By Nancy McKeon THERE WERE many aspects to Nancy Reagan’s reign as First Lady of the United States. There was the unrepentant glamour, her controversial influence on Reagan Administration policy, the adoring gaze she fastened on her “Ronnie” in an…
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…learned that covering Ronald Reagan. If they wanted to be called on in press conferences they made certain to wear the red Nancy Reagan made so popular. Red stands out and so does Pelosi in this handsome suit. —MyLittleBird staff…
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…learned that covering Ronald Reagan. If they wanted to be called on in press conferences they made certain to wear the red Nancy Reagan made so popular. Red stands out and so does Pelosi in this handsome suit. —MyLittleBird staff…
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…stand open. KATHY: There’s no ignoring a woman in red. Female journalists learned that covering Ronald Reagan. If they wanted to be called on in press conferences they made certain to wear the red Nancy Reagan made so popular. Red…
…Nancy Reagan in her signature color at so many events? But the convergence of Chinese Year of the Rooster (January 28-Feb. 15), National Wear Red Day (Feb. 3, to raise awareness about heart disease) and Valentine’s Day gives us all…
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…Nancy Reagan in her signature color for so many events ? Most recently in a Politico story about the new class of women in Congress, we spotted 10 out of the 27 wearing red clothing. But it’s the convergence of…
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…going on up there,” he says with a practiced grin. A few years after buying the place, “back in the Reagan era,” the Llewellyns built a larger dining room adjacent to the old one; they built it over a 5,000-gallon…
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…“Do you know what RIFs are?” Eddie asks. “Reductions in force.” When President Reagan came in, he says, there were government cuts. Their customers were scared, and their business died, just stopped. Ever inventive, the Garfinkles came up with other…
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…ad in the newspaper,” he says, laughing at his own good fortune (and, probably, at how 20th-century that seems now). A deputy assistant secretary in international trade during the Reagan administration, Woody had recently returned from almost a decade of…
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Fran Drescher at the 48th Annual AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Julie Andrews held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on June 9, 2022. / Tinseltown/Shutterstock photo. A version of this post appeared first on PrimeWomen.com. By Nancy McKeon TWENTY-THREE…
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…more acceptable,” she said. “But attitudinal changes take time.” Nappers are in good company: In addition to Einstein, nappers have included Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy and Thomas Edison, along with Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. –Mary Carpenter …
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…guest, as were Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan. My husband couldn’t complain about a lack of activities — there’s plenty to do — golf (I don’t play, but the naturally landscaped course is stunning), skeet-shooting, fly-fishing, tennis, swimming (indoor and…
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…adept at using words connected to strong emotions: Ronald Reagan used “freedom fighters” to describe the Nicaraguan Contras to get funding for them, and “confiscation” referring to taxes. For now, Scientific American paraphrases humor columnist Dave Barry, emphasizing the great…
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…Reagan and Dulles airports expect to offer Covid-19 testing to travelers, both rapid tests and the more reliable PCR tests, within the next month, but offerings can differ by airline and may be more cumbersome and more expensive than visiting…
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…skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma (BCC), was the diagnosis for First Lady Jill Biden’s skin lesions, removed in early January—and also for lesions removed from Nancy and Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush, according to the Washington Post. Occurring in…
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…more sightings by me—and especially other people!!! LittleBird Nancy McKeon: left, a 2×3-foot giant Polaroid taken at age 35; right, an iPhone selfie at age 75. Nancy: I tried Rogaine (minoxidil) for women, wound up (very quickly) with weird spiky…
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…in the past. And, lest we forget to mention it, roomy cargo jeans with large pockets are getting their fair share of likes. All that said, Nancy and I thought we should weigh in with our completely biased opinions on…
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…this runway outfit morphs into something mere mortals can wear. Nancy: Fair enough! Kathy: Okay, Nancy and Janet. I’ll take your word for it, but these billowing sleeves, even if pared down, are too much for me. Realistically, how often…
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