1984: Eleanor Smeal and Associates, "Maximizing the Women's Vote '84," Jan. 1984, p. 23, 200446PD, Box 4, PR015.

294 "provide an...": Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Feminism is NOT the Story of My Life (New York, 1996), p. 11. See also Betty Friedan, The Second Stage (New York, 1981), p. 22; Donald G. Mathews and Jane Sherron De Hart, Sex, Gender and the Politics of ERA (New York, 1990), pp. 152-153: Kristen Luker, Abortion and the politics of Motherhood (Berkley, 1984), pp. 162-163.

294 "hormone gap...": Boyarsky, Rise of RR, p. 20.

294 "gender gap...": Bella Abzug with Mimi Kelber, Gender Gap (New York, 1984), p. 90.

294 "recognize and...": "Gender Gap," 19 Nov. 1982, President's Weekly Update, 22 Nov. 1982, 10901425C, Box 10, FG001.

294 a characteristically...: Robert Dallek, Ronald Reagan (Cambridge, MA, 1984), p. 82.

294 "I'm not...": NR in LHJ, Oct. 1980, p. 111.

294 "there are...": LHJ, May 1985, p. 138.

294 "Feminism is...": McCall's, Nov. 1985, p. 178. On the difficult question of what constitutes feminism, see Nancy Cott, "What's in a Name? The Limits of 'Social Feminism,'" Journal of American History, Dec. 1989, 76:809-829.

294 "the hell...": NYT, 1 June 1972, p. L1.

294 "the most satisfying...": Cosmopolitan, Nov. 1980, p. 284.

294 "seem caught...": NYTM, 26 Oct. 1986, 6:29.

294 "I consider...": NR in SatEP, Sept. 1981, p. 34.

294 "I can't imagine...": NYT, 23 Aug. 1984, p. 24.

294 "is in reality...": James F. Bender, "The Trouble with Most Brides," American Magazine, Oct., 1948, p. 42.

294 "It can be...": ABC, "Barbara Walters Special," with RR and NR, 24 Mar. 1986, R3132B, RR AV.

295 "Thinking of...": NYTM, 26 Oct. 1986, 6:32.

295 "The Revolution..." Time, 9 Apr. 1984, p. 74.

295 "still... happy...": LHJ, May 1985, p. 138.

295 NBC surveyed... NBC, "NBC Special: The First Lady, Nancy Reagan," 24 June 1985, R2729B, RR AV.

295 highest favorability...: Richard Wirthlin to NR, 6 Oct. 1982, 10844, Box 2, PR 015.

295 "women's equality...": Susan Faludi, Backlash (New York, 1991), p. 230.

295 "universal sisterhood": Alice Echols, Daring to Be Bad (Minneapolis, 1989), p. 203. For working class resentments

295 Reagan captured...: Nelson W. Polsby and Aaron Wildavsky, Presidential Elections, 8th ed. (New York, 1991), pp. 337, 186; Public Opinion, Oct./Nov. 1985, 8:51.

296 "equity feminism...": Christina Hoff Sommers, Who Stole Feminism (New York, 1994), p. 22.

296 "Seen as guaranteeing...": Naomi Wolf, Fire with Fire (New York, 1993), pp. 67, 68. See also Katie Roiphie, The Morning After (Boston, 1993, 1994), pp. 5, 121.

296 reporters celebrated...: See Time, 14 Jan. 1985, p. 24; NYT, 26 Mar. 1985, p. 20.

296 "Nancy Reagan at the peak...": "NBC Special: NR." see also Ed Rollins with Tom DeFrank, Bare Knucles and Back Rooms (New York, 1996), pp. 97, 137.

297 " prerogatives...seemed so...": Donald T. Regan, For the Record (New York, 1988), pp. 290-292.

297 "You just...": USNWR, 29 July 1985, p. 24.

297 "whisper peace...": WasP, 23 Oct. 1984, C12.

297 "tone ... down": NR, My Turn, p. 64.

297 "stirring up...": RR, American, p. 378.

297 "I'm worried...": Ibid., p. 379.

297 "Are you going...": Hedrick Smith, The Power Game (New York, 1988), p. 376.

297 "to have a checkup...": NR, My Turn, p. 279.

298 "to say it...": Ibid., p. 282; Larry Speakes to Donald Regan, 6 Aug. 1985, Box 30, 35461D, PR016-04; WasT, 8 Aug. 1985, A7, Box 45, RR News.

298 "Mrs. President": USNWR, 29 July 1985, p. 24.

298 "reassuring serenity...": WasP, 17 July 1985, A15.

298 "as a proven...": WasP, 18 Nov. 1985, B1.

298 "as usual": Regan, For the Record, pp. 300.

298 "They're not...": WasP, 18 Nov. 1985, B9.

299 "if women...": WasP, 21 Nov. 1985, C1.

299 "style wars": Nwswk, 2 Dec. 1985, p. 34.

299 "I really think...": WasP, 21 Nov. 1985, C14.

299 "Who does...": Regan, the Record, p. 314.

299 "the pleasure...": "Barbara Walters" with RR and NR.

299 "You'll meet...": Ibid.

299 "reality-based...": Tom Rosenstiel, Strange Bedfellows (New York, 1993), p. 26.

300 "I tried...": "Barbara Walters" with RR and NR.

300 "master narrative": James Fallows, Breaking the News New York, 1996), p.171.

301 "Number One...": See "Number One National Problem," 19-21 Sept. 1986 in "Anti-Drug Crusade: Attitudes and Opportunities for Change," 439787, Box 10, PR015, WHORM.

301 "I had my first...": RR, American, pp. 501-502.

301 "Are you...": Regan, the Record, p. 69.

301 "Usually in...": Peggy Noonan, What I Saw at the Revolution (New York, 1990), p. 163.

301 "get off...": For rumor see BosG, 9 Dec. 1986, p. 16.

301 "journalistic firestorm": RR, American, pp. 527-528.

301 His job approval...: NYT, 3 Mar. 1987, pp. 1, 11.

302 "unhappy...": RR, American, p. 532.

302 "I don't believe...": NR, My Turn, p. 109.

302 "possible ways...": Dennis Thomas to Donald T. Regan, 16 Jan. 1987, 484685, FG 001.

302 "You are not...": NYT, 21 Feb. 1987, p. 32.

302 "seemed uninterested...": Regan, the Record, p. 71.

302 "The leader...": "NBC Special: NR."

302 calling Nancy...: Noonan, What I Saw, p. 163; WasP, 12 June 1987, D2.

302 "time ...": Reagan, For the Record, p. 90. See also NR, My Turn, p. 326..

302 "troubled by...": RR, American, p. 537.

303 "Reagan Caught...": NYT, 21 Feb. 1987, p. 32.

303 "Who is...": Time, 9 Mar. 1987, p. 28.

303 "the world...": ChiT, 24 Feb. 1987, 1:3.

303 "That does it...": RR, American, pp. 538, 537.

303 "I thought...": Regan, the Record, p. 98.

303 "Flustered...Mr. President...": Jane Mayer and Doyle McManus, Landslide (Boston, 1988) p. 382.

303 "in weeks": NR, My Turn, p. 333.

303 "the leak...": RR, American, p. 539.

303 "At a time...": NYT, 2 Mar. 1987, p. 17.

304 "Nancy Reagan's...": NYT, 3 Mar. 1987, p. 1.

304 "the most vicious...": NR, My Turn, p. 333.

304 "convey a...": Frederick J. Ryan to Howard Baker, Jr., 5 Mar. 1987, 464563, Box 49, PR007, WHORM.

304 "gets her hackles...": NYT, 3 Mar. 1987, pp. 1, 11.

304 "despicable fiction...": WasP, 5 Mar. 1987, B1, B2.

304 only 24...: NYT, 3 Mar. 1987, p. 1.

304 "Americans were...": RR, American, p. 541.

304 "Regan once...": LAT, 4 Mar. 1987, p. 4.

305 "not one of...": NYT, 8 Mar. 1987, 4:5.

305 "self-proclaimed...": AtCon, 12 Mar. 1987, A23.

305 "Spousal advice...": NYT, 4 Mar. 1987, p. 30.

305 Phil Donahue...: NR, My Turn, p. 335.

305 63 percent...: WasP, 11 Mar. 1987, C1.

305 woman with whom...: WasP, 11 June 1987, C1.

305 "There are those...": NR, "Remarks for Associated Press Publisher's Luncheon," 4 May 1987, pp. 1, 16, 6, 10, 14-15, F95-109, WHORM.

306 marital partnership...: Steven Mintz and Susan Kellogg, Domestic Revolutions (New York, 1988), p. 186.

306 "cultural materialist": Maxine L. Margolis, Mothers and Such (Berkeley, 1974), p. 3.

306 "What could...": NYT, 25 May 1988, p. 22.

306 "Only a damn...": WasP, 13 May 1988, A22.

306 "main adviser...": WasP, 11 Mar. 1988, A25.

306 "She has made...": McCall's, Mar. 1988, p. 62.

306 "part of the deal": WasP, 13 May 1988, A22.

306 "When they go...": WasP, 10 June 1988, D3,

306 "In the waning...": Commonwealth, 24 Apr., 1987, p. 231.

307 "an official...": LHJ, Aug. 1987, p. 66.

307 "If being...": Ms., July 1988, p. 66.

307 "Do your own...": NYT, 15 Jan. 1989, p. 20.

307 poll confirmed...: LHJ, Sept. 1988, p. 90.

307 "after playing...": NYT, 12 Mar. 1987, A31.

307 "I confess...": RR, American, p. 693.

307 "I couldn't...": WasP, 4 Dec. 1987, D8.

308 "set us back...": NYT, 5 Mar. 1988, p. 6.

308 the number...: NYT, 1 Nov. 1987, p. 44.

308 "there was nothing...": RR, American, pp. 696-697.

308 "That was...": McCall's, Mar. 1988, p. 143.

308 "terrible, terrible": WasP, 4 Dec. 1987, D1.

308 "henpecked, manipulated...": TNR, 23 Mar. 1987, p. 12.

308 to endure...: Michael Deaver, Behind the Scenes (New York, 1987); Reagan, On the Outside; Larry Speakes, Speaking Our (New York, 1988).

308 "No policy...": Nwswk, 16 May 1988, p. 20.

309 "America's most..." Kitty Kelley, Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography (New York, 1991), p. 528.

309"benefited from the...": Paul Maslin in Michael Duffy and Dan Goodgame, Marching in Place (New York, 1992).

309 "diminutive, designer-sheathed": NYT, 15 Jan. 1989, p. 1.

309 "brought all...": WasP, 10 May 1988, A6.

309 "ole boys...": NYT, 25 May 1988, p. 22.

309 "The warmest...": RR, American, p. 724.

309 "adolescent's dream...": Schwartz, Love, p. 17.

310 "Ordinary people...": NYT, 11 Apr. 1991, A25.

310 they complained...: See Mintz and Kellog, Domestic Revolution, p. 236. On Abortion see E.J. Dionne, Why Americans Hate Politics (New York, 1991), p. 341.