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While he was President, Ronald Reagan kept an almost daily diary. He was the only President during the last century to do so, and the result--in a form that is greatly reduced but still makes a very long book--"The Reagan Diaries" (Harper-Collins; $35), takes its place next to an earlier volume, almost as large, of correspondence written in his own hand, another of speeches, and yet another of his radio talks. Presidents, including Reagan, usually write memoirs of their White House years afterward; Reagan wins the prize for copiousness of in-office Presidential writing.
Some great politicians have an eerie (Clintonian, one might say) talent for leaving admirers ...