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But for Ronald Regan, that is a problem to face come Jan. 20. After four years of Jimmy Carter, Americans cleary yeared for someone who would do things differently or at the very least would provide them more leadership. Evidently Regan convinced them that he held out that promise.
—By George J. Church.
Reported by Laurence I. Barrett with Reagan and Christopher Ogden with Carter