The Presidency: Reagan on a Roller Coaster

Reagan on a Roller Coaster

It is still a standoff. The world is out to get Ronald Reagan's goat even in his last months as President. And Reagan is determined not to allow it.

On Sunday he was jangled awake in Camp David's Aspen Lodge at 4:52 a.m., even before the birds began to peep, and told that the Navy cruiser Vincennes may have shot down an Iranian F-14 in the Persian Gulf. By 8:11 a.m. he had a written message on reports that the downed plane may have been a civilian airliner. At 9:52 a.m. there was a call suggesting there was something to the...

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