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President Reagan is a rhetorical roundheels, as befits a politician seeking empathy with his audience.

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William Safire
Age: 79 †
Born: 1929
Born: December 17
Died: 2009
Died: September 27
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New York City
New York
William Lewis Safire
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Reagan
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