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58. Clare Boothe Luce, the wife of media mogul Henry Luce, was a playwright, a social critic, a journalist, a congresswoman from Connecticut, an ambassador to Italy, and a lifelong Republican. See Ralph G. Martin, Henry and Clare: An Intimate Portrait of the Luces (New York: Perigee, 1992) and Alan Brinkley, The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century (New York: Vintage Books, 2010).

59. Ronald Reagan, "Address to the Nation on the Situation in Nicaragua," March 16, 1986, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project,

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[accessed December 29, 2011]. See also Ronald Reagan, "Address to the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States," October 7, 1987, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project,

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60. Lou Cannon writes, "Both Goldwater and Reagan opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on what they believed were constitutional grounds. Neither man was a racist, but their alliance with the Southerners on this touchstone issue opened a gulf between conservatives and blacks that has never healed." Lou Cannon, Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power (New York: Public Affairs, 2003), 122. Reagan became more supportive of civil rights during his presidency. In 1988 he championed the Fair Housing Amendments Act and invited Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), a veteran of the civil rights movement, to attend the signing ceremony. At the end of his speech, Reagan paid tribute to Lewis while offering a subtle reminder of JFK's failure to enact similar legislation a quarter century earlier: "Twenty-five years ago, as a young leader of the civil rights movement, Congressman Lewis was standing in this very Rose Garden pressing for federal action to eliminate housing discrimination. John's hard work to achieve that has brought us one step closer to realizing Martin Luther King's dream." Reagan's aides had wanted him to deliver a more cutting remark: "[T]he president could acknowledge Lewis' presence, note that he stood in the very same spot for the very same reason 25 years ago and tell him that he (the president) is living proof that sometimes you have to wait to get what you want." See Gerald McKiernan to Alan M. Kranowitz, August 31, 1988, and Kranowitz to Mari Maseng, September 9, 1988, Folder "H.R 1158 Fair Housing Bill Signing Ceremony," Box OA 16829, Legislative Affairs, White House Office of Records, Ronald Reagan Library. See also Ronald Reagan, "Remarks on Signing the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988," September 13, 1988, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project,

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61. The major arms agreement of the Reagan era was the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which banned the use of missiles with ranges of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. See "Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles," Department of State website,

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62. Edward Kennedy to Ronald Reagan, March 7, 1985, ID#297993, FE008, WHORM: Subject File, Ronald Reagan Library.

63. James Mann, The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War (New York: Viking, 2009), 131. Many Cold War experts and observers strongly disagreed with Reagan when he asserted there would have been no hostilities had the United States attempted to stop the wall, which was on East German territory, from going up.

64. Ronald Reagan, "Remarks to the People of Berlin," June 11, 1982, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project,

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65. Ronald Reagan, "Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin," June 12, 1987, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project,

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66. Reagan referenced JFK 51 times in 1984, which represents 38% of the 133 total Kennedy references he made during his first term. See Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan 1984, vols I & II. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1986.

67. Bill Peterson, "Kennedy, Citing Family, Rules Out Campaign for '84," Washington Post, December 2, 1982.

68. Peter Goldman and Tony Fuller with Thomas M. DeFrank, Eleanor Clift, Lucille Beachy, Joyce Barnathan, and Vern E. Smith, The Quest for the Presidency 1984 (New York: Bantam Books, 1985), 65.

69. Richard Nixon to "friends in the Reagan-Bush campaign," October 29, 1984, reprinted in Goldman et al., Quest for the Presidency 1984, 45053.

70. Goldman et al., Quest for the Presidency 1984, 70.

71. Hayward, Age of Reagan, 368; Robert S. McElvaine, "The Kennedy Complex," New York Times, September 27, 1987.

72. Sabato, Feeding Frenzy, 7677.

73. Ibid., 1213.

74. Ronald Reagan, "Remarks Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas," August 23, 1984, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project,

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75. Ronald Reagan, "Remarks at a Reagan-Bush Rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa," September 20, 1984, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project,

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76. Ronald Reagan, "Remarks at a Reagan-Bush Rally in Boston, Massachusetts," November 1, 1984,Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project,

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