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Ronald Reagan
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Ronald Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975) and prior to that an actor. U…
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Ronald Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975) and prior to that an actor. Upon his college graduation, Reagan first moved to Iowa to work as a radio broadcaster and then in 1937 to Los Angeles, California. He began a career as an actor appearing in over fifty movie productions. Some of his most notable roles are in Knute Rockne, All American and Kings Row. Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later spokesman for General Electric. His start in politics occurred during his work for General Electric. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After supporting of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter in 1980 presidential election. Reagan left office in 1989. In 1994, the former president disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease earlier in the year. He died ten years later at the age of 93.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney
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Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool
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Them
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The Unelected Statesman
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America Who Are You? A History of the American Mindset
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Spartamerika
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Soccer's American Dream
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Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown
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Dynasty: The Murdochs
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Disneyland Handcrafted
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Breakdown: 1975
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Clearing the Air: The War on Smog
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Titanic: Secrets of the Shipwreck
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AUM: The Cult at the End of the World
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Sally
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Henry Fonda for President
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Becoming Madonna
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Why Trump?
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The White House Effect
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Hinckley
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America's Woman
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Duels of History
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Bruce Springsteen: The America Whisperer
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Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
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Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
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Reagan: Portrait of a Presidency
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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
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Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
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Mahdi Amel in Gaza: On the Colonial Mode of Production
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The Great Heisman Race of 1997
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Lockerbie
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Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
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Superpowered: The DC Story
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The Kennedy Dynasty
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Commitment to Life
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In the Grip of Gazprom
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Three Wars
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Bandit
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