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Secret to ending the Cold War: Nancy Reagan snow party

By Paul Bedard
Published January 13, 2023 3:56pm ET
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Secret to ending the Cold War: Nancy Reagan snow party
For years, President Ronald Reagan railed against the Soviet Union. When he entered the White House in 1981, he appeared to double down, and his team of hard-liners fanned the flames. But in his voice, first lady Nancy Reagan apparently heard something different. While he cursed the red menace, she saw it as his way […]

For years, President Ronald Reagan railed against the Soviet Union. When he entered the White House in 1981, he appeared to double down, and his team of hard-liners fanned the flames.

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