American - Author | December 14, 1960 -
One of the things I learned in editing 'The Reagan Diaries' is to never say what Reagan would do, because he surprised people.
Douglas Brinkley
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If Reagan had intelligence information that showed that the upheaval in Egypt is actually Democratic in spirit, then he would have, I believe, turned his back on Mubarak, even though there's a long friendship between the United States and Egypt.
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Reagan was a pure liberation, free-and-fair election American.
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Reagan never cottoned to dictators. He was pure in this notion in a true belief that democracy was the best solution in the world because it spoke to people's hopes and dreams and aspirations, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of speech.
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For Dylan, it seems, life is always the next gig. Changing pace and location are essential to his survival as an artist.
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As a composer, Dylan now fits comfortably alongside George Gershwin or Irving Berlin, though he grumpily refuses to wear any man's collar.
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In 1971, near the middle of Nixon's first term, he approved a plan to install a White House taping system as a way of preserving an accurate chronicle of important discussions and decisions. Except for Nixon, three aides, and the Secret Service, no one knew about the listening devices.
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In Austin, the eco-capital of Texas, residents tend to favor native plants and wildflowers to the sculpted lawns of the Palm Springs variety.
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Knievel seemed braver and more brazen - and more unhinged - than any other athlete-cum-thrill-seeker of his era.
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In 2012, the city of Austin erected an eight-foot-tall bronze statue of Willie Nelson in the heart of the business district. Schoolchildren, churchgoers, tourists, slackers, conventioneers, tech geeks - everybody, it seems - now congregate around this ponytailed shrine to outlaw country.
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President Abraham Lincoln never lost his ardor for the United States to remain united during the Civil War.
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The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to travel to Richmond.
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