The First Lady Hits the Road

Dismissing rumors of illness, she says she is up for '84

It is just moments to air time on the set of ABC's Good Morning America and David Hartman, the program's king-size star, lays a reassuring caress on the clenched hands of his diminutive companion. "We're going on," he murmurs. The woman in red whispers back in the stage argot of her generation: "Break a leg, David." Alexis Caydom, a TV makeup specialist retained for the occasion, makes one more pass at his client's high cheekbones, then retreats. All is ready for Nancy Reagan...

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