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The ghost of Ronald Reagan; How we remember the real legacy of the conservative icon.(FEATURE)
AS PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN visibly aged in office, skin wrinkling and memory fading, his abundant hair remained deep black and glossy--a perennial topic of wonder to gossip columnists and shallow journalists. But late-night TV host Johnny Carson offered a novel explanation: "Reagan doesn't dye his hair--he bleaches his face."
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Now, if there was anything Ronald Reagan didn't need, it was whitenizing. The one-time New Deal Democrat and former Screen Actors Guild president had, by the mid-1960s, evolved into the most effective spokesman for white supremacy in postwar years. Through the skillful use of imagery, code words and political ...
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