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Nancy had noticed that her name had appeared on the Hollywood blacklist and sought Reagan's help to maintain her employment as a guild actress in Hollywood, and for assistance in having her name removed from the list.
Observers described Ronald and Nancy Reagan's relationship as intimate.
Another of Nancy Reagan's trademarks was her interest in fashion.
Nancy Reagan's wardrobe consisted of dresses, gowns, and suits made by luxury designers, including James Galanos, Bill Blass and Oscar de la Renta.
In October 1987, a mammogram detected a lesion in Nancy Reagan's left breast and she was subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer.
Nancy Reagan's health and well-being became a prominent concern in 2008.
Examples include Tip O ' Neill, who was a vocal opponent of President Ronald Reagan's domestic and defense policies ; Newt Gingrich, who fought a bitter battle with President Bill Clinton for control of domestic policy ; Nancy Pelosi, who clashed with President George W. Bush over domestic policy and the Iraq War ; and current Speaker John Boehner, who regularly clashes with President Barack Obama over budget issues as well as social issues such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
* Galen B. Jackman-U. S. Army Major General ( retired ), Nancy Reagan's escort throughout the state funeral proceedings of former U. S. President Ronald Reagan, first commanding general of Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region.
* Former First Lady Nancy Reagan's support for stem-cell research, upon learning of the possibilities that it may hold for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, which her husband, former President Ronald Reagan developed in later years.
** Patricia Ann Reagan ( born 1952 ), better known as Patti Davis, Ronald and Nancy Reagan's daughter
Wentworth was born in Washington, D. C. She is the daughter of Mabel Cabot ( née Hobart ), who was First Lady Nancy Reagan's social secretary in the White House, and Eric Wentworth, a reporter for The Washington Post.
In November 1981, while serving as Reagan's National Security Advisor, Allen was accused of receiving a bribe from a journalist from Japan for setting up an interview in January 1981 with First Lady Nancy Reagan.
The miniseries featured James Brolin as Ronald Reagan and Judy Davis as Nancy Reagan, and covers the period in time from 1949 when Reagan was still in Hollywood, through his governorship of California until Reagan's last day in office as President in 1989.
* Bibi Burton – Christina Taylor based on Joan Quigley, Nancy Reagan's astrologer
The anti-drug movement was among the resistance skills recommended in response to low peer pressure, and Nancy Reagan's larger campaign proved to be a useful dissemination of this social inoculation strategy.
She enlisted the help of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, Kiwanis Club International, and the National Federation of Parents for a Drug-Free Youth to promote the cause ; the Kiwanis put up over 2000 billboards with Nancy Reagan's likeness and the slogan.
Nancy Reagan's related efforts increased public awareness of drug use, but a direct relationship between reduced drug use and the Just Say No campaign cannot be established.
Nancy Reagan's approach to promoting drug awareness was also labeled simplistic by critics who argued that the solution was reduced to a catch phrase.
This exhibit begins during Reagan's childhood in Dixon, Illinois and follows his life through his film career and military service, marriage to Nancy Davis Reagan, and political career.
Other parts of the exhibit focus on Reagan's ranch, the presidential retreat Camp David, life in the White House, and First Lady Nancy Reagan.
A memorial service was held in the library lobby with Nancy Reagan, Reagan's children, close relatives, and friends.
On March 17, 2010, General Electric presented Reagan's widow Nancy Davis Reagan with video copies of 208 episodes of General Electric Theater, to be donated to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Ronald Reagan is credited with increasing spending on national defense and diplomacy which contributed to the end of the Cold War, deploying U. S. Pershing II missiles in West Germany in response to the Soviet stationing of SS-20 missiles near Europe, negotiating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ( INF ) to substantially reduce nuclear arms and initiating negotiations with the Soviet Union for the treaty that would later be known as START I, proposing the Strategic Defense Initiative, a controversial plan to develop a missile defense system, re-appointing monetarists Paul Volcker and ( later ) Alan Greenspan to be chairmen of the Federal Reserve, ending the high inflation that damaged the economy under his predecessors Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, lowering tax rates significantly ( under Reagan, the top personal tax bracket dropped from 70 % to 28 % in 7 years ) and leading a major reform of the tax system, providing arms and other support to anti-communist groups such as the Contras and the mujahideen, selling arms to foreign allies such as Taiwan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq ( see Iran – Iraq War ), greatly escalating the " war on drugs " with his policies and Nancy Reagan's " Just Say No " campaign, ordering the April 14, 1986 bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi in retaliation for an April 5 bombing of a West Berlin nightclub frequented by U. S. servicemen, in which the Libyan government was deemed complicit, and signing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which compensated victims of the Japanese American Internment during World War II.
In 2007, Bloomingdale took part in presenting fashion designer James Galanos with the Rodeo Drive Style Award, and attended the opening of " Nancy Reagan: A First Lady's Style ", an exhibit chronicling Nancy Reagan's different clothing at the Reagan Presidential Library.

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* U. S. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi official site for the Congresswoman's Office
* June 29 – US swimmer Nancy Ramey sets the first official world record in the women's 200m butterfly at a meet in Los Angeles, California, clocking 2: 40. 5.
This story has become an institution in Boston, and in 2003, it was named the official children's book of Massachusetts In 1987, sculptor Nancy Schön created a bronze version of Mrs. Mallard and the ducklings in the Public Garden, which are climbed on by thousands of children every year.
In 2007, González-Torres was selected as the United States ' official representative at the Venice Biennale, curated by Nancy Spector.
He is the brother of public official Dr. Nancy Fagenson Potok, former Principal Associate Director and Chief Financial Officer of the US Census Bureau and currently Deputy Undersecretary for Economic Affairs at the US Department of Commerce.
The third is Khar, seen in the story The Cat Who Came To Dinner, a short story by Nancy Asire, which appears in the official Valdemar short story compilation, Sun In Glory.
While Reagan's casket lay in state, Nancy Reagan and her family took up temporary residence in Blair House, the official residence of guests of the President of the United States.
* Gidget Gein's official site, now maintained by Nancy Marzulli
Her election made her the first openly LGBT candidate elected to a state-level office in the United States ; the second, after Kathy Kozachenko, to be elected to office ; and the third openly LGBT elected official overall ( Kozachenko's predecessor, Nancy Wechsler, having come out while in office but not publicly known to be lesbian at the time she was elected ).

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After John Hinckley's attempted assassination of U. S. President Ronald Reagan, first lady Nancy Reagan commissioned astrologer Joan Quigley to act as the secret White House astrologer.
Governor and Mrs. Clinton attend the Dinner Honoring the Nation's Governors in the White House with President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan, 1987.
Previous Hopwood winners include Brett Ellen Block, Max Apple, Lorna Beers, Sven Birkerts, John Malcolm Brinnin, John Ciardi, Tom Clark, Lyn Coffin, Cid Corman, Christopher Paul Curtis, Mary Gaitskill, Robert Hayden, Garrett Hongo, Lawrence Joseph, Jane Kenyon, Laura Kasischke, Elizabeth Kostova, Arthur Miller, Howard Moss, Davi Napoleon, Frank O ' Hara, Marge Piercy, William Craig Rice, Ari Roth, Davy Rothbart, Betty Smith, Ron Sproat, Keith Waldrop, Rosmarie Waldrop, Edmund White, Nancy Willard, Beth Tanenhaus Winsten, and Maritta Wolff.
Mr. T portrays Santa Claus at the White House with First Lady Nancy Reagan in 1983.
Nancy restored a Kennedy-esque glamor to the White House following years of lax formality, and her interest in high-end fashion garnered much attention, as well as criticism.
Nancy was thought to be closest to her stepdaughter Maureen during the White House years, but each of the Reagan children experienced periods of estrangement from their parents.
In 1981, Nancy directed a major renovation of several White House rooms, including all of the second and third floors and rooms adjacent to the Oval Office, including the press briefing room.
Approximately a year into her husband's first term, Nancy Reagan explored the idea of ordering new state china service for the White House.
After the presidencies of Gerald Ford ( who favored the Michigan fight song over " Hail to the Chief ") and Jimmy Carter ( who dramatically reduced the formality of presidential functions ), Nancy brought a Kennedy-esque glamour back into the White House.
In 1985, Nancy expanded the campaign to an international level by inviting the First Ladies of various nations to the White House for a conference on drug abuse.
Nancy stated in her memoirs, " I felt panicky every time left the White House " following the assassination attempt, and made it her concern to know her husband's schedule: the events he would be attending, and with whom.
Upon leaving the White House, the couple returned to California, where they purchased a home in the wealthy East Gate Old Bel Air neighborhood of Bel Air, Los Angeles, dividing their time between Bel Air and the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California ; Ronald and Nancy regularly attended Bel Air Presbyterian Church as well.
Also in 1989 she published My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan, which gives an account of her life in the White House, speaking openly about her influence within the Reagan administration and discussing the myths and controversies that surrounded the couple.
In 1989 the Internal Revenue Service began investigating the Reagans for whether they owed additional tax on the gifts and loans of high-fashion clothes and jewelry to Nancy during their time in the White House ( recipients benefiting from the display of such items recognize taxable income even if they are returned ).
Nancy revealed in an interview with Vanity Fair that Michelle Obama had telephoned her for advice on living and entertaining in the White House.
A 2½ story high " Tree of Life " sculpture by Wisconsin artist Nancy Metz White was installed in Mitchell Boulevard Park in Milwaukee in 2002.
He was married to Marion Lloyd Stearns in 1946 and the father of two children, Charles ( Barney ) Byron White and Nancy Pitkin White.
Jean-Luc Nancy, Richard Rorty, Geoffrey Hartman, Harold Bloom, Rosalind Krauss, Hélène Cixous, Julia Kristeva, Duncan Kennedy, Gary Peller, Drucilla Cornell, Alan Hunt, Hayden White, and Alun Munslow are some of the authors who have been influenced by deconstruction.
In addition to the many impressed critics, President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan were moved by the film after a screening at the White House on June 27, 1982.
In the 1980s, Conyers became known for " White Road ", where resident Nancy Fowler claimed to have seen apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
, members of the Beach Haven Borough Council are Mayor Charles Maschal, Council President Robert Keeler, Nancy T. Davis, Edward Kohlmeir and James White.
Rising above the town is Kerridge Hill that is surmounted by White Nancy, a monument built to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo in the Napoleonic Wars.
Two scenes added exclusively for the international version are Keung and Nancy escaping from the nightclub after the bikies spot them together, and White Tiger taking a golf shot before a subordinate approaches him with his phone.

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